Toni Lynn Dibb
Cafeteria worker
6:00 a.m.
Wake up and get two high school students out the door on time.
7:15 a.m.
Spend some time on the iPad, read the newspaper and eat breakfast. Then,...
To the average voter on the left of the aisle, the fear of another four years with Trump as our commander-in-chief often materializes whenever the subject of the 2020 election comes up. The presidential...
In the weekly series, “In Case You Missed It,” News Editor Meredith Prince summarizes stories from the past week with links to the corresponding WSPN article.
News:
WSPN's Joanna Barrow and reporter...
As the fall season is wrapping up, this year’s WHS cheer team is finishing with a win after placing third in its DCL league. This having been its first high placing in the DCL in years, the team required...
At the end of each athletic season, coaches from the DCL gather all together in a meeting to select all-stars from each team. The DCL All-Star award is not something that is easily given, it is something...
Some of Wayland’s most talented basketball players are leaving WHS before their senior year is up; switching to private schools as they look to put themselves in the best recruitment positions possible....
In this side-by-side opinion series, guest writer Ryan Urato and Editor-in-Chief Kevin Wang tackle the effects of over-scheduled and overwhelmed high school students.
It being nearly midnight on a Friday in January, the lights were switched off in every room of the house, every room except mine. I was awake and had been so for the previous eighteen hours, a time period...
Over the span of a human’s life, different interests come upon them. Some come and go, others stick with you. For junior Joe Tardif, the drive and passion of hunting is something that has stuck with...
Jaden Schwartz chips the puck around Brad Marchand and into the Bruins zone. Schwartz regains control and drop the puck back to Alex Petrangello. Petrangello shifts to his backhand and puts the puck over...
A new class for freshmen at WHS called FLIP will debut next semester. FLIP, or Freshman Life and Identity Practicum, will be part of the new freshman seminar schedule and aims to offer students meaningful...
WPS Superintendent Arthur Unobskey announced to parents and faculty through email that there will be at least two-hour delay to the start times across Wayland Public Schools on Tuesday, Dec. 3 due to inclement...
![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)
![Vice principal Laura Cole poses for a photo in the Commons. Cole spends her day engrossed in activities that include working with students and other teachers. "Most of [the day for me] it’s like observing classes, walking around being visible in the building, interacting with kids," Cole said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-02-at-8.42.39-AM.png)
![WHS cheerleaders watch intently as the football team plays against Marblehead. The cheerleading team recently placed third in the Division 3 DCL Competition. "This year's team is more engaged in [the football team] and what's happening with the team," senior cheerleader Michayla Mathis said. "We really get excited when they win but I feel like our enthusiasm is really high this year. "](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-22-at-10.19.49-AM.png)
![Junior Jabari Nurse gets into his defensive stance as he prepares to pressure the ball. Jabari recently left Wayland to go private for basketball, along with senior Jaden Brewington. "[Moving] is a very long process, and it's definitely a commitment," an anonymous Wayland boys basketball player said. "But it’s worth it in the end."](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-25-at-1.24.30-PM.png)
