![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)
Like Carolyn wrote in her last blog, the best thing about cooking is the ability to get creative and make it your own. A smoothie has the flexibility to be whatever you want: healthy, sweet or a combination of the two.
Despite my sweet tooth, my favorite kind of smoothie is banana strawberry.
I try to make it taste as tropical as I can, so besides adding banana and strawberries, I also put in a little bit of either vanilla or coconut extract, depending on my mood. Adding only coconut extract tastes a little bland, so I like to add a couple spoonfuls of sugar as well. If you don’t happen to have strawberries in the house, you can add strawberry jelly instead, which may sound gross, but tastes just as good.
The amount of each ingredient you put in all depends on what you like best. I usually put in one banana, 5-6 cut up strawberries, a cup of milk and a splash of vanilla or coconut extract.
Enjoy!
