![The Wayland Police Department have issued a warning on the rise of scammers during the holiday season. “Hang up [the phone]. if you get a text and you do not know who it's from, just delete it. Don't click on any links, nothing,” Wayland police chief Edward Burman said. “Every single one of them is a scam.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_0954_720-e1734676255647.jpg)
![WHS’s Connect Program ran its annual holiday gift drive to fulfill the wishlist of children enrolled in the Dorchester based non-profit daycare organization, the Yawkey Center. This drive brought the town together and impacted both the students in Connect, as well as the greater Wayland community. “You could see how helpful the town was and how our community came together and wanted to help out a community that wasn't our own [and] kids who were less fortunate than we were,” senior and Connect Program member Jordynn Lee said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/screenshot_2024-12-20_at_12.21.24___pm_720-e1734734228474.png)
![The Boy Scouts will be selling trees on Fridays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays noon to 6 p.m. until they sell out.
“This event is one of the things that [the Boy Scouts] get to have a direct impact on the community,” freshman Alex Macleod said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot-2024-12-11-at-8.38.38 AM.png)
Wayland swim and dive belly flops against Westford Academy
February 8, 2022
WHS’s swim and dive team competed against Westford Academy at Concords-Carlisle’s pool, the Beede Center. The meet took place on Jan. 11. Both the boys and girls swim team were defeated by Westford Academy. This meet marked the end to the girls’ undefeated streak. The boys and girls dive team was split into two, half performed 11 dives while the other half only had six. The group of girls that performed six dives won, while the group with 11 dives lost. The boys that performed six dives lost; however, the boys with 11 dives won.
Credit: Carolina Sdoia
Wayland's swim and dive team gathers inside the Wayland Community pool before heading to Concord-Carlisle. Inside, swimmers find out what events they will be swimming and what their opponent's times are.
