![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’s Aimee Smith summarized Wayland’s community safety meeting. Meanwhile, Co-Editor-in-Chief Nadya Chase briefed WHS’ annual club fair.
Sports:
WSPN’s Jennifer Shine and Staff Reporters Tasha Janoff and Annika Martins wrote about two WHS soccer players who joined Major League Soccer (MLS) NEXT teams. Editor Bella Shreiber produced an article about fall weather interrupting the sports season.
Multimedia:
Co-Editor Hallie Luo photographed the girls soccer team’s win over Boston Latin. Meanwhile, WSPN’s Emma Zocco, Co-Editor Sasha Libenzon and Co-Editor-in-Chief Talia Macchi produced a gallery on the football team’s close victory over Ashland.
A&E:
Smith produced a fall crossword puzzle. Staff Reporter Elyssa Grillo wrote about Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet’s unexpected relationship.
Meanwhile, Staff Reporters Melina Barris and Jessi Dretler wrote about upcoming fall fashion trends.
Opinion:
WSPN’s Kally Proctor discussed the shock factor protest at the U.S. Open women’s semi-finals match. Meanwhile, WSPN’s Jeffery Zhang wrote about Novak Djokovic being the greatest tennis player of all time.
![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)
