![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)
2008 Pacemaker Award Winner
2008 Spring Convention Best of Show: 5th Place
2009 Pacemaker Award Winner
2009 Spring Convention Best of Show: 6th Place
2009 Fall Convention Best of Show: 3th Place
2010 Pacemaker Award Winner
2010 Spring Convention Best of Show: 1st Place
2011 Pacemaker Award Winner
2011 Spring Convention Best of Show: 2nd Place
2012 Spring Convention Best of Show: 1st Place
2013 Pacemaker Award Winner
2013 Spring Convention Best of Show: 2nd Place
2014 Pacemaker Award Winner
2016 Pacemaker Award Finalist
2017 Pacemaker Award Finalist
2018 Pacemaker Award Winner
2018 Spring Convention Best of Show: 6th Place
2019 Spring Convention Best of Show: 4th Place
2020 Pacemaker Award Winner
2020 Spring Convention Best of Show: 1st Place
2021 Pacemaker Award Winner
2022 Pacemaker Award Winner
2023 Pacemaker Award Winner
2023 Spring Convention Best of Show: 2nd Place
2024 Pacemaker Award Winner
2024 Spring Convention Best of Show: 1st Place
WSPN is part of NSPA’s top 100 Pacemaker award winners. To celebrate its centennial year, National Scholastic Press Association announced its top 100 Pacemaker award winners yesterday. The
Pacemaker 100 represents a one-time snapshot of the top 100 publications recognized in the
competition during its history. First presented in 1927 as the Pace-Maker, the Pacemaker awards are now recognized as the top prizes in scholastic journalism. They honor the very best scholastic broadcasts, literary arts magazines, newspapers/newsmagazines, online publications, specialty magazines and yearbooks.
2009 Gold Crown Award Winner
2010 Gold Crown Award Winner
2011 Gold Crown Award Winner
2012 Gold Crown Award Winner
2013 Gold Crown Award Winner
2018 Silver Crown Award Winner
2019 Silver Crown Award Winner
2021 Gold Crown Award Winner
2022 Gold Crown Award Winner
2023 Gold Crown Award Winner
2024 Gold Crown Award Winner
Individual Gold Circle Awards:
2019 Essays: First Place: Nathan Zhao
2019 Non-fiction interview: Third Place: Nathan Zhao
2020 News writing: Honorable Mention: Kyle Chen
2020 General or Humor Commentary: First Place and Honorable Mention: Kyle Chen
2020 Photography Portfolio of work: Honorable Mention: Julia Callini
2022 In-depth news/feature story: First Place: Joanna Barrow
2023 Personal opinion: Off-campus issues, Honorable Mention: Genevieve Morrison
2023 Sports news: First Place: Sasha Libenzon
2023 First Amendment Press Freedom Award
The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Established in 1996 during the Web’s infancy, the Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, which includes an Executive 750-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities, and Associate Members who are former Webby Award Winners and Nominees and other Internet professionals.
2009 Webby People’s Voice Award – Student Category
2010 Webby Official Honoree – Student Category
2010 Webby Official Honoree – School/University Category
The New England Scholastic Press Association aims to foster excellence in scholastic journalism. This Association encourages high standards in student journalism, supports the interests of students and teachers in the student press in the New England states, and fosters a closer relationship among students and advisers interested and engaged in student journalism. Workshops, conferences, on-site
critiques and contests are among the Association’s efforts to educate student journalists and their advisers.
2010 All New England Award – Online Category
2011 All New England Award – Online Category
2017 – Localizing News Journalism Award: Charlie Moore
2017 All New England
2020 All New England
2020:
Opinion Writing: Caterina Tomassini
Opinion Writing: Taylor McGuire
2023:
Sports Action Photography, Honorable Mention: Sasha Libenzon
2024:
Sports Action Photography, 1st Place: Sasha Libenzon
Column Writing–Non Sports, Honorable Mention: Ryan Chase
News Writing, Honorable Mention: Nadya Chase and Talia Macchi
2018 Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference Massachusetts Representative: Nathan Zhao
2019 Massachusetts Journalist of the Year: Nathan Zhao
Suffolk University Journalism & Media Award
NSPA Special Award for COVID-19 Coverage: Lauren Medeiros
Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards, Honorable Mention: Reva Datar and Penelope Biddle
NSPA Photo of the Year 2023 Feaure Photo Honorable Mention: Sasha Libenzon