Quarantined at home: Finding ways to overcome challenges
Ellie Smith and Jacqueline Cahaly
June 25, 2020
Most people would probably be confused if, on March 12, you told them that would be their last day in school for the rest of year. All of a sudden, students, teachers and families have had to adapt to doing school, work, sports and everything else from home, all while being stuck in the same house as...
Other side of the globe: A COVID-19 success story
![Pictured above is of one of the COVID-19 screening clinics in Pohang, South Korea. “The government has served as a leader and has played a key role in ensuring that medical experts are well deployed in cities that [need] support during this time,” Dr. Katrina Park said. “My country is in danger, and there is a place that needs my ability as a doctor, so I volunteered without thinking because it was something I could do.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-15-at-1.41.12-PM.png)
June 22, 2020
Since the initial outbreak of the coronavirus in Wuhan, China, in Dec. 2019, different countries around the world have been taking similar yet contrasting approaches to protect their citizens’ lives from the lethal disease. The virus started to spread to other Asian countries in Jan. 2020 and eventually...
Elementary schools establish new ways to celebrate the fifth-graders
Ellie Smith and Jacqueline Cahaly
June 19, 2020
Due to COVID-19, schools have found new ways to celebrate the students who are graduating one school and moving onto the next. These students include high school and college seniors, as well as fifth and eighth-graders. Because of social distancing, students are unable partake in typical traditions for...
Quiz: Which Netflix TV show should you binge-watch?
Eliya Howard-Delman and Sidney O'Rourke
June 17, 2020
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Pet adoptions soar during COVID-19 Quarantine
![Rosie, junior Juliette Smith's new puppy, lies in the yard of her new home. Because many families are stuck at home, time allows getting a new pet, which some people couldn't do before the quarantine. “My sister and I really wanted [a dog] and we had time to convince our mom [to get one],” freshman Helen Lin said. “If there wasn’t quarantine we probably would not have [gotten a dog] because we wouldn’t have enough time to train him if we still had school.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/rosie-475x317.jpeg)
Ellie Smith and Jacqueline Cahaly
June 15, 2020
Because of the coronavirus quarantine, many families are stuck at home with little to do and a lot of free time. Many people have picked up new hobbies and are doing activities they didn’t have time for before, including adopting a new pet. In fact, according to Vox, the ASPCA has seen a 500% increase in pet adoptions in the US since March 15. “My sister and...
Born This Way Foundation: stories to create a kinder world
June 12, 2020
“There’s nothing wrong with loving who you are,” sings Lady Gaga in her studio album, Born This Way (2011). Named after the album, Born This Way Foundation was created in 2012 by Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, to create a kinder and braver world. BTWF is committed to supporti...
WHS students walk a marathon for teacher with cancer
Caterina Tomassini and Remmi Shaw
June 9, 2020
In November 2019, Happy Hollow teacher Mike O’Connor suffered an unexpected health setback, which, at the time, was believed to be a mild stroke. Unfortunately, the mild stroke was diagnosed in March to be an aggressive form of brain cancer, leaving O’Connor and his wife, Nancy, without work. O’Connor’s...
“Left on Pearl” offers insight to the Women’s Liberation Movement
May 28, 2020
In a small, suburban town such as Wayland, the term “women’s center” may be lost on the average high school student. But 17 miles east of Wayland resides the oldest community-based center for women in the United States. It’s a four story home with a living room, library, kitchen, computer labs,...
Boy Scouts: core values, life lessons and bankruptcy
![Pictured above is junior Sashwat Das's troop during the Scout summer camp at Camp Yawgoog, RI, in 2018. “I think [the scouts] definitely shaped me into the person I am today,” Das said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-26-at-2.36.45-PM-475x293.png)
Joanna Barrow and Katherine Kim
May 26, 2020
In 1924, Wayland was no more than a small farm town, with dirt roads and a single police officer. There are very few organizations that were established in that year that are still operating, but Boy Scouts Troop 1 Cochituate is an exception: they have been serving generations of Wayland boys for nearly...
Meet the faces of this year’s SADD leaders
Caterina Tomassini and Lauren Medeiros
May 25, 2020
SADD, short for ‘Students Against Destructive Decisions,’ is a group of WHS students encouraging teenagers to make safe and healthy decisions. Founded in Wayland in 1981, SADD began as an initiative to inform students about the dangers of drunk driving. Over the years, however, the club has evolved....
COVID-19 and the class of ’21: a new approach to college admissions
Taylor McGuire and Eliya Howard-Delman
May 19, 2020
With colleges and universities closed due to COVID-19, many students approaching their senior year are wondering, “what will the application process look like for me?” With SAT and ACT tests canceled or postponed and college campuses closed, the application process is bound to be exceptionally different...
