![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 Reporters Edge Wheeler, Alex Evangelista and Ben Jackson briefed the apparent homicide at Shopper’s World in Framingham. Staff Reporter Jillian Mele briefed construction beginning on the Council on Aging and Community Center.
Features:
Staff Reporter Marissa Mendoza interviewed Peggy McIntosh on the importance of reflecting on one’s privilege. Staff Reporter Maddie Zajac spotlighted Missy Prince, an incoming freshman at Harvard University. WSPN’s Selena Liu wrote about WHS Mandarin students visiting Taiwan.
Sports:
Staff Reporter Maggie Buffum recapped Wayland baseball’s win against Assabet Valley High School. Staff Reporter Bowen Morrison analyzed the 2024 NFL draft.
Opinion:
Co-Editor-in-Chief Nadya Chase and WSPN’s Aimee Smith wrote about TikTok being the new Tumblr. WSPN’s Mischa Lee and Staff Reporter Elyssa Grillo shared their opinions about why prom should stay formal.
A&E:
Staff Reporter Ainsley Jay spotlighted the documentary “Girl’s State.” Morrison and Jackson produced a prom crossword.
Multimedia:
WSPN’s Emma Zocco and Lee produced a video on the Wayland Depot. Staff Reporters Jessi Dretler, Carolina Sdoia, Makenzie Macchi and Grillo tried Starbucks’ new spicy refreshers. Staff Reporter Addison Voight photographed the girls varsity softball team’s loss to Bedford.
Podcast:
Editor Abby Raftery and Staff Reporters Jane Tardif, Melina Barris and Sophia Verma broke down Wayland’s news in Weekly Breakdown Episode 83. Raftery and Barris reviewed Oath Pizza.
![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)
