![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)
Spirit Day: we came, we saw, the seniors conquered. On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, WHS was awash in a sea of school pride – but still, improvements can always be made. Siddharth has a couple of suggestions we’re hoping Student Council will take to heart…
- Competitors should be given extremely clear explanations on how points are tallied.
- Judges should be unbiased and acquired from a third party.
- Where’s the coach’s challenge? Homeroom teachers should be able to throw red flags!
- Double-or-quits/all-or-nothing challenges. Win or go home(room) crying.
- Homeroom rivalries should be established.
- A playoff format should be used to determine the most spirited homeroom:
- Winners advance.
- Losers play other losers in a failure bracket.
- All homerooms must wear jerseys; judges wear referee stripes.
- Student vs. Teacher challenges are also a must. One-on-one, mano-y-mano for real prizes.
- If student wins: homework passes, extra credit, or principal for the day.
- If teacher wins: a day off, someone else grades their assignments for a week, a possible bonus?
- Coordinated and planned victory celebrations are mandatory.
- Push Spirit Day back so that it’s on a full day of school, and give us the Wednesday off!
What more could you ask for before 4 days off? Well, I guess even more vacation would be nice.
