![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)
After losing a couple of tough meets against Weston and Lincoln-Sudbury, the girls’ swim team came home with an impressive win at the Bay View Invitational this past weekend. Quite a few of girls qualified for States, including freshman Nehda Kadjendorri and senior Maddy Schwartz in the 50 free. With the win at Bay View, the girls proved that they are a force to be reckoned with and that they would not give up on this season.
The wrestling team has also come to an impressive point in the season. With a close-out against Waltham High School, the team moves to a 12-0 record on the season. In last week’s poll on Masswrestling, the boys ranked 21st in the state. Arguably the most challenging meet of the season came on Wednesday against Lincoln-Sudbury, another front-runner in the DCL. The boys won, beating Lincoln-Sudbury for the first time in six years 36-24.
The previous week was also exciting for both the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams. On Wednesday evening, both the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams faced Weston in the annual Coaches Versus Cancer game in honor of Jim Griffin. At the game, the Wayland Alumni Association donated roster banners for both the boys and girls team that hang next to the scoreboard. The banners say, “In memory of Jim Grffin.”
