Senior Cas Ross and sophomore Sammy Janoff dance the Charleston during "Nowadays," the final number in WHSTE's 'Chicago.' Choreographer Gabrielle Orcha used a Charleston in almost all dance numbers...
For seniors who are wrapped up in the peak of college applications and school work, senior spring may seem like a far off fantasy. However, senior show directors Fatma Sayeh, Owen Smith, Emma Kiernan and...
"Chicago" the musical will be hitting the WHS stage on Nov. 21, 22 and 23. The student actors have put many hours of preparation and hard work into the Bob Fosse show, for the tricky choreography and lively...
WHSTE performed a run-through of the fall musical, Chicago, for the first time on Sat. Nov. 9, otherwise known as Super Saturday. The company rehearsed from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Traditionally, Super...
With Senior Districts coming up, students who participate in music are busier than ever. Although Wayland students typically perform well when it comes to representation at the event, many WHS students...
Sophomore Sammy Janoff and senior Cas Ross perform the closing number in this year's fall musical, Chicago. The cast rehearsed for six hours on Sat. Nov. 9, which is known as "Super Saturday" for...
Are you caught on Halloween with nothing to do? Here are just a few ideas to keep you busy.
1. Watch a scary movie
The easiest solution to your lack of spookiness this Halloween is to watch a scary...
While many kids in Wayland choose to pick up an instrument at some point during their career as a student, very few continue playing on the high school level, for it brings about a certain level of commitment.
Senior...
When I heard there was a new Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album coming out, I almost fell out of my chair. I was introduced to the band right before their last album, 2016’s “Skeleton Tree.” That...
![Last Wednesday, the Wayland School Committee gathered to discuss a number of topics regarding the health curriculum and Innovation Career Pathway course. Another large topic of conversation was the ways to potentially mitigate distracting cell phone usage. "These [phones] are going to distract your learning and social relationships," Superintendent David Fleishman said. "That's concrete right there."](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-04-at-9.49.31 PM-1200x886.png)
![Troy Hoyt finishes the Boston Marathon, running for the Hoyt Foundation. T. Hoyt is the son of Hoyt Foundation CEO Russ Hoyt.
“[Running a marathon] might seem like a big thing, when it’s presented to you at first, but if you break it up and just keep telling yourself, “Yes, you can,” you can start chipping away at it. And before you know it, you’ll be running the whole 26 miles, and you won’t even think twice about it.” T. Hoyt said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/C36E8761-1CBB-452E-9DF2-543EF7B1095E_1_105_c.jpeg)
![Roxie creates her trial story during "We Both Reached For the Gun." Roxie has been Janoff's favorite character to play. "She's so much fun [to play] because half of the time the audience loves her and feels sorry for her," Janoff said. "But the other half of the time, the audience hates her, and the reactions bounce back and forth for the show."](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DSC_0115-L.jpg)
![The mixed chorus performance for the Senior Districts festival. They performed at the Boston Latin School. "[Senior Districts] is a lot of opportunity, a lot of pressure and a lot of really top-shelf musicianship,” WHS Fine Arts Department Head Susan Memoli said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/0.png)
