![On Tuesday, Jan. 28, Wayland Cares director J Verhoosky led a presentation on the importance of choosing to be vulnerable in conversations. Through various activities and experiments, the audience was instructed to confront how they approach risk taking and their comfort zones. “[My biggest takeaway was] make yourself available for other people and share things you might not share with other people to make them feel like they're in a safe environment,” junior Addison Voight said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/JLb1q3m4ZHvNAKYzv7c60kyyrrafzS8pJlYoJcoj.png)
![Freshman Edan Parker arranges a puzzle. "I just like how you can do whatever in [the library]," Parker said. "There's a lot of freedom."](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2A2BC82A-232B-4F33-B6D5-C5F44B333E0B_1_201_a-1200x835.jpg)
The WHS librarians set up many activities for WHS students to de-stress after midterms, such as a variety of crafts and games. It is a yearly tradition for teachers to bring their students down to the library the week after midterms. “I think it’s nice that the students can relax instead of working on school,” WHS Spanish teacher Nicole Haghdoust said.
Credit: Karis Tam
Playing against each other, freshman Caleb Grace (left) and Ryan Young (right) play a game of chess. The library offered games, crafts and dog videos to help students de-stress from midterms.
