![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:
Co-Editor-in-Chief Reva Datar and Co-Multimedia Editor Edge Wheeler broke the news on the annual Kicks for Cancer game being moved back to Concord-Carlisle High School.
Features:
Staff Reporter Fiona Peltonen wrote about Waylands conservation land. WSPN’s Bella Schreiber and Staff Reporter Vanessa Taxiarchis spotlighted senior Jackie Rainville on her commitment to Williams College.
A&E:
WSPN’s Business Editor Bowen Morrison and Copy Editor Elyssa Grillo and Staff Reporter Alex Evangelista made a guide for this year’s top men’s fall fashion trends.
Multimedia:
Co-Editor-in-Chief Sasha Libenzon and WSPN’s Maddie Zajac and Ryan Chase produced a gallery on the boys varsity soccer team falling short to Weston. Meanwhile, Wheeler and WSPN’s Natalie Greenaway photographed the boys varsity golf team win against Waltham. Zajac and Taxiarchis covered the girls varsity field hockey team game against Westford Academy that ended in a tie.
Broadcast:
Co-Broadcast-Editor Jane Tardif and Staff Reporters Jillian Mele and Jessi Dretler broke down Wayland’s news in Weekly Breakdown Episode 91. Zajac and Chase discussed the news of professional youtuber, Nikocado Avocado, revealing his change in weight.
WSPN’s Emma Zocco, Tardif and Mele traveled to the restaurant, Heirloom, located in Weston to sample some of their food. Co-Broadcast-Editor Carolina Sdoia and Staff Reporter Alex Evangelista played the game “Are you smarter than a fifth grader?” Staff Reporter Ben Jackson, Morrison and Evangelista discussed the New England Patriots’ performance so far in the 2024 season.
![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)
