![Join WSPNs Selena Liu, Kally Proctor and Jenny Shine as they explore pickleball and the rise of the sports popularity in Wayland. “I think I just drove by [the high school] and saw people playing, so I started to join,” Wayland resident Bruce Greenberg said. “My friends were playing [pickleball] and I wanted to play.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/pickleball-featured-image-900x600.jpeg)
![From left to right freshman Julianna McDonald, junior Sophia Verma, freshman Marissa Mendoza and sophomores Melody and Marissa Wong stand together, each grabbing a piece of dough to mold. After senior Eileen Kaewapresert made the pasta dough, the rest of the students got to create the shapes of their choice. “At first, this was only a small group to bond with two special needs students, Melody and Marissa [Wong], because they already had an interest in cooking,” Kaewprasert said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/18CCCDA2-968D-4E23-8DD9-E1C0F29F7BCE_1_201_a-900x600.jpeg)
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Mission Statement:
Wayland Student Press Network (WSPN) is a completely student-run publication that strives to cover all aspects of student and community life in an unbiased way. We aim to promote diversity, community and overall reliability for all of Wayland, Massachusetts, and surrounding towns. WSPN believes that every perspective should be recognized and represented. To us, collaboration is vital to achieve success as a publication. Our goal is to continue reporting on a wide range of topics using a variety of media.
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WSPN is the completely student-produced online media network of Wayland High School in Wayland, MA. WSPN publishes original content on our website for the community to access. We aim to publish at least two stories a day, ranging from articles to podcasts. The publication functions as an accessible, open public forum. Student staff members work to create, edit and maintain our publication.
Founded in 2007, WSPN was created with the purpose of raising awareness of school activities and connecting different parts of the community in a central location. Over the years, WSPN has expanded to various social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.
WSPN is the winner of numerous national and international awards which are only given to top high school and college publications in the nation. After winning the NSPAs Pacemaker Award in its first year, WSPN has continued to garner attention from various media specialists and attain awards from different press associations.
Currently, WSPN staff members mainly include students enrolled in the journalism course or club at Wayland High School. WSPN also encourages guest writers to produce content for its website or various social platforms.
WSPN receives financial support through advertising, grants, and donations from generous viewers.
WSPN is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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