![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)
Students of all grades were invited to attend the annual Color Blast held on Monday, Nov. 20. Color Blast is an annual event that the Student Council hosts each year to start Spirit Week. All grades are divided between the wings of the school with their own unique color to decorate their respective wing with. Freshman decorated with green, sophomores decorated with blue, juniors decorated with red and seniors decorated with the colors orange and black. The winner of this year’s annual Color Blast was the Class of 2024, which was announced by Student Council Vice President Giovanni Sebastianelli on Tuesday, Nov. 21.
Credit: Carolina Sdoia
Junior Melina Barris uses red tape to create a hopscotch game in the history wing. This is the second year that the Class of 2025 has used tape to make a hopscotch game as a decoration.
