Orchestra concert pushes forward Window show date
Hailey Robinson and Kevin Wang
May 14, 2018
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The Window Dance Ensemble's planned Tuesday, May 15 show date will take place one day earlier. The rescheduled orchestra concert will take its place. The concert, which was originally scheduled to occur on Apr. 10, needed to be moved after town administrators decided to extend the town meeting by one...
Students attend presentation about reckless driving
Emma Dilanni and Caroline Lampert
May 11, 2018
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WHS students attended an assembly on Thursday, Apr. 26 during which Cara Filler, a youth motivational speaker, described her personal experience with reckless driving. When Filler was just 18 years old, her twin sister, Marin, was killed in a car collision when her boyfriend sped and hit another vehicle. Educating...
Juniors attend Career Colloquium
May 9, 2018
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Juniors attended the Career Colloquium held by librarian Joanne Schmidt and guidance counselor Jim Girard on May 2 to look into future careers. According to Girard, the Career Colloquium is informative for students and helps them decide on possible electives they may take, college majors they may be...
WHS teachers respond to racist graffiti (video)
May 4, 2018
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On Thursday, WHS teachers held an all-school assembly to read a joint letter in response to the racist graffiti found on the Timeline Tunnel.
UPDATED: Racist graffiti written on Timeline Tunnel
May 2, 2018
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On Tuesday, May 1, a WHS student reported racist graffiti on the Timeline Tunnel display in the history wing. The Timeline Tunnel display was set up for the METCO 50th anniversary celebration and depicted Wayland African-American history. The graffiti consisted of a racial slur written with permanent...
METCO 50th anniversary celebration to be held April 29
April 25, 2018
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On Sunday, April 29, Wayland High School will host the METCO 50th anniversary celebration from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the South Building. This event is free and open to the public, and will feature a dance performance, a documentary highlighting former Wayland METCO students, a "Timeline Tunnel" in the Hist...
Math team qualifies for New England Championship Meet for first time since 2014
April 24, 2018
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The WHS math team will participate in the New England Math Meet Championship on Friday, April 27 for the first time since 2014. Participants are determined by their final rankings in various state tournaments across the region, of which WHS placed fifth out of eight "Medium" schools in Massachusetts. “I...
Crozier to become superintendent of Sudbury after 17 years at Wayland
Caitlin Newton, Caroline Raymond, and Emmie O'Shaughnessy
April 14, 2018
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Brad Crozier, the current assistant superintendent of Wayland, will leave his position at the end of the school year to become the K-8 superintendent for the Sudbury school district. Crozier has been Wayland’s assistant superintendent for 17 years. According to Crozier, accepting the position was...
Senior versus tech reactions to mosh pit accident
Julia Callini, Julia Pak, and Caroline Raymond
April 13, 2018
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Seniors ripped expensive theater equipment during the mosh pit on the first night of the Senior Show. Some seniors view this accident as a minor problem and think that the equipment can be replaced easily. The tech group, which spends more time working with the equipment, has differing opinions on the...
Sophomore spring dance canceled
April 13, 2018
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The sophomore executive board cancelled the proposed sophomore spring dance through an announcement by President Ciara Murphy via Facebook on March 18. “The [dance] would not [have been] to try to top [sophomore semi-formal],” Murphy said. “The point would have been to just have a class gathering...
Wayland School Committee postpones articles on turf fields
Caitlin Newton and Caroline Raymond
April 9, 2018
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The Wayland School Committee agreed on Monday, April 2 to withdraw its articles on the new turf fields and postpone them to the fall town meeting. Chair of the school committee, Ellen Grieco, confirmed that this motion does not affect the timeline of the project itself, which will start in spring of...
New public library proposal voted down
Isabel Gitten, Kevin Wang, Jay Abdella, Julia Callini, and Nathan Zhao
April 9, 2018
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Wayland citizens did not reach a two-thirds majority vote to move forward with the new public library proposal at the town meeting on Tuesday, April 3. Construction on the new library would have begun in 2019 and been completed in 2021. The new library's cost estimate was approximately $19 million. ...
May 14, 2018