![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)
On Friday, Oct. 6, the No Hate High School Tour will visit Wayland High School during an all-school assembly. The purpose of this assembly is to work on reducing bullying and cruel interactions among students.
“This educational program features BMX athletes who will talk to students about positive peer relationships, mental health awareness, kindness and inclusion,” WHS principal Allyson Mizoguchi wrote in an email to students.
According to an email sent to faculty members by WHS Vice Principal Laura Cole, some teachers noticed an increase in unkind interactions among students within the last year.
“[We are hosting this assembly] in an effort to expand the ways we talk and learn about anti-bullying and inclusion,” Mizoguchi wrote.
Due to the assembly, schedules have been adjusted. On Friday, which is a F day, students will follow a special bell schedule. This means that students will report to their advisory at the beginning of the day before the assembly, and all classes will be shortened.
“We are working on creative ways to start school-wide conversations and messaging around anti-bullying and inclusion,” Cole wrote.
