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Helen Li, a 29-year-old product manager who grew up in Wayland, became a contestant on season 44 of the reality game show “Survivor,” which is currently airing on CBS. “‘Survivor’ is just this unfathomable situation that you cant find anywhere else,” Li said.

Helen Li: Outwit. outplay. outlast.

Penelope Biddle April 21, 2023

Wayland native, Helen Li, was one of 18 castaways on season 44 of “Survivor.” Li has already finished filming in Fiji and is back at her current home in San Francisco, California. However, like any...

Junior Ciaran Murphy’s composition, “Rondo in C”, is displayed on his laptop. Murphy started composing music as a way of following in his dad’s, who is a musician and composer, footsteps. “I always heard [my dad] and saw him composing music in his office,” Murphy said. “My dad would let me mess around on his composition software when I was really young and it’d always just be like conglomerations of notes. Eventually, I learned enough theory to really start putting things together.”

Ciaran Murphy: One-man show

Kally Proctor April 20, 2023

Whether it’s a string instrument picked up in the third grade, a woodwind, brass or percussion instrument from the fourth grade, or anything else from piano to vocals, Wayland’s fine arts department...

Made by the current events class last school year, a display on the Russia-Ukraine war hangs in the History Wing. The display has since been taken down, as over a year has passed since the war began. “This war shouldnt have started,” junior Misha Eberle said. “Nobody should have to die over these geopolitical forces that are just playing a game of chess. These [people] are just pawns in the game. So every death in this war is a tragedy.”

One year later: Russian and Ukrainian students speak on the war’s impact

Reva Datar and Penelope Biddle April 19, 2023

On Feb. 24, 2022, Russian military forces began their full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In what Russian President Vladmir Putin calls a “special military operation,” multiple cities have been bombed,...

Meet the 2023-2024 SADD leaders

Meet the 2023-2024 SADD leaders

Jane Tardif, Nina Wilson, and Emma Zocco April 13, 2023

Since the founding of SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) 40 years ago, SADD leadership is passed down to the next class every spring. Eight-year SADD advisor John Berry and current senior leaders...

Wayland community members celebrate the life of Mike O’Connor

Conversation fills the cafeteria of Loker Elementary School where Wayland community members exchange stories of the late elementary school teacher Mike O'Connor. Held on Wednesday, March 29, this celebration...

Junior Alex Shiffler (center row, fourth from left) smiles with her synchronized skating team, the Lexettes after winning the Spring Cup. The Spring Cup is a figure skating competition that took place in Milan, Italy. During the competition, the Lexettes won first place with a cumulative score of 188.5 points for its short and free programs.

Alex Shiffler: Synchronized skating worldwide

Aimee Smith April 3, 2023

For some people, the winter months mean bundling up in a warm blanket at home. However, junior Alex Shiffler has spent a significant part of the past few months on a freezing ice rink, figure skating with...

Happy 175th birthday to the Wayland Free Public Library

Talia Macchi and Abby Raftery March 31, 2023

To celebrate the 175th birthday of the Wayland Free Public Library, the library hosted a presentation to the public on Sunday, March 19. Residents attending the event learned about the library’s history...

WHS sophomore Nina Eyerman is traveling to Paris over the summer for a fashion program with IFA Paris. Im excited to actually put a collection together because thats what [the class is] trying to do, Eyerman said. Ive never actually put a full collection together. And I cant wait to show it at the end.

Nina Eyerman: From trash to treasure

Bella Schreiber March 30, 2023

This year, International Fashion Academy (IFA) Paris is hosting fashion programs for young and aspiring fashion designers, including an "Upcycling Fashion" course. Sophomore Nina Eyerman is one of many...

A dive into Water Warriors

Sophia Oppenheim, Selena Liu, and Jenny Shine March 29, 2023

Following its two year hiatus because of COVID-19, The WHS club Water Warriors has officially returned to WHS. Water Warriors began in 2011 when then senior, Isabel Schwartz researched the statistics of...

Sophomores Owen Finnegan and Luke DiPietro-Froio commentate a girls varsity basketball game. The class uses state of the art equipment to make the sports broadcasts as clear as possible.

Sports broadcast class launches at WHS

Jane Tardif and Emily Roberge March 25, 2023

Lights, camera, action. With the second half of the school year starting, so has a new pilot elective, sports broadcast. Leading the class is wellness teacher and football coach Scott Parseghian, who will...

Former Wayland High School Principal Patrick Tutwiler becomes the new secretary of education of Massachusetts under Governor Maura Healey. I really want to be a partner to the people who are experiencing education at all levels, Tutwiler said.

Patrick Tutwiler: Striving to achieve education equity

Katya Luzarraga March 21, 2023

On Dec. 16, 2022, Governor Maura Healey appointed former Wayland High School Principal Patrick Tutwiler as Massachusetts’ next secretary of education. The former Lynn superintendent and Boston educator...

A group of sophomores in the innovation camp present the website they created, The First Step. The innovation camp was held last summer at WHS. “I originally chose to do it because it sounded like a really interesting opportunity and it was similar to college summer programs, but it was offered for free, sophomore Samantha Lee said.

WHS students take the first step to raise mental illness awareness

Sophia Oppenheim March 20, 2023

For most students, the summer offers a break from school, but for students part of the Innovation Camp at WHS, it marks a time full of learning and creation. During the 2022 camp year, four sophomores...

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