![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)
WHSTE’s Winter One Act “Reckless” to perform on Friday
Credit: Isabel Gitten
Pictured above is senior Melinda Kalanzis as Rachel and sophomore Matthew Behrle as Tom in WHSTE’s performance of “Reckless.”
WHSTE’s Winter One-Act Reckless is coming to Wayland High School this Friday, March 2, and Friday, March 9, at 7 p.m. Reckless, written by Craig Lucas, is a dark comedy involving the happy and bubbly Rachel, who learns that her husband, Tom, hired someone to assassinate her. Rachel escapes, and the play details her adventure. Along the way, she learns how everyone has dark secrets of their own. Senior Melinda Kalanzis plays the character Rachel, Tom is played by sophomore Matthew Behrle, Lloyd is played by senior Kylin Peng and Pooty is played by freshman Rebecca Patsnecker.
Tickets will be sold at the door and are $10 for adults and $5 for students. The play lasts 40 minutes and rated PG-13 for language and mature themes. This play will also be put on at the Massachusetts High School Drama Festival at Norwood High School on Saturday, March 3.
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Jay Abdella is the broadcast editor for WSPN. As a senior, this is his second year writing for WSPN. In school, he is a member of the speech and debate...
Isabel Gitten is co-editor-in-chief of WSPN. She is a senior and this is her third year on WSPN. Isabel was Multimedia editor last year. She rows on the...