![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 articles.
News:
Staff Reporter Ainsley Jay briefed this year’s Trunk or Treat hosted by the WHS Tri-M Music Honor Society.
Sports:
Staff Reporter Vanessa Taxiarchis spotlighted this month’s athlete, Micheal Keenan. WSPN’s Emma Zocco previewed the varsity football game against Bedford.
A&E:
Editor Mischa Lee and WSPN’s Elyssa Grillo analyzed the most popular fall fashion items. WSPN’s Penelope Biddle interviewed October’s Artist of the Month, Tara Sawrikar. Meanwhile, Staff Reporter Alex Evangelista interviewed October’s Fashionista of the Month, Leo Ciciarelli.
Multimedia:
Co-Editor Edge Wheeler photographed the boys varsity soccer team loss against DCL opponent, Lincoln-Sudbury. Meanwhile, Staff Reporter Ravi Kapadia, Taxiarchis and Wheeler produced a gallery on the varsity football team’s win against the Waltham “Hawks.” Co-Editor-in-Chief Sasha Libenzon captured the boys and girls varsity crew teams preparing for the Head Of The Fish Regatta.
Broadcast:
Co-Editors Jane Tardif and Carolina Sdoia and Staff Reporter Jillian Mele broke down Wayland’s news in Weekly Breakdown Episode 95.
![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)
