![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)
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What is your favorite medium?
Paper and pencil.
How did you get into art?
We all make art as children; some people decide to never stop.
What was your inspiration for these self-portraits?
High school is a time when everyone is rapidly changing, and it can be hard to keep track of who you’ve been and who you are becoming. Each self-portrait over the years is an attempt to freeze myself in time, to express what emotions and moments may have been intangible, and to stamp them into reality with something as simple as a drawing.
How do you plan to pursue art in the future?
I will always be creating, whether it appears as artwork, music or writing. It is an intrinsic part of my life. It’s the only plan for my future that I am entirely certain of.
![Above, freshman Sidney Toga performs with the WHS T-Tones a cappella group. Toga has been singing since elementary school, and greatly enjoys making music. “[Singing is] just fun,” Toga said. “I enjoy doing it, and it’s just a fun thing to do for me.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/unnamed-2-e1492003575918.jpg)
Mrs. Armentano • Feb 28, 2014 at 7:43 AM
Congratulations Roxi, on your two Gold Keys in The Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards this year!