Nothing says class bonding like dancing together in your underwear in front of your parents and teachers. The class of 2019 worked together throughout the winter to put together WHS’s annual Senior Show,...
After partying with friends on the dance floor during prom at the Intercontinental Hotel in Boston, students are welcome to attend the Late Night event hosted in the field house. Prom is composed of many...
For freshman Madeeha Syeda, mixed martial arts is not only a sport that she is passionate about but also a source of great confidence. For the past eight years, training in martial arts has transformed...
For many sophomore athletes, the spring season means junior varsity - less pressure from coaches as well as fewer competitive games. For sophomore Abby Gavron, however, that is not the case. Gavron has...
WSPN News Editor Kevin Wang conducted an in-depth analysis of the relationship between WPS educators, including teachers, administrators, School Committee members and central office members. He particularly...
Countless students at WHS play an instrument, but few find much true zeal and joy in their musicianship. For freshman Alanna Xue, playing the violin is personally rewarding. Since she was four years old,...
You step into the cafe, the aroma of sizzling bacon and freshly grilled pancakes wafting towards the door. To the left, an array of various muffins and assorted pastries sits in a glass case. You notice...
As you stroll into your first-period class after just barely catching your bus, you get the impending feeling that you’re forgetting something. You’re sure you didn’t leave anything at home, so what...
Coach Scott Parseghian has been a member of the Wayland community since he graduated in 1992. He is the wellness director for grades K-12, the football and wrestling coach, adviser to the class of 2022,...
Students all around Wayland High School are members of the LGBTQ+ community, but not everyone knows who they are. Three resident members of the LGBTQ+ community held a panel in the lecture hall on the...
Throughout the month of February, people living in America celebrate Black History Month, in which people learn about African American history and celebrate the achievements of African Americans. Instead...
Many students choose to play instruments to showcase their artistic talent. To expand their artistic talents, some go to the extent of composing their own music. This includes freshman Keita Williams,...
![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)
![Freshman Madeeha Syeda (back row, second from right) poses with her karate class, holding her trophy after coming first place in a tournament in 2016. Syeda began karate when she was 7 years old and practiced the martial art for five years before she began mixed martial arts. “[MMA] gives me one thing that I feel good at,” Syeda said. “It's something that I can feel proud of myself about.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Madeeha-Syeda-e1553834694838.jpg)
![Sophomore Abby Gavron dives for the ball on Senior Night. Gavron will be a captain of the softball team her sophomore year. “I played center field a lot because the other captain is a catcher. Coach [Hipolito] Rivera taught me how to play catcher, and he really pushed me to be better. I am thankful for everything that he taught me because he helped me become the high school athlete that I want to be,” Gavron said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Screen-Shot-2019-03-14-at-8.33.20-AM.png)
![A graphing calculator and scantron sheets. Many teachers find cheating at WHS to be a prevalent and important but not an extremely widespread issue. “I think that [in] high schools in general, teenagers cheat,” WHS science Department Head Kenneth Rideout said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cheating.jpg)
![A board that represents black history in the WHS history wing. The collage depicts what life was like for an African American during the black power movement. This year, the WHS POWER club is working with the administration and Student Council to bring Black History Month to the forefront of students' awareness. “In previous years, we haven’t done anything,” POWER Club president, junior Shawn Bernier, said. “That’s why I felt that this year there definitely needed to be some type of change or implementation [of something new].”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/black-history-month-900x600.jpg)
