Wantagh Writers Win Journalism Awards

Wantagh High School Warrior senior editor Bianca Buffamonte and freshman reporter Grace Tague received Gold Awards at Adelphi University’s annual Quill Awards for excellence in journalism, recognizing the top high school newspaper staffs from New York City, and Nassau and Suffolk counties.

Buffamonte was recognized for her reporting on the first male students to compete in Sports Night and her coverage of an environmental rally in Manhattan this past fall. She is the fifth Wantagh Warrior editor in the past seven years to win an award in the top two of 15 categories. Each school is limited to only six entries, or one entry per category.

Tague won the Gold Award for her poignant depiction of how she and her family were still not living in their home this past November, 16 months after being damaged by Superstorm Sandy. Tague wrote a follow-up report to this award-winning piece in the February edition of the Wantagh Warrior about her family’s return home at Christmas after 777 days of reconstruction.

The district congratulates these students on these outstanding academic accomplishments.

Submitted by Wantagh Schools

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