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. Both schools prove to have high education and athletic standards. Both of these schools feed into Ward Melville High School.
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. 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.
Gelinas Junior High is also well known for its Science Olympiad team, which placed 1st in Suffolk County seven years in a row (2001-2007) and went on to place 6th in the nation in 2006.
