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High School Journalists Win Quill Awards at Adelphi Press Day Event

Garden City, NY (03/08/2021) — Adelphi University hosted approximately 225 students from local high schools across Long Island, Queens and upstate New York for the annual Press Day on Friday, February 26. The highlight of the event was presentation of the Quill awards, which recognized student-journalists for their outstanding work on their school newspapers.

This year, the Most Outstanding Newspaper Award went to New Hyde Park Memorial High School's, The Chariot.

Other award categories included: Best Visual, Best Illustration or Cartoon, Best Layout, Best One-Page Layout, Best Sports Story or Column, Best Arts Review, Best Opinion Piece, Best Editorial, Best Feature Article, Best News Article and Most Outstanding Reporter.

Winners included the following:

Best Visual (Photograph or Artwork):

Third Place: Ronan Mansfield, Lynbrook High School, "The Pandemic Through the Eyes of an ER Nurse"

Second Place: Anne Zimmerman, The Mount Academy, "Freedom From Want"

First Place: Sabeena Ramdarie, New Hyde Park Memorial High School, "United Not Divided"

Best Layout:

Third Place: Lucy Wu, North Star Magazine, Valley Stream North High School

Second Place: Saanvi Mirchandani & Olivia Wong, The Chariot, New Hyde Park Memorial High School

First Place: Guide Post, John L. Miller - Great Neck North High School

Best Sports Story and Column:

Honorable Mention: Tyler Siegmann & Lily Wachtel, Jericho High School, "Fall Sports Fall Back"

Third Place: Jared Chapman, Roslyn High School, "Boys BB Proves Resilience"

Second Place: Emma Melnikov, The Wheatley School, "The Games Left Unplayed"

First Place: Sophia Seda, Brentwood High School, "Players Comment on the Pushback"

Best Arts Review:

Third Place: Sarah Finkelstein, Smithtown High School West, "Keep It!"

Second Place: Aaron Abdo, Brentwood High School, "When Dogs TikTalk"

First Place: Annabella Gangi, East Meadow High School, "How to Escape Virtually"

Best Opinion Piece (Column and Editorial):

Honorable Mention: Kayla Bodenburg, Shoreham-Wading River High School, "Competitive Dance is Taking Center Stage"

Third Place: Alaina Pinto, The Wheatley School, "School is Not Just a Building"

Second Place: Chelsea Manbodh, Thomas A. Edison CTE High School, "Do Political Views Create Tension In Relationships?"

First Place: Ashley Mazarin, Roslyn High School, "Lack of In-Person Driver's Ed Misstep in Proper Road Safety"

Best Feature Article:

Third Place: Amanda Lerner, Roslyn High School, "Mrs. Prophett Sets a Positive Tone"

Second Place: Nasheed Choudhury, New Hyde Park Memorial High School, "Student Spotlight: Instagram Inspirations"

First Place: Claudia Hindley, The Mount Academy, "Rising to Resilience"

Best News Article:

Honorable Mention: Sophie Ward, Lynbrook High School, "Classnight 2020: The Show Must Go On"

Third Place: Cheri Chu, John L. Miller - Great Neck North High School, "Great Neck Students Harassed While Bicycling, Alleged Anti-Asian Racism"

Second Place: Amber Connell, Brentwood High School, "Research Students Overcome Covid Obstacles to Enter Regeneron Competition"

First Place: Madison Grady, Jericho High School, "Transition Spurs Division"

Most Outstanding Reporter:

Third Place: Julia Swerdin, Lynbrook High School, Horizon

Second Place: Huda Ayaz, The Wheatley School, Wheatley Wildcat

First Place: Katie Tian, Jericho High School, The JerEcho

Most Outstanding Newspaper (Printed or Online):

Honorable Mention: The JerEcho, Jericho High School

Third Place: Horizon, Lynbrook High School

Second Place: Guide Post, John L. Miller - Great Neck North High School

First Place: The Chariot, New Hyde Park Memorial High School

About Adelphi: A modern metropolitan university with a personalized approach to higher learning

Adelphi University, New York, is a highly awarded, nationally ranked, powerfully connected doctoral research university dedicated to transforming students' lives through small classes with world-class faculty, hands-on learning and innovative ways to support academic and career success. Adelphi offers exceptional liberal arts and sciences programs and professional training, with particular strength in our Core Four-Arts and Humanities, STEM and Social Sciences, the Business and Education Professions, and Health and Wellness.

Recognized as a Best College by U.S. News & World Report, Adelphi is Long Island's oldest private coeducational university. It serves almost 8,000 students at its beautiful main campus in Garden City, New York-just 23 miles from New York City's cultural and internship opportunities-and at dynamic learning hubs in Manhattan, the Hudson Valley and Suffolk County, as well as online.

More than 116,000 Adelphi graduates have gained the skills to thrive professionally as active, engaged citizens, making their mark on the University, their communities and the world.

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