Staff Directory

Walter G. O'Connell Copiague High School

Administration

(631) 842-4010

*Principal

Mr. Joseph Agosta  

(Principal)

jagosta@copiague.net

Assistant Principals

Mr. Jonathan Cutolo  

jcutolo@copiague.net

Mrs. Tamika Eason  

teason@copiague.net

Mr. Jonathan Krawchuk  

jkrawchuk@copiague.net

Mr. Bradley Reminick  

breminick@copiague.net

Faculty & Staff

Building Substitutes

Diane Amiruddin  

dAmiruddin@copiague.net

Sandra Apergis  

sApergis@copiague.net

Joseph Brown  

jbrown@copiague.net

Barbara Harris  

bharris@copiague.net

Curtis Haywood  

cHaywood@copiague.net

Mary Burns Hennelly  

mHennelly@copiague.net

Kathyryn Jagodowski  

kJagodowski@copiague.net

Erika Krieger  

eKrieger@copiague.net

Jacqueline Little  

jLittle@copiague.net

Ellen Parker  

eparker@copiague.net

Pamela Reilly  

preilly@copiague.net

Christina Sciame-Olechnowski  

cSciame-Olechnowski@copiague.net

Roseann Wilson   

rwilson@copiague.net

Business Department

Jonathan Cutolo  

(Chairperson)

jcutolo@copiague.net

Linda Aims  

laims@copiague.net

Louise Curci  

lcurci@copiague.net

Diana LaSpina  

dlaspina@copiague.net

Clerical (General Office)

Lorraine DeLuca  

ldeluca@copiague.net

Suzanne McCollough  

smccollough@copiague.net

Clerical (Main Office)

Diolly Gomez

Suzanne Shea  

sshea@copiague.net

Jeanette Tobar-Garcia

Deborah Van Florcke  

(Principal's Secretary)

dvanflorcke@copiague.net

Phyllis Wilkins  

pwilkins@copiague.net

College & Career Resource Center

Geraldine Baldwin  

(Counselor)

gbaldwin@copiague.net

Christina Cutolo  

(Counselor)

ccutolo@copiague.net

Colleen Darge  

(Counselor)

cdarge@copiague.net

Brittany Kaste  

(College and Career Resource Center)

bKaste@copiague.net

Jean Poten  

(Counselor)

jpoten@copiague.net

Dawn Salegna  

(Counselor)

dsalegna@copiague.net

Rachel Silber  

(Counselor)

rSilber@copiague.net

Custodial Office: ext. 445

Joseph Atanasio  

(Head Custodian)

jatanasio@copiague.net

Jeff Engelhardt  

(Chief Custodian)

jengelhardt@copiague.net

John Abrams

Alfred Catania

Fausto Cornejo

Tom Farah

Nikkien Fauntleroy

Emely Olivo

Charles Ragusa

Christopher Sampson

Kenny Taveras

Alfred Verriotto

English Department

Meredith Wanzer  

(Chairperson)

mwanzer@copiague.net

Daniel Barresi  

dbarresi@copiague.net

Veronica Kolbasuk  

vkolbasuk@copiague.net

Anastasia Kourtis  

akourtis@copiague.net

Joseph Kriklava  

jkriklava@copiague.net

Lauren McElmoyl  

lmcelmoyl@copiague.net

Matt Miles  

mmiles@copiague.net

Ken Pratt  

kpratt@copiague.net

Neil Schweitzer  

nschweitzer@copiague.net

Faith Scrivano  

fscrivano@copiague.net

Sylvia Walsh  

swalsh@copiague.net

Walter Wojcik  

wwojcik@copiague.net

ENL

Michelle Passeggiata  

(Director)

mPasseggiata@copiague.net

Alisa Abreu  

(Jenna Giamundo – leave replacement)

aabreu@copiague.net

Taylor Barbarino  

tbarbarino@copiague.net

Armando Marcenaro  

amarcenaro@copiague.net

Alyssa Marino  

amarino@copiague.net

Samantha Pedagno  

spedagno@copiague.net

Effie Sofos  

esofos@copiague.net

Fine Arts

Jennifer Ross-Troise  

(Coordinator)

jRossTroise@copiague.net

Lorraine Ciccotto  

lciccotto@copiague.net

Eric Dobmeier  

edobmeier@copiague.net

Brian Genua  

bgenua@copiague.net

Damin Gomes  

dgomes@copiague.net

Christie Layden  

clayden@copiague.net

Krystof Lipinski  

klipinski@copiague.net

Gina Occhiogrosso  

gocchiogrosso@copiague.net

Food Service

MaryAnn Metzak

(Director)

