![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 Ainsley Jay briefed the Dec. 6 town meeting which discussed Wayland teachers’ contracts.
“On Wednesday, Dec. 6, a town meeting will occur in Wayland High School’s auditorium at 6:45 p.m. to discuss contracts for Wayland Public Schools (WPS) teachers and teaching assistants,” Jay wrote.
Features:
Staff Reporter Sophia Verma produced an article on guiding WHS seniors into their next chapter. WSPN’s Jeffery Zhang wrote about John Berry’s DJing career.
Meanwhile, Staff Reporters Marissa Mendoza and Maddie Zajac produced chapter one of “Humans of WHS.” Staff Reporter Annika Martins and WSPN’s Jenny Shine wrote about WHS’s Lend a Paw club.
Opinion:
Staff Reporter Tasha Janoff and Martins wrote about the behind the scenes of Matthew Perry. WSPN’s Bella Schreiber and Shine shared their opinions on Charrissa Thompson being an unethical reporter. Guest Writers Hedaia Elelimy and Noreen Javed discussed their thoughts on Palestine.
A&E:
Staff Reporters Elyssa Grillo and Bowen Morrison overviewed and photographed WHS’s spirit week. Staff Reporters Melina Barris, Jessi Dretler and Grillo reviewed “Hunger Games: The Ballad of the Song Birds and Snakes.”
Meanwhile, WSPN’s Kally Proctor produced an article on WHS musicians taking the stage at Eastern Districts. Staff Reporters Margaret Buffum, Fiona Peltonen and Olivia Green produced a holiday gift guide.
Multimedia:
Co-Editor Sasha Libenzon photographed the Wayland-Weston Thanksgiving football game. Staff Reporters Edge Wheeler and Alex Evangelista produced a gallery on the boys lacrosse team’s alumni game. Meanwhile, Staff Reporter Jillian Mele and Grillo photographed a November day in the life.
Podcast:
Editor Abby Raftery, WSPN’s Mischa Lee and Staff Reporter Jayden Taylor broke down Wayland’s news in Weekly Breakdown Episode 73. Meanwhile, WSPN’s Jane Tardif produced a Friday Fast Five on EBM’s Way Wallets. Barris, Tardif, Grillo and Dretler reviewed Hot Doogy in Picky Eater Picks Episode 17.
![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)
