Bellport High School senior Damaris Sumba Lliguin was recently awarded third place in Category E of the Walt Whitman Birthplace Student Poetry Contest. Sumba penned her poem, Onions, as part of an English class assignment. She said it was the first poem she had ever written. When not winning poetry contests, Sumba is studying dental assisting at Eastern Suffolk BOCES. The South Country School District congratulates her on a job well done.
Date Added: 4/18/2024