![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 Elyssa Grillo wrote about WHS’s first ever homecoming dance. WSPN’s Ryan Chase and Bella Schreiber briefed on the Celebrate with Heart Community Festival. Meanwhile, Staff Reporter Ainsley Jay broke down the news on EEE coming back to Massachusetts.
Sports: Staff Reporter Vanessa Taxiarchis highlighted junior Avery Umina’s soccer career in this month’s edition of Athlete of the Month. Editor Chloe Zilembo previewed WHS’s varsity football team’s game against Shawsheen Valley Technical High School.
Opinion: WSPN’s Olivia Green discussed the verdict of the FDA v. AHM case regarding medical abortion.
“With the presidential election looming over November, this decision comes at a time where it is imperative that medical abortion is protected,” Green wrote.
A&E: Staff Reporter Jessi Dretler and Grillo reviewed the recent sequel, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.”
“Despite its negatives, this movie has brilliant twists and turns and is a good watch for someone looking for a proper, but new Halloween movie this fall,” Dretler and Grillo wrote.
Multimedia: WSPN’s Mischa Lee and Carolina Sdoia created a gallery on the girls varsity volleyball team beating Westford Academy. Meanwhile, Co-Editor Edge Wheeler and WSPN’s Marissa Mendoza, Ryan Chase and Jeffery Zhang photographed Waylands first homecoming. Co-Editor-in-Chief Sasha Libenzon produced a gallery on the boys varsity soccer team’s Kicks for Cancer tournament.
Broadcast: Co-Broadcast-Editors Jane Tardif, Staff Reporter Ben Jackson and Sdoia broke down Wayland’s news in Weekly Breakdown Episode 92. WSPN’s Emma Zocco and Lee reviewed the Mediterranean restaurant chain, Cava. Meanwhile, WSPN’s Bowen Morrison, Staff Reporter Alex Evangelista and Jackson continued their discussion on 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)
