![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:
Editor Marissa Mendoza wrote about WHS’s annual Underclassmen Awards ceremony.
Features:
WSPN’s Melina Barris and Staff Reporter Ben Jackson wrote about junior musician Elliot Xu. Staff Reporter Vanessa Taxiarchis spotlighted junior soccer player Alex Crawford.
Meanwhile, Co-Editor Maddie Zajac and Editor Mendoza produced chapter four of Humans of WHS. WSPN’s Sofia Ciciarelli and Staff Reporter Makenzie Macchi wrote an article on Wayland’s Little League.
A&E:
Staff Reporter Torryn Carlson reviewed Billie Eilish’s “HIT ME HARD AND SOFT” album. Editor Mischa Lee interviewed AP Art students who are seniors. WSPN’s Elyssa Grillo interviewed the June Fashionista of the Month, French teacher Sara Langelier.
Multimedia:
Staff Reporter Ainsley Jay produced a gallery on WHS’s fine arts awards night. Co-Editor Edge Wheeler, WSPN’s Natalie Greenaway and Taxiarchis photographed the Class of 2024’s graduation ceremony. Ciciarelli produced a gallery on the girls lacrosse win against Dover-Sherborn.
Broadcast:
Co-Editor Carolina Sdoia produced a video on the boys varsity volleyball team’s progress to the MIAA Division II state final game.
![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)