Cecilia Fernandez  

(Clerical)

cfernandez@copiague.net

Carole Gaeckel

(Assistant Cook)

Deanna Humdy

(Cook Manager)

Steve Pesapane

(Courier)

Tanya Almonte Brown

Sunita Chheda

Lourdes Ciatto

(Breakfast Aide)

Tatiana Cirpriani

Carmela D’Amico

(Breakfast Aide)

Kathryn Ludwin

Dangely Mota

Diana Murphy

Alija Orlowska

Stephanie Polanco

Tina Sagliocca

Sarah Torres

Foreign Language

Michelle Passeggiata  

(Director)

mPasseggiata@copiague.net

Marie Accettella  

maccettella@copiague.net

Maria Alvarez  

mAlvarez@copiague.net

Jacquelin Espinal  

jespinal@copiague.net

Flor Hernandez  

fhernandez@copiague.net

Aglaed Marcedo  

amarcedo@copiague.net

Danielle Poletti  

dpoletti@copiague.net

John Rizzo  

jRizzo@copiague.net

Gabrielle Romanelli  

gromanelli@copiague.net

Kimberly Ruggiero  

kruggiero@copiague.net

Monica Santaly  

msantaly@copiague.net

Guidance Department

James McCabe  

(Coordinator)

jmccabe@copiague.net

Andrea Bustos De Romagna  

abustosderomagna@copiague.net

Ellen Duffy  

(Clerical)

eduffy@copiague.net

Sylvia Grenci  

(Clerical)

sgrenci@copiague.net

Maria Sales  

(Clerical)

msales@copiague.net

ISS

Keith Munnelly  

kMunnelly@copiague.net

Library

Lisa Miller  

(ext. 461)

lmiller@copiague.net

Mathematics

Eric Leibowitz  

(Chairperson)

eleibowitz@copiague.net

Natalie Aviles  

naviles@copiague.net

Danielle Cioffi  

dcioffi@copiague.net

Samuel Gonzales  

sgonzales@copiague.net

Tracy Kriklava  

tkriklava@copiague.net

Scott Kuhn  

skuhn@copiague.net

Nicholas Lorenzen  

nlorenzen@copiague.net

Christine Montemaggiore  

cmontemaggiore@copiague.net

Timothy Montera  

tmontera@copiague.net

Ken Rittenhouse  

krittenhouse@copiague.net

Darwin Ryan  

dryan@copiague.net

Deena Ryan  

deryan@copiague.net

Vanessa Soto  

vsoto@copiague.net

Maria Stamatelatos  

mastamatelatos@copiague.net

David Swaim  

dswaim@copiague.net

Nurse

Theresa Danna  

(ext. 440)

tdanna@copiague.net

Tracy Steffanelli  

tsteffanelli@copiague.net

Physical Education

Peter Cesare  

(Director (ext. 475))

pcesare@copiague.net

William Bennett  

wBennett@copiague.net

Kenneth Berry  

kberry@copiague.net

Heather Clare  

hclare@copiague.net

James Konen  

jkonen@copiague.net

Kathy LaMagna  

(Clerical)

kLaMagna@copiague.net

Joseph Napolitano  

jnapolitano@copiague.net

Carole Olsen  

colsen@copiague.net

Antoinette Spencer  

aspencer@copiague.net

Psychologist

Dr. Jolie Dichter  

(ext. 430)

jdichter@copiague.net

Dr. Jared Zucker  

jzucker@copiague.net

Science

Renee Locker  

(Chairperson)

rlocker@copiague.net

Rosa Benaburger  

rBenaburger@copiague.net

Salvatore Cimino  

scimino@copiague.net

Christopher Coppelli  

ccoppelli@copiague.net

Jules Goeke  

jgoeke@copiague.net

Kerri Hall  

khall@copiague.net

Minnett Hall  

mhall@copiague.net

Jessica Jablonski  

jjablonski@copiague.net

Terrence Jablonski  

tjablonski@copiague.net

Jennean Jessup-Levitt  

jjessuplevitt@copiague.net

Matthew Loughren  

mloughren@copiague.net

Clare Nugent  

cnugent@copiague.net

Cassie Rissmany  

crissmany@copiague.net

Deanna Rittenhouse  

dRittenhouse@copiague.net

Tammy Toro   

ttoro@copiague.net

Tracy Wenzler  

twenzler@copiague.net

John Young  

jyoung@copiague.net

Security

Arenia Miller  

(Supervisor)

