Viewpoints – The Warrior

New Year’s Resolutions — Easy to Proclaim, Tough to Stay with

Amanda Amato, Reporter

January 15, 2020

Happy New Year! We are officially in the year 2020 and what does everybody do before the new year? Make New Year’s resolutions! Everyone is trying to lose weight, make more friends, quit bad habits. On the other hand, everyone mak...

Wantagh Grad Carjacked at Gunpoint in Bellmore

Juliet Watstein, Editor in Chief

January 13, 2020

My uncle was held at gunpoint outside of Crunch Fitness in Bellmore only two days into the new year. Owen Watstein and his three brothers, one being my dad, are Wanagh alumni, who were on the varsity basketball team when t...

2020’s Food Trend: Plant-Based Meat

January 13, 2020

Don’t Obsess over Your Image

Jaclyn DeAngelo, Reporter

January 13, 2020

I have heard the term self-love many times before but I’ve never truly understood what it meant. Self-love can be defined as loving who you are as a person and your physical features. Many teens think people are self-absorbed ...

Senioritis Continues to Claim Victims

Timothy Eletto, Reporter

January 3, 2020

A few days ago, my friend revealed to me how stressed out he is. Of course, I recommended tea and meditation, but he said he just wasn’t motivated enough to try and form any new habits. “I’m just burnt out,” he claimed, ...

Everything You Ever Needed to Know about Honors English but were Afraid to Ask

Amanda Amato, Reporter

December 17, 2019

Have you ever been recommended to join an honors class but were too worried that you would get a bad grade? Well I’ve been in your situation. Last year, I had a talk with my guidance counselor and she informed me that I was ...

How Was the Decade of the Teens?

Ava Kornbluth, Entertainment Editor

December 12, 2019

An entire decade, the 20-teens, has ended. This past year has been wild enough, yet to think about the past ten seems nearly impossible. From the young kids who voiced their opinion for the world to the incredible advancements ...

The Eletto Christmas Spectacular

Timothy Eletto, Reporter

December 10, 2019

The 2019 Eletto Christmas Spectacular is up and running, and I have never felt so relieved. Since the summer, I have been working on our yearly Christmas light show. This means fixing up decorations, making a mix, and coding...

Antisemitism Is All Around Us.

Ella Cetina, Reporter

December 10, 2019

In France, 107 graves in a Jewish cemetery were defaced with Swastikas in yet another antisemitic event. In the past year alone, there have been over 15 incidents involving the desecration and destruction of Jewish graves internationall...

The End of a Decade

Hannah Popadin-Lesniak, Reporter

December 6, 2019

On December 31,2019 the decade will end and we will enter the “twenties.” The decade we are in right now is called the “twenty-tens.” according to The decade that all Wantagh students have grown up in is about to end. Wha...

Puzzles that Are More than Puzzling

Timothy Eletto, Reporter

December 5, 2019

I have no idea why, but recently, I’ve been addicted to Chris Ramsay’s videos about solving puzzles. Chris Ramsay has been very popular YouTuber, because of his magic, for a very long time — and for a good reason. His slei...

Is Black Friday Shopping Dangerous?

Ella Cetina, Reporter

December 4, 2019

There have been 12 deaths and 117 injuries internationally since 2006 (mainly in the U.S) due to Black Friday. Yet its popularity continues. People have been pepper sprayed, trampled, stampeeded, and have had miscarriages due t...