![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 Marissa Mendoza summarizes stories from the past week with links to the corresponding WSPN article.
News:
WSPN’s Edge Wheeler and Staff Reporter Alex Evangelista wrote about the boys and girls hockey teams securing funding from WHS. WSPN’s Chloe Zilembo and Editor Marissa Mendoza briefed recent playoff games for WHS student athletes. Co-Editor-in-Chief Reva Datar briefed details on the Class of 2024’s graduation.
Features:
Co-Editor Penelope Biddle spotlighted senior Brendan Hines newest movie, “Senior Assassin”.
Sports:
WSPN’s Melina Barris interviewed members of the girls varsity lacrosse team about their playoff season. WSPN’s Jeffery Zhang wrote about the Class of 2024 finishing their last season of high school sports.
Opinion:
WSPN’s Emma Zocco and Elyssa Grillo shared their opinions on the process of buying concert tickets.
A&E:
Staff reporter Fiona Peltonen shared Russell’s Garden Center Employees top five gardening tips. WSPN’s Jane Tardif interviewed June’s artist of the month, Zoe Roi.
Multimedia:
WSPN’s Natalie Greenaway and Staff Reporter Addison Voight took photos of Wayland High School’s Theatre Ensemble (WHSTE) performance of the musical “RENT”. Staff Reporters Vanessa Taxiarchis and Jillian Mele produced a gallery on WHS’s Window Dance Ensemble’s annual spring show.
Broadcast:
Co-Editors Carolina Sdoia and Tardif and Staff Reporter Jessi Dretler broke down Wayland’s news in the Weekly Breakdown Episode 87. WSPN’s Bowen Morrison and staff reporter Ben Jackson shared their thoughts on the Boston Celtics’ playoff run. Dretler and Barris discuss tips for studying for final exams. Sdoia and Dretler demonstrated a step by step process of making slime while discussing the history of slime over the years.
![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)