amiller@copiague.net

Etonia Artis

Andrew Blake

Michael Bopp

Joel Edwards

Mark Epps

Alfred Ferriso

Lee Gaddy

Lawrence House

Cindy Hunter

Robert Lopez

William McCarthy

Kim McLaurin

Everett Newman

Jerry Payne

Michael Petriello

Latarsha Phillips

Paul Polito

Kenneth Rossiello

Sherranda Rush

Devone Simmons

Kevin Smith

Ronald Stabile

Fred Troise

Leona Ugbomah

Tony Watkins

Keith Williams

Rodney Williams

Valeria Williams

Social Studies

Michelle Penyy  

(Chairperson)

mpenyy@copiague.net

Lisa Dunn  

ldunn@copiague.net

Joann Erwin  

jerwin@copiague.net

Yvan Garcia  

ygarcia@copiague.net

Colleen Gurtner   

cgurtner@copiague.net

Jennifer Phillips  

jphillips@copiague.net

Chris Porcellini  

cporcellini@copiague.net

Andrea Pozzi  

apozzi@copiague.net

George Schroeder  

gschroeder@copiague.net

Michael Smeja  

msmeja@copiague.net

Alline Stanton  

astanton@copiague.net

Theresa Stupin  

tstupin@copiague.net

Yoleidys Swerdloff  

yswerdloff@copiague.net

James Travis  

jtravis@copiague.net

Allison Weller  

aweller@copiague.net

Social Worker

Lisbel Collado   

lCollado@copiague.net

Alison Stritzl  

astritzl@copiague.net

Special Education

Bethany Pokorny  

(Coordinator)

bpokorny@copiague.net

Deborah Delaney  

ddelaney@copiague.net

Melisa Dias  

mdias@copiague.net

Cheryl Feldman  

cfeldman@copiague.net

Jean Marie Fortunato  

jfortunato@copiague.net

Susan Graber  

sgraber@copiague.net

Melissa Heneveld  

mHeneveld@copiague.net

Janessa Holland  

jholland@copiague.net

Richard Kleinert  

rKleinert@copiague.net

aDrena Mahoney  

amahoney@copiague.net

Joseph Mannix  

jmannix@copiague.net

Corrine Myer  

cmyer@copiague.net

Stephanie Nosworthy  

(Wilson Program)

snosworthy@copiague.net

Michael Olsen  

molsen@copiague.net

Linda Paduano   

lpaduano@copiague.net

Francis Sommers  

fSommers@copiague.net

Marino Stamatelatos  

mstamatelatos@copiague.net

Nicolo Testa  

ntesta@copiague.net

Lisa Wandling  

lwandling@copiague.net

Karen Wenzel

Erica Zepf  

ezepf@copiague.net

Speech

Valarie Williams  

vwilliams@copiague.net

Teaching Assistants

Barbara Bruhnke  

bbruhnke@copiague.net

Carla Buckholz  

cbuckholz@copiague.net

Leanne Doughty  

lDoughty@copiague.net

Carmen Gomez  

cgomez@copiague.net

Linda Grasso  

lgrasso@copiague.net

Lisa Korsch  

lkorsch@copiague.net

Nancy Martinez  

nmartinez@copiague.net

Valerie Nevola  

vnevola@copiague.net

Joanne Norman  

jnorman@copiague.net

Maureen Pardias  

mPardias@copiague.net

Hayat Pineiro  

hpineiro@copiague.net

Betty Roberts  

broberts@copiague.net

Alice Roerden  

aroerden@copiague.net

Jacqueline Romps  

jromps@copiague.net

Darlene Roy  

droy@copiague.net

Maritza Scarione  

mscarione@copiague.net

Nancy Schneider  

nschneider@copiague.net

Ashley Schultheis  

aSchultheis@copiague.net

Zachary Wilson  

zwilson@copiague.net