![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)
Breaking News: Middle School Closed Monday, Jan. 31
Credit: Atharva Weling
News Editor Tess Alongi reports on the middle school closure due to flooding
January 31, 2022
Wayland Middle School families were notified of a school closure on Monday, Jan. 31 at 6:50 a.m. with emails from both Principal Betsy Gavron and Superintendent Omar Easy. The sprinkler system in the middle school went off during the night and caused the school to flood, which lead to the closure.
“This morning, I was notified that the sprinkler system was activated during the night causing flooding at the middle school,” Easy said in an email. “Due to this incident, school will be CLOSED today, January 31, for all students and staff at the Middle School ONLY.”
