![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 broke the news on the Wayland Middle School not having classes on Friday. Staff Reporter Ainsley Jay reported on the Wayland High School administration’s stance in the annual powderpuff flag football game.
Features:
Staff Reporters Jillian Mele and Jessi Dretler shared the story of exercise business, CrossFit TILT. WSPN’s Bella Schreiber, Chloe Zilembo and Emma Zocco covered this year’s changes in the Learning Resources Team (LRT) program. Meanwhile, Staff Reporters Fiona Peltonen, Alex Evangelista and Dretler unwrapped the story behind the chocolate factory, Sky Bar.
Opinion:
WSPN’s Olivia Green reflected on the negative effects of pop culture figures in politics.
A&E:
WSPN’s Marissa Mendoza and Green reviewed Tyler, The Creator’s newest album, “CHROMAKOPIA.” Mele conversed with November’s Artist of the Month, senior John Chausse. Meanwhile, WSPN’s Edge Wheeler and Evangelista shared their opinions and rated Lil Uzi Vert’s new album, “Eternal Atake 2.”
Broadcast:
Co-Broadcast-Editor Jane Tardif, WSPN’s Melina Barris and Mele broke down Wayland’s news in the Weekly Breakdown Episode 99.
![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)
