![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 Tuesday, March 26 and Wednesday, March 27, sophomores will take the English Language Arts (ELA) Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exam. Testing will occur during the first three blocks of each day in specific locations determined alphabetically by last names. These assigned locations will be emailed to students before the testing days.
Students who do not finish testing within the allocated time will be given until the end of the school day to complete their exam in the lecture hall. Their proctor will walk them to the lecture hall.
Due to MCAS testing, schedules have been adjusted. On Tuesday, which is an E day, there will be no advisory and classes will be run in a different order: six, seven, three, five, one and two.
In a memo sent to sophomore students and families, WHS principal Allyson Mizoguchi reminds students to charge their laptops the night before, as well as bring a charger to school. Since students cannot leave their testing location before the end of their session, Mizoguchi also recommends that students bring a book with them.
“While we acknowledge the potential added stress of a lengthy, high-stakes exam, we are proud that our students are well-prepared and diligent as they demonstrate their ELA skills,” Mizoguchi wrote.
