Are you keeping up with WSPN? Find out in this September news quiz

Ainsley Jay and Annabelle Hage

October 1, 2025

Have you been a regular reader of WSPN content? Test your knowledge with WSPN’s new column: News Quizzes. The first being the “September News Quiz” highlighting key information WSPN stories have covered during the month of September. The answer key can be found at the bottom of the quiz.

Credit: Abby Bergeron

With the 2025-2026 school year in full swing, here are seven changes to be on the lookout for.

1) As one of the new changes made to the 2025-2026 school year, what student information system has replaced Home Access Center?

eSchool

Gradelink

PowerSchool

Infinite Campus

With the 2025-2026 school year in full swing, here are seven changes to be on the lookout for. (Credit: Caroline Kiernan)

Storming into the field house, the Class of 2026 collides together, making a mosh pit. Seniors cheered and jumped in a cluster, celebrating their last first day of high school.

2) As per WHS tradition, each graduating class gets to vote on a word that they can put on their matching Senior Shirts. What is the word for this year?

Success

Unstoppable

Incredible

Achieve

Storming into the field house, the Class of 2026 collides together, making a mosh pit. Seniors cheered and jumped in a cluster, celebrating their last first day of high school. (Credit: Grace Zocco)

Senior captain Anna Yalli hits the ball over the net and scores a point for the team. Yalli has been on the team since her sophomore year.

3) Which WHS sports teams moved up from Division III to Division II this year following their success last fall sports season?

Girls soccer

Football

Girls volleyball

Boys soccer

Senior captain Anna Yalli hits the ball over the net and scores a point for the team. Yalli has been on the team since her sophomore year. (Credit: Vanessa Taxiarchis)

During the 2024-25 school year, approximately 400 students came into the library every day, but since the start of this school year, attendance has dropped due to the ban on cell phone use in the library.

4) Following the implementation of the new cell phone policy, there was a drop in library attendance from last school year. What was the average attendance of students per day in the library the first seven days of school?

170

195

211

During the 2024-25 school year, approximately 400 students came into the library every day, but since the start of this school year, attendance has dropped due to the ban on cell phone use in the library. (Credit: Ainsley Jay)

Boys basketball head coach Dennis Doherty will not be returning to the sideline this winter as he announced his resignation earlier this month. Doherty has been the head coach for 17 years and played for the Wayland varsity team during his high school days.

5) A long-time coach at WHS, Coach Doherty, stepped down from coaching. What sport did he coach?

Boys volleyball

Girls basketball

Boys basketball

Wrestling

Boys basketball head coach Dennis Doherty will not be returning to the sideline this winter as he announced his resignation earlier this month. Doherty has been the head coach for 17 years and played for the Wayland varsity team during his high school days. (Credit: WSPN Staff)

Wayland's defensive line sets up while waiting for Ashland to snap the ball and start the play. "I enjoy going out and playing my best with my teammates," sophomore Peter Papatoniadis said. "The chemistry of the team really brings us together on the field."

6) What team did the varsity football team compete against in the Homecoming game?

Acton-Boxborough

Holliston

Ashland

Newton South

Wayland’s defensive line sets up while waiting for Ashland to snap the ball and start the play. “I enjoy going out and playing my best with my teammates,” sophomore Peter Papatoniadis said. “The chemistry of the team really brings us together on the field.” (Credit: Grace Zocco)

A group of students gather to toss up one of the many inflatable disco ball decorations that were scattered among the floor.

7) On Sept. 19, WHS had its second-annual homecoming dance. What was the theme?

70s disco

Masquerade

The Great Gatsby

Under the sea

A group of students gather to toss up one of the many inflatable disco ball decorations that were scattered among the floor. (Credit: Cordia Wang)

Answer Key

Answer: Power School
Answer: Unstoppable
Answer: Girls Vollyball
Answer: 170
Answer: Boys basketball
Answer: Ashland
Answer: 70s Disco

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