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The student news site of Wayland High School

Wayland Student Press

The student news site of Wayland High School

Wayland Student Press

Class of 2019 future plans (interactive map)

Class of 2019 future plans (interactive map)

Nathan Zhao May 25, 2019

Check out where the Class of 2019 is headed next year through the interactive map below. The map includes colleges and universities, military enlistment, gap years, postgraduate years and more. All seniors...

With the 2018-19 school year heading into the home stretch, WHS seniors prepare to head off to college in the fall. After a difficult college application process, the Class of 2019 offers advice to other students preparing to begin the college application process. Just keep your mind open, senior Anika Das said. Before I started, there was a specific type of school I wanted to go to, but after visiting a bunch of schools and talking to [guidance counselor Jim] Girard, he gave me a lot of different types of schools that I wouldnt have thought about before.

WHS seniors reflect on the college application process

Josh Schreiber May 17, 2019

Applying to college is a complicated process that requires a lot of decisions. That is the consensus of the Class of 2019. With the majority of the seniors having decided where they will be heading off...

Pictured above is a squadron of US Air Force Thunderbirds. Instead of attending a typical four-year university, some WHS seniors plan to enlist or attend a military academy next year. “I want to serve my country,” Senior Mikel Reese said. “Both [of] my grandparents were in the Navy. I have that sort of pride of wanting to do something and make a change in the world.”

WHS seniors set to take to the skies

Alex Janoff May 16, 2019

Since the end of the college decision process, many graduating seniors have begun thinking about potential college roommates or important dorm room commodities. Instead of preparing for the civilian workforce,...

Boys varsity lacrosse captain Michael Lampert cradles the ball as an opposing player attempts to steal the ball. He runs while using his size to his advantage, looking for an opening to throw the ball for a play. “I would say my biggest challenge has been people doubting my size,” Lampert said. “I have overcome this by doing extra workouts to show people that I can use my size to my advantage.”

Athlete of the Month: Michael Lampert

Joanna Barrow, Alyssa Dickstein, and May 15, 2019

Senior Michael Lampert recently became the top scoring player ever to play lacrosse at Wayland High School. In fact, Lampert’s love of lacrosse even predates the existence of Wayland’s youth lacrosse...

Pictured above is the Iron Dome in Israel, a missile defense system designed to shield the nation from ballistics. Many in Wayland, however, believe that a similar invisible barrier isolates Wayland from other towns and peoples. We are socially isolated because we are in our bubble, sheltered away from the problems that other towns face, junior Ethan Betancourt said.

Wayland’s Iron Dome

Politicians often speak of bridging the divide between the suburbs and the cities, the wealthy and the poor, the white and the black. Different types of isolation that certain towns or even schools encounter...

Pictured above is the WHS Academic Center. Students at WHS can complete their volunteer hours in many different ways, one of which involves tutoring in the Academic Center. “I think that 20 to 30 hours is a good amount of time considering the requirement is not a yearly thing,” sophomore Erin Hines said. “It feels really good to help out those in need or those in a not so ideal situation. The more I volunteer, the more I love it.”

WHS students give back to their community

Alex Janoff and Cammy Lehr May 8, 2019

WHS requires students to complete 30 hours of community service throughout their four years at the high school. Where, when and how students choose to volunteer is up to them, and WHS students have engaged...

Senior Clarissa Briasco-Stewart shows off the effects that she can bring to the stage from the lighting booth. She has been teching shows and designing lighting since the seventh grade, and she’s been passionate about her craft ever since. “Every show has something special about it,” Briasco-Stewart said.

Clarissa Briasco-Stewart: I help tell the story in the same way that the music helps tell the story in a musical

Madeline Maurer May 8, 2019

Anyone who has ever set foot on a stage understands how much work goes on among the numerous branches of an ensemble. Behind every actor, dancer, singer and performer, there is a team of hardworking and...

Sophomore Emma Gardner presses a barbell at a CrossFit competition. Gardner goes to CrossFit six days a week for four hours a day, and lives her lifestyle around CrossFit. I’d say CrossFit has completely changed my life, Gardner said. If youre going to do it you have to do it right, so you have to change almost everything about you. You have to eat healthy, sleep a ton, have the mental mindset and mental toughness to be able to keep going and not give up.

Emma Gardner: CrossFit has made me into who I am and who I’m going to be

Meredith Prince May 2, 2019

For some students, it takes many years of searching and discovering to find something they are truly passionate about and want to pursue in their life. However, sophomore Emma Gardner has already found...

This is Korzeniowskis design where two shirts are sewed together. To see more of her work, go follow her sewing Instagram account:  @dont_be_spoolish.

Ava Korzeniowski: The first things you make aren’t going to be good and that’s okay because you learn from experience

Alyssa Dickstein April 25, 2019

Sophomore Ava Korzeniowski sewed her own dress for the Sophomore Semi Formal. This might sound unusual, but if you’ve met her, you’d know that this dress is just one creation in a long line of her...

Pictured above is an infogram representing the results of WSPNs survey of the genders of AP students. Through our socialization, we tend to draw boys toward science and math and girls toward language and reading, Spanish teacher Jill Swenson said in 2014.

Examining the gender gaps in AP courses

Joyce Wu and Alex Janoff April 25, 2019

In the workforce, STEM-related fields, including computer programming, scientific research, and engineering, are male-dominated. According to official school data, AP enrollment at WHS follows this trend,...

Sophomore Lara Benciscs feeds the chickens at the farm at Land Sake in Weston, MA. Since November, Benciscs has been going every Saturday as an volunteer. Find a place near you that supports animals and reach out to them, Bencsics said.

Lara Bencsics: “I wanted to help animals and see how a real life farm works”

Cammy Lehr April 13, 2019

For students at WHS to be able to get their privileges in junior and senior year, they have to complete a certain number of volunteer hours. For many, volunteering is only about reaching this goal, but...

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