![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)
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 Olivia Green and Staff Reporters Karis Tam, Vanessa Taxiarchis and Mack Young reported on the ban of popular social media app, TikTok.
Features:
Staff Reporters Molly Bergeron and Annabelle Hage investigated the past of Waylands snowfall and shared various Wayland residents’ predictions for future snowfall. Staff Reporter Mackenzie Young wrote about a few of Wayland’s holiday gift drives. Meanwhile, Staff Reporter Ravi Kapadia spotlighted new innovation teacher, Nicholas Patrie.
Sports:
WSPN’s Bella Schreiber wrote about new girls varsity basketball coach, Stephen Marks.
A&E:
Editor-in-Chief Reva Datar reviewed the second season of the Netflix blockbuster show “Squid Game.” WSPN’s Melina Barris and Staff Reporter Caroline Kiernan shared some of their favorite and least favorite looks of the 2025 Golden Globes.
Meanwhile, WSPN’s Elyssa Grillo and Bowen Morrison reviewed the horror film, “Nosferatu.” WSPN’s Emma Zocco, Edge Wheeler and Staff Reporter Alex Evangelista discussed the trends of this year’s winter season.
Multimedia:
WSPN’s Mischa Lee and Staff Reporters Vanessa Taxiarchis and Jillian Mele photographed the boys basketball team’s game against Bedford. WSPN’s Maddie Zajac, Wheeler and Evangelista posted a gallery on the girls ice hockey team’s loss to Hopkinton.
Broadcast:
Co-Broadcast-Editor Jane Tardif, Jessi Dretler and Barrisbroke down Wayland’s news in Weekly Breakdown Episode 105.
![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)
