![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)
WHS musicians qualify for All-Eastern Music Ensemble
Credit: Credit: Susan Memoli
Musicians from Wayland High School’s band and orchestra have been selected for the All-Eastern ensembles. The three WHS students selected were juniors Joshua Zhang and Angela Yan, along with senior Mingle Li.
March 11, 2021
Due to their exceptional scores and applications from the Massachusetts 2020 All-State competition, three WHS musicians have been selected for the All-Eastern ensembles. Students are selected from the top All-State participants from the National Association for Music Education Eastern Division, competing against students from multiple states along with European contestants.
Because they were selected, the three students participated in a virtual festival from Thursday, March 4 to Saturday, March 6, 2021. The recordings will be premiered on Friday, April 23 as part of the Eastern Division Conference.
WHS junior Joshua Zhang was selected from the WHS band, and junior Angela Yan along with senior Mingle Li will be representing the WHS orchestra in the ensemble.
