![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)
BREAKING NEWS: Prom postponed to Sept. 12
Credit: WSPN Staff
Juniors pose at last year’s prom. This school year, however, will not feature a traditional junior prom. Rather, the Class of 2021 will hold a senior prom on Sept. 12. “Given the coronavirus crisis, this is the best we could’ve done,” Class of 2021 President Sam Goldstone said.
The junior class’ prom has been postponed to Sept. 12, 2020. The decision was collectively made this morning by administration and advisers and officers from the class executive board.
Moving the date will not incur any additional expenses, meaning that class pockets will not be burdened. The ticket price estimate will remain at $115, the same cost that prom-goers paid last year for Prom 2019.
“Given the coronavirus crisis, this is the best we could’ve done,” Class of 2021 President Sam Goldstone said.
Some students were worried that prom was going to be canceled entirely, which has occurred across hundreds of schools in the country.
Despite potential travel troubles, invited members of the senior Class of 2020 will still have the opportunity to attend the event if they choose to do so.
“I’m really excited that we can still host an event, and we are really making the most out of a tricky situation,” Class of 2021 Vice President Tali Wong said. “I think September is actually a really good time because school hasn’t gotten too crazy yet.”
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