![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)
Warriorpedia: The fall musical
![Velma sincerely thanks the audience during "Nowadays." According to Ross, Velma changes significantly over the show. "[Velma] realizes if they're going to survive, they need to trust Roxie, which is going to be extraordinarily hard for them," Ross said. "Velma is someone who hides their secrets and emotions, and trusting someone is going to be a first for them."](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/fullsizeoutput_2050-900x600.jpg)
Credit: Julia Callini
Velma sincerely thanks the audience during “Nowadays.” According to Ross, Velma changes significantly over the show. “[Velma] realizes if they’re going to survive, they need to trust Roxie, which is going to be extraordinarily hard for them,” Ross said. “Velma is someone who hides their secrets and emotions, and trusting someone is going to be a first for them.”
Warriorpedia is WSPN’s dictionary of traditions, events, practices and places commonly known across the WHS community.
Term: The fall musical
When: Last weekend of November
Who: Wayland High School Theater Ensemble(WHSTE)
What: The fall musical is a performance put on by WHSTE as their first performance of the year. For the fall of 2019, the musical will be Chicago–an award winning Broadway production. Auditions are held in early September and rehearsals begin in the days soon after. Rehearsals last for two months and end with a weekend of run-throughs to prepare. WHSTE is responsible for raising money to purchase the licensing for the plays, as well as costumes, props and scenery. The musical has been a tradition of WHS for over 30 years and is a focal point of Spirit Week in order to bring the community together around Thanksgiving.
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