![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)
Dear Readers,
Who knew people hid inside those costumes? Here at WSPN we’re checking out the peculiar, the humorous, and the just plain creepy with our Senior Halloween Costumes gallery: Class of 2010 style.
Earlier this week WSPN was able to “unmask” one of our new teachers! How many school librarians are also bass players in decently-known Boston rock bands? Wayland High’s very own Erin Dalbec, the new Media Center Director and Photography teacher plays bass in The Beatings. Yeah, we thought it was pretty awesome too.
In other news, film critic Nick Van Sciver has this week’s weather forecast: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. In this new 3D masterpiece (is there really any other way to see this movie?), this kindergarten classic turned feature film apparently has audiences glued to their seats (though, it’s possible that the 3D syrup was involved…). The best part I found in the trailer: the pancake falling on the school. Maybe if we’re lucky, pumpkins will fall on the school tomorrow! It would be a Halloween miracle! Wait, wrong holiday…
Check out the latest news, galleries, videos, blogs, and more at the continually growing, and evolving waylandstudentpress.com.
See you all Monday with sugar withdrawal,
Dave Ryan
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Wayland Student Press Network