Students at St. William the Abbot School in Seaford are celebrating their success in creative writing! Over thirty 7th grade student essays and eighteen 8th grade student poems have been selected for publication in Celebrating What Is Important to Me, an anthology published by Creative Communication, Inc.

The school was awarded the “Writing Achievement Award” by the organization based on the “exceptionally high merit” of the students’ entries. This award is an honor, which is given to the top 10% of all schools entering this nationwide contest. Creative Writing, Inc. Editor, Thomas K. Worthen, Ph.D. congratulated the school in a letter stating “The fact that you have numerous students accepted makes a strong statement about your school. Less than 50% of the essays submitted are selected for publication. The list of students that have been accepted to be published represents a lot of talent, hard work and dedication from your teachers and students. In judging thousands of essays, our judges have found that the single most important factor in creating a quality essay is the quality of the instruction.”

Congratulations to teachers Angela Ciaramella, Fran Warga, Joyce Sackman and Linda Pitre for their hard work and commitment to their students, and to the students themselves for their talent and achievement!

St. William the Abbot School’s winning essay students: Amanda Bordonaro. Patrick Conroy, Gregory Frank, Brittany Gayer, Gabriella Gilmartin, Jack Griffin, Juliana Hyatt, Joseph Jablonski, Maggie Jacobsen, Shannon Keane, Christopher Kustera, Santino Lagomarsino Victoria La Sala, Sarah Logan, Stephanie Lutsky, Kimberly Mackey, Patrick McAleer, Timothy McGowan, Steven Moss, Meaghan Parmiter, Alli Philbin, Lindsey Posch, Nocholas Schwab, Sal Sciara, Clarissa Shenocker, Ashley Stumpel, Melissa Suppe, Christine Swartwout, Stephanie Viggiano, Paul Weissberg, Matthew Wendelken.

St. William the Abbot School’s winning poetry students: Bernadette Bingham, Adam Brzezinski, Grace Budde, Patrick Burke, Brian David, Maria De Domenico, Dominique Delzio, Max Gentile, Michael LaSala, Erin Mannix, Cecilia Natkaniec, Erin O’Grady, Chelsea Pusteria, Thomas Quinn, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Sheehan, Juliann-Kate Toohey and Ricky Wenthen

Shown in the photos are some of the St. William the Abbot winners.