![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 Tasha Janoff and WSPN’s Jenny Shine broke down the Univeristy of Florida firing all DEI employees. Also, Janoff and Shine briefed the Connect Program’s Spring Fling.
Meanwhile, Staff Reporters Elyssa Grillo and Janoff wrote about Making Waves, a campaign for the Wayland Community Pool. Staff Reporter Sophia Verma broke down the possible Tiktok ban.
Opinion:
Verma shared her opinions on overcoming testing anxiety by changing testing culture. Staff Reporters Jillian Mele, Fiona Peltonen and WSPN’s Mischa Lee shared their opinions on Sephora not being where tweens should spend their childhood.
Staff Reporter Maddie Zajac wrote about the benefits of having a “green thumb.” WSPN’s Ryan Chase and Zajac wrote about why the school “campus” should include the tennis courts and the pool.
A&E:
Staff Reporters Melina Barris and Makenzie Macchi produced a quiz on newly added dictionary words. Editor Tina Su wrote about the Connect Program’s preparation for the Spring Fling. Peltonen reviewed the outfits in the 2024 Oscars.
Multimedia:
Co-Editor Sasha Libenzon photographed the Class of 2024’s Senior Show.
Podcast:
Staff Reporters Jane Tardif, Barris and Macchi broke down Wayland’s news in Weekly Breakdown Episode 78. Staff Reporters Oliva Green, Maggie Buffum and Peltonen discussed the history of St. Patrick’s Day. Staff Reporter Jessi Dretler interviewed Venezia Sebastianelli, WHS’s new Student Council president.
![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)
