![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)
In Case You Missed It: Week of April 2
Credit: Nat Hsu
In the weekly series, “In Case You Missed It,” News Editor Marissa Mendoza summarizes stories from the past week with links to the corresponding WSPN article.
April 9, 2018
In the weekly series, “In Case You Missed It,” WSPN’s news editor Nathan Zhao and assistant news editor Kevin Wang summarize stories from the past week with links to the corresponding WSPN article.
News:
Reporters Julia Callini and Amira English described the new prom transportation rules and provisions. Students will travel in party buses provided by the Class of 2019 executive board. The cost will come out of promgoers’ tickets.
Features:
WSPN staff sought out WHS students at the March for Our Lives protesting gun violence.
A&E:
Reporters Lilly Stoller and Caroline Lampert collected students’ opinions on the online “fake” Instagram, or “finsta,” culture.
Opinion:
Reporters and exchange students Teresa Hank-Gomez and Emma Nallet compare and contrast gun laws and restrictions in Germany, France and the United States.
Editor Kyle Chen described how a 30-second conversation with a delivery man helped him appreciate the situation and privileges he has been provided here at Wayland.
Multimedia:
WSPN’s Jay Abdella and reporter Julia Callini photographed students from elementary and middle school choruses perform in “Wayland Sings” in a 21-photo gallery.
