Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School

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Paul J. Gelinas Jr. High School, named after Paul J. Gelinas, is one of the two junior high schools which serve the Three Village Central School District on Long Island, the other being Robert Cushman Murphy Junior High School. These two schools house grades 7 through 9, differing from most intermediate level schools which typically hold grades 6 through 8. Over the years, a slight rivalry has developed between the populations of the two schools due to the common belief of "Murphites" that "Gelinians" are much wealthier. Both schools prove to have high education and athletic standards. Both of these schools feed into Ward Melville High School.

Many students at this school wonder what the "J" stands for in Paul J. Gelinas.

The school is well-known in the Three Village community for putting on particularly large scale musicals for the Middle School / Junior High School level, the most notable of these being Les Miserables in the spring of 2005. For many years they were directed by Vincent Vizzo, who is now Principal of Robert Cushman Murphy Junior High School. They are now directed by Robert DePersio.

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