![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)
Last Friday in the Media Center, Mr. Gavron’s COWNW (College Old World New World) classes held the first annual Agents of Change Festival. For the first time, social studies teacher David Gavron has assigned unique projects to his classes, in which students choose a person, place or object that has had a significant impact in history.
As part of the project, students must dress up as their subject and explain to evaluators present at the festival why they are the “agents of change.” Students are graded on their costumes, knowledge of their subject and the overall presentation by evaluators that include parents, teachers and various administrators. Among these esteemed guests were Mr. Tutwiler and Dr. Burton. This is a wonderful tradition that Mr. Gavron has created; Through the Agents of Change Festival, students learn in a creative way–this should be continued for many school years to come.
![Junior Benjamin Hammond solos "Twist and Shout" by The Beatles as part of the T-Tones performance. "[Twist and Shout] is one of my favorite songs, and with the amount of vocal harmony it has I figured it would be good for A Capella," Hammond said. "[Twist and Shout] has pretty simple rhythms and awesome energy, which fits the vibe of the T-Tones. I arranged the song basically identical to how it is written, because I think the guitar riff, bass riff and the harmonies are all excellent as well as easy to sing."](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/8E057B61-9507-4115-811F-93F1FB6F7EB4_1_105_c.jpg)
Mr. Gavron • May 28, 2008 at 10:27 AM
Thank you Andrew and Robin for the great pictures and the article. One correction: This was the FIRST Agents of Change Festival. I hope that we are able to do it again next year!
A big thank you to Mrs. D’Agostino for all of the behind the scenes work she did to make this Festival a reality. Mrs. Bladon and WHSPO did a wonderful job with refreshments. Also, thanks to the high school administration and Mr. Delaney for supporting our efforts.
The students did an amazing job!