Career Day 2026: Massapequa Alums Give Students A Glimpse At The Future

MASSAPEQUA, NY — Massapequa High School freshmen were looking forward by looking back Friday, as Massapequa alumni visited the school to talk about what they do for work. It was career day at the Ames Campus, and students got to see the wide range of ways their professional life can look after graduation.

23 graduates of either Berner or Massapequa high school — spread across graduation years from 1967 to 2021 — were present for a pair of hour-long panel discussions in front of the student body, covering not only their current careers, but the journey they took to get there.

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Among the careers represented? Business, education, engineering, government, healthcare, hospitality and law enforcement.

“They all spoke very passionately about their careers,” School-to-Career Coordinator Denise DeLury said. “That’s a very important message for our students – to find something that you love. Students could see how their experiences in Massapequa schools shaped them into the successful individuals they are today.”

Organized by Delury, Career and Technical Education Supervisor Patricia LiVecchi and Business Education Teacher Christine Poggioli, career day has been a tradition at Massapequa for two decades, school officials said. Some of the presenters Friday, the district said, had been in the crowd as students once upon a time.

As for the students who were in the crowd at this year’s edition of career day, the advice that stuck out wasn’t just about how to make a career work out. Instead, multiple students said they were most impacted by the multitude of presenters who said they were doing jobs they’d never even thought of doing when they were high school freshmen.

“It was really interesting to think that you’re going to do one thing in life and then make a complete career change and still be successful,” Massapequa freshman Genevieve Geritano said, in reference to how many speakers had gone through at least one career change.