Business Minded
Congratulations to the following members of the Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School Distributive Education Club of America (D.E.C.A.) for placing first in their categories at the Suffolk...
View ArticleMusic Stars
The Copiague School District proudly announces that a remarkable 28 students were selected as All-County musicians during the 2011-2012 school year. Members of the band, chorus, and orchestra were...
View Article$aving for College
Third-grade classes at Great Neck Road Elementary School in Copiague were visited by Ashley Miller from TD Bank in West Babylon. Ms. Miller brought the TD WOW Zone presentation to the children to help...
View ArticlePen Pal Fun
Students in Stacey Barrett's third-grade class at Great Neck Road School have partnered with Yolanda Jamiolokowski’s third graders at Deauville Gardens Elementary School as pen pals. The two...
View ArticleA Lesson in Lifelong Learning
College and Career students at Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School are participating in a pilot program where they volunteer at the Dominican Village, a not-for-profit independent,...
View ArticleCopiague Teacher Honored for Technology Use in Classroom
Copiague Middle School eighth-grade science teacher Allison Barone was honored by the Association of School Supervisors of Educational Technology (ASSET) for her exemplary use of educational...
View ArticleCopiague Board Honors 14 for Outstanding Achievements
Fourteen students in the Copiague School District stood out amongst their peers and were honored for their hard work by the Board of Education at the biannual Student Recognition Awards. This tradition...
View ArticleLessons in Service
Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School junior and senior government students received a lesson in community service when Suffolk County Legislator DuWayne Gregory, Babylon Town Councilman...
View ArticleGo Red for Women
Faculty and staff at Copiague’s Susan E. Wiley Elementary School united in wearing red to help kick off the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women Campaign on Friday,...
View ArticleChickens and Rabbits and Snakes, Oh My!
Kindergarten students in Copiague received an up-close and hands-on lesson in animals when Janine Bendicksen, curator from Sweetbriar Nature Center, visited the students. During the visit, the students...
View ArticleCreating Social Awareness
For the past few years, members of the Copiague Middle School Student Council have worked with local organizations to raise awareness for important causes, as well as participate in community projects....
View ArticleAdministrator of the Year
Benjamin Bonaventura, Assistant Principal at Copiague Middle School, was named Administrator of the Year by the Western Suffolk Counselors’ Association. Every year, the association presents...
View ArticleCopiague Booster Club Honors “Woman in Sports”
To commemorate National Girls and Women in Sports Day, the Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School Booster Club presented a plaque to Karen Steigert, longtime Copiague resident and district...
View ArticleChina Fest
To culminate their unit study on China, the third graders at Susan E. Wiley Elementary School participated in a special Chinese food festival. To prepare for the fest, the students watched a short...
View ArticlePOPS Concert
The annual Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School POPS Concert treated audience members to a vast selection of musical performances. The concert began with band director John Wevers leading...
View ArticleBuilding (Bird) Houses
Second graders in the Copiague School District continued a handy tradition as they teamed up with Home Depot associate Jim Gilchrist to build birdhouses. Working with parent volunteers and dressed in...
View ArticleCopiague Knights Honor Students
This year, the Copiague School District teamed up with the Knights of Columbus to sponsor the Substance Abuse Art Poster Contest. Congratulations to Deauville Gardens fifth graders Natalia Kacala and...
View ArticleLEGO League Winners
The Copiague Middle School Robotics team participated at the FIRST LEGO League Long Island Regional Robotics Qualifier Tournament held at Berner Middle School in Massapequa in January. The objective of...
View ArticleCopiague Board Members Honored
Congratulations to Copiague School District Board of Education Vice President Doris Fischer and trustee Laura Gavey for their participation in New York State School Boards Association leadership and...
View ArticleGiving Back to the Community
Students from the Copiague Middle School Builders Club recently made a visit to the Tanner Park Senior Center. The students dedicated time from their school day to visit with the senior citizens,...
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