![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: WHS ends plastic bottle usage
Credit: Emily Roberge
On Tuesday, Jan. 3, Principal Allyson Mizoguchi informed WHS that plastic bottle usage has stopped and that the school has returned to fully functioning water fountains. “The water situation has been resolved,” Mizoguchi wrote in her email.
January 3, 2023
Following winter break, WHS officially ends plastic bottle usage and returns to fully functioning water fountains. WHS principal Allyson Mizoguchi informed students about this decision on Tuesday, Jan. 3, confirming that the water fountains are safe to drink from.
This decision was made possible following three weeks of water testing by the DPW.
“The water situation has been resolved,” Mizoguchi wrote in her email to WHS. “The Town Water Department notified us over vacation that our drinking water is officially safe to consume, and our facilities staff has replaced all filters. Please bring your reusable water bottles from home and fill them up at the water stations.”
