![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 Tuesday, Oct. 31, WHS seniors continued the annual WHS tradition of wearing Halloween costumes to school. During an extended advisory block, Vice Principal Laura Cole organized a “Monster Mash” celebration in the Commons with themed music and candy.
Credit: Vanessa Taxiarchis
(From left to right) Seniors Ava Renneker, Belle Peredna, Tasha Janoff, Annika Martins, CC Haddad, Jenny Shine, and Hallie Luo chose "Men In Black" as their groups costume. "It was honestly an easy costume to put together last minute," Belle Peredna said.
