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Carlo Tobia and Arianna Benedetto Named Homecoming King and Queen

Chloe Janosko, Reporter

October 11, 2018

The theme for this year’s Homecoming parade floats, September 29, was board games. Seniors were candy land, juniors were Monopoly, sophomores were Life and freshman were Scrabble. Each grade worked non-stop to build their class floats. They announced the winners during halftime of the football...

The 2018 Homecoming Court

Carlo Tobia and Arianna Benedetto Named Homecoming King and Queen
Standardized Test Memes: Why Are They Such a Big Deal?

Jenna Miller, Editor in Chief

October 9, 2018

When standardized tests roll around and everyone checks their social media accounts the day after the test, chances are that they’ll see a good amount of memes relating to the questions on the test. They’ll probably laugh at the memes upon initially looking at them, but when they come to really think...

Standardized Test Memes: Why Are They Such a Big Deal?
It’s a Trade – Mr. Benner for Ms. Pepe plus Two First Round Draft Choices

Grace Kane, Associate Editor

September 27, 2018

The popular social studies Mr. Benner left Wantagh High School for another position in September. He is now a dean in Mineola and Ms. Pepe has taken over his full-time position. She had originally left for another position in a different district. But, since Mr. Benner left, when she was offered...

Ms. Pepe

It’s a Trade – Mr. Benner for Ms. Pepe plus Two First Round Draft Choices
Another Memorable Summer Concert Season at Jones Beach

Gina Calise, Reporter

September 26, 2018

Jones Beach Theater had a great amount of concerts this summer. It is exciting that Jones Beach Theater is only a 10-to-15-minute drive from where we live and many artists perform in our town. Additionally, if you purchase tickets at the right time, they can be very cheap. The summer started off with...

Photo by Gina Calise

Another Memorable Summer Concert Season at Jones Beach
An Interview with Our Congressman in Washington, Peter King

Grace Anne McKenna, Editor in Chief

September 25, 2018

This summer, I visited Boston and New Hampshire, but one of the best experiences of my summer was talking to Congressman Peter King in Washington, D.C. Touring the magnificent capital, I was astonished. Beautifully crafted architecture painted the streets in a pearl white. The rotunda of the capitol...

Congressman Peter King

An Interview with Our Congressman in Washington, Peter King

New Apple Watch Series 4 Could Save Your Life

October 11, 2018

Apple is known for unveiling its greatest(and more expensive) technology in September during its annual convention. Last year, the electronics giant released the new Apple...

A Vote of Supreme Importance

Jess Nealon, Reporter

October 4, 2018

Tealizing that that your actions during your teenage years can impact your future is a very important lesson. One individual who had to learn this lesson the hard way is Brett...

Barnum’s Animals Freed For the First Time in 116 Years

October 2, 2018

The iconic package of Barnum’s Animals brand animal crackers is likely a fond memory from the childhoods of many - the red box with four smaller yellow...

Faith Unites the Push for New Immigrant Protection Policies in Massachusetts

September 25, 2018

The halls of the Massachusetts Statehouse make for great acoustics, as discovered by those attending and participating in the “Rally to Pass 4 Key Protections”...

Apple Expands on the iPhone X Line in 2018 Keynote

September 20, 2018

Every September Apple introduces new and appealing electronic devices as part of its Keynote, shocking the public and encouraging them to buy such products...

Japan Hit By Typhoon And Earthquake

September 20, 2018

Japan is an archipelago - a chain of islands - in the Pacific Ocean, and it is often hit by natural disasters as a result of its geography. Just the week...

Distorted Audio Clip Leads Internet Baffled and Divided

May 21, 2018

Anyone who’s been on any social media site lately will have probably seen - er, heard - the latest viral meme; a three-second-long audio clip of a voice...

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Sports

Football Team Drops Close Game to Bethpage

Chloe Janosko, Reporter

October 19, 2018

Last Friday night the Wantagh Warriors played the Bethpage Eagles at Bethpage. Wantagh took a 7-0 lead on Dylan Scott's 8-yard touchdown run with two minutes remaining in...

There’s a New King in Period 2 Ping Pong

October 18, 2018

Mayfield Ends Long Losing Streak for Cleveland

October 16, 2018

Wantagh High School Homecoming 2018 Photo Reel

October 15, 2018

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Entertainment

You Can Now Bingewatch All 14 Seasons of Grey’s

Gina Calise, Reporter

October 16, 2018

“It seems like a great show, but I would never be able to watch all 15 seasons of it,” many non-viewers say about the famous show Grey’s Anatomy, a drama set in a hospital....

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Viewpoints

Your Deadline to Save the Planet is only about 11 Years Away
Have you noticed how the trees aren’t changing color? How only at the final stretch of autumn has the world cooled down? This will not be an isolate...
Is this as Addictive as Drugs?
How many hours a day do you spend on your phone? Even I admit to spending a lot of time on my phone. Various studies show that phone addiction is almo...
Cross Beltagh and Adopt a Dog from Bideawee
Do you often fantasize about finding a lifelong companion? The pet-buying craze has been around for years. Someone looking for a pet thinks, “I want...
The Unsolved Murder of JonBenét Ramsey Haunts Us 22 Years Later
After a Christmas night in 1996 things would never be the same for the family and Boulder, Colorado neighborhood of JonBenét Ramsey. The anguish woul...
Our Future May Be As Dark as Coal, Study Finds
Coal is forever-ingrained in the minds of many as having a negative connotation - after all, there’s the saying that the naughty little boys and gir...
Starbucks Brewing Coffee in Italy
In early September, Starbucks opened its first store in Italy and many Italians are not happy about it. Before the opening, a Facebook poll was taken ...
China Violates Human Rights
Many Muslims residing in China are currently facing an epidemic. Uyghurs, the Muslim, Turkic-speaking minority in China, are being forced into re-educ...
Bare Feet in School: Taboo or Good for You?
When members of Wantagh High School’s girls’ swim team roamed the halls in their “statement-making” outfits on the day of the pep rally, it wa...
Peperation- The Annual Tradition
It was the 3rd week of school, the weekend before Homecoming 2018, and 9 senior girls were crowded around a white table decked out with shirts and wat...
Homework- Harmful or Helpful?
Students dread attending school for seven hours a day. They wake up and count the hours until they will be home. Lots of students have after school ac...