![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)
News Brief: WSPN wins third consecutive Pacemaker Award
Credit: Sarah Lee
On Saturday, April 9, the Wayland Student Press Network won another Pacemaker Award. The award was presented by the National Student Press Association.
April 12, 2022
On April 9, the Wayland Student Press Network (WSPN) won its third consecutive Pacemaker Award at the National High School Journalism Convention in Los Angeles, California. The Pacemaker Award honors the nation’s best news sites.
“The Pacemaker is the association’s preeminent award,” National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) Executive Director Laura Widmer said. “NSPA is honored to recognize the best of the best.”
On March 3, NSPA named WSPN one of 47 Pacemaker finalists. WSPN is one of 20 news sites, big and small, to be named as a Pacemaker winner. WSPN is one of four news sites on the east coast to be named a Pacemaker winner.
