Review: Halsey’s “Manic”
February 19, 2020
Let’s start with the songs on Halsey’s new album, “Manic,” that exemplify her classic style: “You should be sad.” With only one song on a 16-track-album connecting Halsey’s newest work to her older music, she left plenty of room to explore new genres and experiment with new lyrics. In...
Student band “Soup Time” shines in talent show spotlight
February 11, 2020
WHS students enjoy the different types of performances that their peers and teachers have in store every year for the talent show, and this year, the students were especially excited to see WHS’ emerging local band, “Soup Time," perform. Consisting of seniors Josh Snyder, Harrison Veal, Robert...
Dissipated 8, Pitch, Please!, Pitch Slapped perform at CAPA concert (video)
February 9, 2020
Three collegiate a cappella groups performed alongside WHS's own a cappella groups. Middlebury College's "Dissipated 8," Northeastern University's "Pitch, Please!" and Berklee College of Music's "Pitch Slapped" traveled to WHS on Feb. 1 to participate in CAPA's annual college a cappella concert.
Review: Harry Styles’ “Fine Line”
February 6, 2020
Harry Styles released singles “Lights Up,” “Watermelon Sugar” and “Adore You” to gain publicity for his newest album “Fine Line.” By doing so, he failed to prepare the world for his new music. I believe that Styles might have released his three worst songs in anticipation for the Dec....
Photo of the Week
February 5, 2020
The dancers jump out in their hip hop dance. The ensemble performed all three of the high energy hip hop routines. According to senior director Lily Jenzeh, this decision was made to excite underclassmen and inspire them to join window. "Our Winter Week performance is supposed to get people to wa...
WW ’20: Window wraps up Winter Week (video)
Caroline Lampert and Sammy Johnson
February 5, 2020
Window performed their annual performance during Winter Week on Friday, Jan. 31. Window is a dance group at WHS and performs a set of dances during their spring show as well.
WW ’20: Window wraps up Winter Week (14 photos)
February 3, 2020
The Window Dance Ensemble wrapped up Winter Week with its annual show. Although the show is shorter than the Spring Showcase, dancers performed a variety of styles including hip-hop, jazz, contemporary and ballet. According to senior Ensemble Director Lily Jenzeh, the Winter Week performance is a ti...
News Brief: 11 WHS students accepted into 2020 MA All-State Festival
February 3, 2020
11 students from WHS have been accepted into the 2020 MA All State Festival: Megan Chau, sophomore: Strings, Violin Gabriel de los Reyes, sophomore: Strings, String Bass McKenna Kelemanik, senior: Winds, Tuba Mingle Li, junior: Percussion, Mallets Angela Liu, sophomore: Strings, Violin Cecelia...
WW’ 20: “Nothing’s going to change if you don’t change something”
Taylor McGuire, Jonathan Zhang, and Katherine Kim
January 31, 2020
The Women’s Empowerment Club at WHS invited Becca Rausch, Angela Ferrari and Foster Newcome for a “Women’s Professional Panel,” on the third day of Winter Week 2020. The panel was a sequel to the “Women’s Empowerment” presentation, presented on Tuesday by Lauren Rikleen. Rausch, Ferrari...
Gingerbread House Challenge (video)
Andrew Boyer, Kate Clifford, and Kaitlyn Mabe
January 27, 2020
In the second installment of seasonal challenge videos, WSPN’s Kaitlyn Mabe, Kate Clifford and Andrew Boyer compete head to head to see who can create the best gingerbread house in the allotted time. Vote for who you think made the best house, and don’t forget to tune back in for the spring challenge! ...
Mid term survival guide
January 17, 2020
This year's midterms take place on Tuesday, Jan. 21, through Friday, Jan. 24. The schedule is posted on WSPN. Biology: When it comes down to tackling the biology midterm, a lot of it comes down to having the motivation to memorize. Biology is different than the other science midterms, for it is less...
TEDx chooses its speakers, prepares for spring show
Jessica Reilly and Christina Taxiarchis
January 15, 2020
The names of the TEDx speakers were released by the Wayland [email protected] Core Team on their instagram account, @tedxyouthwayland, this past Sunday, Jan. 12. Bringing the event back for the first time since 2016, the Core Team(Aydan McGah, Fatma Sayeh, Charlotte Salitsky, Charlie Moore, David Lathan,...
