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Valetudinarian

By: Angelina Wintonick, Co-Editor in Chief
June 5, 2019
Photo Credit: Photo Via Authority Dental
Valetudinarian is a person who is unduly anxious about their health.

Noun.

A  person of a weak or sickly constitution; especially : one whose chief concern is his or her ill health.

After visiting the emergency room for the third time in a week, Bryan’s mother tells him to stop being a valetudinarian and take some cold medicine.

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Angelina Wintonick
Angelina Wintonick, Co-Editor in Chief
Angelina Wintonick is a 17 year old senior at Colonia High School. She has lived in Colonia her whole life, from attending Pennsylvania Avenue School #27 for elementary school, to moving into junior high at Colonia Middle School, and now attends Colonia High School.  Angelina enjoys many things, from sports to movies, photography, shopping and hanging out with her friends. But most importantly, she enjoys playing volleyball, a sport she has loved since she was in third grade. Playing on the high school team here at CHS for four years, she also plays club volleyball for a national team, outside of school.  She has recently verbally committed to Saint Francis College in Brooklyn Heights. She will play volleyball there and continue her education after highschool. When she isn't playing volleyball, she enjoys hanging out with her younger sister, who is a junior at Colonia. She also enjoys reading novels along the genre of suspense and or thriller. Wintonick has been writing for the Declaration for three years, since she was a sophomore at Colonia.  
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