![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)
On Monday, Jan 29. the Sewing Club and Green Team put on their third annual slow fashion show which displayed up-cycled clothing items. The eventn the lecture hall during period second as a part of Winter Week. Along with the fashion show, an informational slideshow highlighted the impacts of fast fashion. “The fashion industry produces emissions that equate to driving 372,000 million cars per year,” fashion show organizer senior Charmaine Guo said.
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Students in the lecture hall wait patiently for show to start. During Winter Week, teachers are able to sign their classes up to watch or attend different events. "It was really interesting to see the positive effects of recycling clothes," audience member and senior Lavery Greenfield said. "The fashion show was a nice extra touch."
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