![Join WSPN’s Marissa Mendoza, Edge Wheeler, Ainsley Jay, Bowen Morrison and Sofia Ciciarelli as they cover seniors’ involvement in the election and the viewpoint from a WHS educator. “[The election is] a really toxic environment,” WHS history teacher Katherine Bassen said. “It would be disingenuous for me to say, ‘oh, everything's going great.’ Obviously it's not, right?”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_0282-1-1200x800.jpg)
![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)
Ring: I wear it for all special occasions, and I couldn’t go a year without it. It is my great grandmother, Laura’s, ring.
Lip salve: Apparently you can get addicted to chapstick, and I did. I need it at least 10 times a day.
Photographs: If I can’t put these people in the bag, I might as well take photos of them.
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White: This is my favorite book of all time.
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey: This is a book I got while working at a school in South Carolina, and it inspires me to try my best because those kids have to persevere so much to get food or an education.
