![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)
News Brief: Wayland’s Speech and Debate team furthers its success
Credit: Meredith Prince
This past weekend, Saturday, Nov. 21 and Sunday, Nov. 22, the WHS Speech and Debate team competed in multiple tournaments and found success in each.
November 23, 2020
On Saturday, Nov. 21 and Sunday, Nov. 22, the Wayland High School Speech and Debate team virtually attended the “Little Lexington” tournament. In this tournament, students from WHS competed against other high schoolers in pairs.
Many participants have a goal in mind when they’re competing: qualifying for the Massachusetts state tournament, or even a national invitational tournament.
“In order to qualify for the state tournament, a partnership needs a record of [three wins to two losses] or better, which five partnerships successfully achieved,” senior captain Sam Goldstone said.
Five pairs of WHS students were able to meet these requirements and are now able to compete in the state tournament. The qualifying students are Ayush Kumar, Nathaniel Maali-Pohl, Megan O’Donnell, Jasmine Fu, Hallie Luo, Kyra Spooner, Harrison Dale, Brendan Shen, Charlie Lieb and Zachary Rainville.
“In addition to the local competition, other partnerships competed at the Glenbrooks Invitational National tournament,” Goldstone said.
The students who competed in this tournament include Prash Subbiah, Skyler Zhou, Serena Field, Gina Wang, Aditya Weling and Tully Jay.
The 2020 team captains are seniors Aiden Zhang, Atharva Weling, Randy Wang and Goldstone. The team meets virtually at 8:00 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and the captains are encouraging new members to join. If you would like to join or simply want more information, contact Goldstone at [email protected].
