![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)
Join WSPN’s reporter Jessi Dretler as she speaks with newly-elected Wayland High School Student Council President Venezia Sebastianelli about her future plans as president and her family’s history within Wayland’s student government.
0:00 – Intro
0:08 – How do you feel about being elected as the new Student Council president?
0:22 – What inspired you to run for this role?
0:44 – How do you feel about being the fifth one in your family involved in student government? Do you feel like there’s any pressure to run?
1:15 – What are your plans for this upcoming year?
2:06 – Do you have any concerns about being president?
2:21 – Since no one ran against you, do you feel like you missed out on some of the process?
2:45 – Are you planning on implementing some of the same rules that your brothers and cousins have?
2:56 – What problems do you hope to address during your presidency?
3:32 – What fundraising ideas do you have?
3:59 – Why do you feel you are best fit for the role?
4:29 – How do you feel about collaborating with the vice president, treasurer and secretary?
5:13 – Do you see your family continuing to run in the elections, like your cousin running next year?
5:31 – Outro
