![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 Vanessa Taxiarchis briefed Wayland-Weston’s annual Thanksgiving football game.
“The annual Wayland-Weston Thanksgiving football game started in 1934,” Taxiarchis wrote. “Wayland won the first game, and now the Warriors have a 53-30 record on the Wildcats. In the last 10 years, the record has been 8-1-1.”
Features:
WSPN’s Katya Luzarraga produced an article on the ripple effect of Veterans Day.
“Veritas Christian Academy displays a vibrant, uplifting message thanking veterans for their service,” Luzarraga wrote. “The display, created by Veritas Art Teacher Noelle Pierce, honors the history of Veterans Day by showcasing red paper poppies with thank you messages written by Veritas students. The display serves as a reminder for passersby to practice gratitude and service in Wayland.”
Sports:
Guest Writer Joey Fay wrote about Wayland varsity senior football players being thankful for the annual Thanksgiving game.
“Thanksgiving can have a different meaning to everyone,” Fay wrote. “Thanksgiving could mean food or spending time with family, but for the Wayland varsity senior football players, this Thanksgiving marks the last time they will be putting on the orange and black jersey.”
A&E:
Staff Reporters Elyssa Grillo and Jessi Dretler reviewed “Priscilla.” Staff Reporter Melina Barris and Dretler produced a Thanksgiving crossword. Meanwhile, Staff Reporter Makenzie Macchi discussed how to make chocolate-covered strawberry turkeys.
Staff Reporter Fiona Pletonen produced an article on Thanksgiving meal alternatives for vegetarians. WSPN’s Mischa Lee and Barris shared their Black Friday gift guide.
![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)
