![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:
Staff Reporter Sophia Verma broke down the Natalee Holloway case, which was solved after 18 years. Meanwhile, Staff Reporter Melina Barris shared five tips to prepare for the SAT and ACT exams.
Features:
WSPN’s Aimee Smith produced an article about Wayland Free Public Library’s new director, Chris Lindquist. WSPN’s Katya Luzarraga wrote about Wayland’s historic Halloween house.
Meanwhile, WSPN’s Chloe Zilembo and Staff Reporter Carolina Sdoia compared Wayland High School’s current campus to its previous campus. WSPN’s Jennifer Shine and Staff Reporter Annika Martins discussed the MOSS (Make Our Schools Safe) club.
Multimedia:
WSPN Staff photographed WHS celebrating Halloween. Co-Editor Sasha Libenzon photographed the varsity football team’s win over Bedford on senior night. Meanwhile, Libenzon, WSPN’s Jeffery Zhang and Staff Reporter Natalie Greenaway produced a gallery on the boys varsity soccer team’s tie with Norwell on senior night.
A&E:
Staff Reporter Bowen Morrison and WSPN’s Hallie Luo reviewed Drake’s “For All the Dogs” album. Meanwhile, Verma and WSPN’s Emma Zocco and Mischa Lee reviewed “The Eras Tour” movie.
Podcast:
Editor Abby Raftery, and Staff Reporters Jillian Mele and Jessi Dretler broke down Wayland’s news in Weekly Breakdown Episode 69. Raftery also produced a podcast to meet WHS’ varsity golf captains.
![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)
