![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)
In the weekly series, “In Case You Missed It,” News Editor Selena Liu summarizes stories from the past week with links to the corresponding WSPN article.
News:
WSPN Staff shared top 10 things to know about for the 2023-2024 school year. Editor Selena Liu and WSPN’s Kally Proctor discussed the necessary steps for getting a driver’s license.
Sports:
WSPN’s Tina Su produced an article about senior Ava Balukonis, a newly recruited rower for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. WSPN’s Jennifer Shine and Sasha Libenzon previewed fall sports.
Multimedia:
WSPN Staff produced a gallery about their summer scenes.
A&E:
Liu shared an article about where WSPN staff went on vacation this summer. WSPN’s Hallie Luo and Shine overviewed the “Barbie” movie.
WSPN’s Mischa Lee shared necessary clothing items for the new school year. WSPN’s Aimee Smith shared an interactive infographic about “The House on Mango Street” mural in the English wing.
Opinion:
WSPN’s Jeffery Zhang discussed the Saudi Arabian League being the end of football.
“If Saudi clubs don’t change what they’re doing right now, then the Saudi Pro League will become perhaps one of the worst things that happens to football,” Zhang wrote.
![Join WSPN’s Marissa Mendoza, Edge Wheeler, Ainsley Jay, Bowen Morrison and Sofia Ciciarelli as they cover seniors’ involvement in the election and the viewpoint from a WHS educator. “[The election is] a really toxic environment,” WHS history teacher Katherine Bassen said. “It would be disingenuous for me to say, ‘oh, everything's going great.’ Obviously it's not, right?”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_0282-1-1200x800.jpg)
