The Wayland High School Theater Ensemble continued the tradition of having seniors direct one-act plays on Friday, June 11. The five plays ranged from about 10 to 20 minutes each. The first play was “That...
Join WSPN’s Charlotte Thirman, Liv Tawakol and Genevieve Morrison as they investigate student phone usage. In this video, WHS students and teachers share their views on cell phones in the classroom,...
Wayland High School's Green Team begins a composting system during all three lunches on May 31. Student volunteers called "Lunch Leaders" help students throw out their waste in the correct bins and hand...
Every year, Wayland High School welcomes and honors a new graduating class at graduation. This year, graduation was held at the high school turf on Friday, June 3, at 6 p.m. This is the first time graduation...
Wayland High School's Window Dance Ensemble performed their final dance routine of the year on May 25, 2022. The show's theme was "Candyland," and many of the songs had candy-related lyrics, along with...
Girls lacrosse put up a close win against Acton-Boxborough (AB) with a score of 11-10 on May 26. Wayland dove into winning from the start, having a 5 - 0 lead before AB put in their first goal. After...
The Wayland girls varsity tennis team faces off Weston on home courts during Senior Night. The team celebrated its senior players with a food tent, flowers and posters. Wayland ultimately lost 4-1.
Wayland boys volleyball serves a win against Cambridge Rindge and Latin on May 26, 2022. Both Wayland and CRLS won sets back and forth but during the fifth set, Wayland emerged victorious with a final...
Window Dance Ensemble finished their season with their annual spring show, and this year, the theme was Candyland. The performance was held on Tuesday, May 24 and Wednesday, May 25, and tickets cost $5...
Wayland High School Theater Ensemble (WHSTE) conducted their final dress rehearsal for their play “Epic Proportions,” on Wednesday, May 18 and the performances took place the following three days....
On Saturday, May 21, the first Wayland Music Festival took place on the lawn of the Wayland Town Center. With live music, food, face painting and other activities, the festival attracted many Wayland residents....
This past winter, the Wayland community mourned the loss of second grader William McInnis. To celebrate William's life and to raise money to plant a garden in his honor at Loker Elementary School, Williams'...
![WHS alumni Lizzy Francis and Sam Goldstone began the process of creating a stand alone race class for freshmen in 2020. “I think that a large issue with this country in general, honestly, is just [people] being uneducated and being unaware of different experiences,” WHS alum Lizzy Francis said. “I think that [by] bringing awareness to these social situations, we become better people, and we create a new generation of people that are kinder to each other, willing to listen and willing to be advocates for those who cant be advocates.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Screen-Shot-2022-06-16-at-4.22.47-PM-900x597.png)
![Stop Asian Hate signs rest on lawns across Wayland and surrounding towns. “I designed the signs, I had them produced by a company and then I distributed them,” Wayland resident Jun Wan said. “I sent the news out, and people came by and picked it up from my yard. Suddenly, they were all gone, and now I see them all over [Wayland].”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Image-6-13-22-at-2.46-PM-900x600.jpg)
![Sophomore Max Markarian playing a worried John F. Kennedy, gets a visit from freshman Rachel Goldstone, who plays the role of Abraham Lincoln, during “John F. Kennedy Zombie Slayer. This was Goldstones first play with WHSTE. “[Senior one acts] bring out people who might have been interested in performing but perhaps the commitment had been too big for the larger projects, so we sort of get a broader group coming out to perform,” drama teacher Aidan O’Hara said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/D6F0FAC1-421C-4E49-BC4A-5B2C510C82B2_1_105_c-1-900x596.jpg)
![Junior Ava Tang dresses in New Balance, Levis and thrifted clothing. Tangs favorite piece of clothing to dress in are sweaters. I think there [are] a lot of different patterns you can find or different bright colors with different fabrics and stuff,” Tang said](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG_5803-L.jpg)
![In the finishing scene of the play, the entire cast of Epic Proportions rallies on stage and strikes a pose. This scene, as well as several others, occurs as a voice-over by the narrator (played by senior Harrison Dietzius) talks to the audience. My favorite thing about being in this play was just getting to do one last show [before I graduate], Dietzius said. Just getting to be in one more show with all the people that Ive been [in the theater ensemble] with for the past four years before I leave was really nice.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DSC_1623-1-900x600.jpg)
