![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 and Staff Reporter Ravi Kapadia broke the news on the Kicks for Cancer game being rescheduled.
Sports: WSPN’s Bowen Morrison wrote about the New England Patriots 2024 season campaign.
Opinion: Editor Jeffery Zhang shared his thoughts on current world No. 1 professional tennis player, Jannik Sinner.
A&E: WSPN’s Melina Barris shared her top five favorite fall activities. Staff Reporter Jillian Mele reviewed Tate McRae’s latest single, “It’s ok I’m ok.”
Multimedia: Co-Editor-in-Chief Sasha Libenzon, Co-Editor Sofia Ciciarelli and WSPN’s Natalie Greenaway produced a gallery on the girls varsity soccer team’s win against Waltham. Ciciarelli produced an interactive gallery on the boys varsity football team’s first home game of the season.
Broadcast: Co-Editor Carolina Sdoia and Staff Reporters Jessi Dretler and Ben Jackson broke down Wayland’s news in the Weekly Breakdown Episode 90.
![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)
