An excruciating pain arises in your ankle after you tripped and fell while on your two mile run. By the time you reach the hospital, a throbbing sensation presents itself and the agony only heightens....
As many students spend a huge chunk of their lives in preparation for college, some come to realize gap years may be a better alternative. Gap years are another option for an occupation after high school...
Le Petit Four is a bakery that is well known for its French baked goods that recently opened in Wellesley on Washington St. It is run by Romain Bernus and his mom, Valérie Coullet, who both moved to the...
New England, despite its wide variety of mountains, is considered a difficult area to ski and snowboard in. This is because of its lack of powder-like snow and abundance of icy terrain, and has been proven...
Imagine you find yourself in a room full of people from all around the world, representing their own countries. The members of Switzerland are debating their trade regulations while members of Costa Rica...
When students entered the lecture hall on Tuesday morning to see the Wayland Cares presentation, they may not have been expecting to be the ones presenting. Nevertheless, Wayland Youth and Family Services...
Each weekend, local small businesses head to Russell’s Garden Center's annual Winter Farmers Market to sell a variety of goods. The products range from baked goods to ice cream to fresh produce. The...
After listening to her phone blow up with texts and messages around 2:00 p.m., Wayland Public School’s Director of Technology Jenn Judkins opened her inbox to receive a shocking email on Jan. 7. The...
With the second quarter and first semester of the 24-25 school year at WHS coming to an end, some people have mixed emotions. Exams are just around the corner and students may feel stressed or anxious...
Students at Wayland High School (WHS) have a unique variety of additional electives they can add to their schedule, one of which is the class “Intro to Innovation Pathway.” Innovation is a class where...
Every holiday season, Wayland hosts a variety of drives around the community to help those in need. This year, multiple drives took place all around town at multiple different schools. These drives were...
Imagine waking up on a chilly winter morning and looking out the window to see your front yard covered with a foot or more of fresh snow. While this may seem like a realistic Massachusetts morning in winter,...
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![Gap years are an uncommon alternative for high school graduates, in which graduates take a year or more off from schooling and pursue something separate from college until they are ready to return to their education or something else. Wayland High School psychology teacher David Schmirer believes that college is a good route for many high school graduates, however, he also says that its best to keep an open mind when thinking about gap years. “I think the vast majority of our students are going to be fine with [going to college] and [are] ready to go, but for those students who are having [gap years] be a more visible choice I think [it] is a good thing both for physical and mental health,” Schmirer said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/xZ9lq7i7NbhVXpa2kT21s3Wz8PHl5Df0bATRSq6x-1200x800.png)
![In previous years, New England ski mountains have left eager skiers unsatisfied because of the sub-par and icy conditions on the slopes. Despite this situation, veteran skiers, and WHS sophomores Tobias Kyleber, Mathew Moscoffian and Colin Moleux provide some insight on why some mountains have a higher level quality than others, in their eyes. “[Two of my favorite mountains in New England] are Mount Stow and Mount Cannon,” Moscoffian said. “These mountains are better because they have the best quality of snow and have the most trails open, usually.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Untitled-design-6-1200x800.png)
![After the Raider's first goal of the game, scored by senior captain Luke Galizio, the players pile onto the glass by the student section to celebrate, igniting the crowd into a roar. "The atmosphere was incredible, having two towns that both come to support us is amazing," Galizio said. "When [the crowd] started chanting 'Raider nation' it made [the game] feel like it wasn't just one team against another, we had a whole building of fans supporting us."](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/06FBB04E-4C03-408A-B554-FE6C06CE8C08_1_105_c.jpeg)
![On Tuesday, Jan. 28, Wayland Cares director J Verhoosky led a presentation on the importance of choosing to be vulnerable in conversations. Through various activities and experiments, the audience was instructed to confront how they approach risk taking and their comfort zones. “[My biggest takeaway was] make yourself available for other people and share things you might not share with other people to make them feel like they're in a safe environment,” junior Addison Voight said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/JLb1q3m4ZHvNAKYzv7c60kyyrrafzS8pJlYoJcoj.png)
