Over the course of the past month, three racist incidents have occurred at Wayland Middle School. From WMS administration, to members of the Wayland community, the shared anger and disappointment has led...
At 8:33 a.m. on Jan. 21, a fire alarm went off at Wayland High School. Students were told to make their way to the student parking lot to wait for further instructions. Given that it was a few minutes...
wspn · Weekly Breakdown Episode 40: Canceled Midterms and Fire Department Grant
In this weekly podcast, WSPN reporters Abby Raftery, Mischa Lee and Emma Zocco break down each week’s Wayland news...
In the weekly series, “In Case You Missed It,” News Editor Tess Alongi summarizes stories from the past week with links to the corresponding WSPN article.
News:
Editor Tess Alongi briefed students...
After much deliberation, midterm exams for the 2021-2022 school year have been canceled. Debate for the cancellation arose from the recent surge in COVID-19 and the required quarantine days that result...
The Wayland School Committee voted to change the quarantine period required to return to school from 10 days to five days to be consistent with the CDC guidance. The new protocol allows students who have...
In the weekly series, “In Case You Missed It,” News Editor Tess Alongi summarizes stories from the past week with links to the corresponding WSPN article.
News:
Editor Tess Alongi briefed students...
The Class of 2023 Executive board has begun the annual junior class tradition of a Christmas tree pickup. The fundraiser began on Tuesday, Dec. 28 and Thursday, Dec. 30, and it will continue until Saturday,...
On the evening of Thursday, Jan. 6, Wayland Superintendent Dr. Omar Easy announced in an email to families that school is cancelled on Friday, Jan. 7 due to a heavy snowstorm. There will be no remote learning...
Due to the large increase of COVID-19 cases in Wayland and surrounding towns, Wayland Athletic Director Heath Rollins announced in an email that a maximum of two family members per athlete will be allowed...
The Town of Wayland held the second meeting of two discussing its Housing Production Plan (HPP) on Thursday, Nov. 18. The plan decides the affordable housing in Wayland and how to get it to 10%, the statewide...
This article contains anonymous pull quotes from WHS students about their opinions on the CLC.
In the language department, things are looking a bit different. When the World Language Department Head...
![Members of the Wayland community, including students, parents and teachers, gather to peacefully protest the racist incidents that occurred at Wayland Middle School. “The purpose [of the rallies] wasn’t to vilify the actions of the wrongdoers, but instead, this was about supporting children, families and educators of color who were really hurt and felt unsafe,” WMS parent and rally organizer Meg Flatley said. “We wanted to let them know that the actions of a few do not represent us all in this community.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2021-12-10-at-8.53.47-AM-1-900x657.png)
![On Tuesday, Nov. 23, the Alliance Club hosted Anonymous Ask, an event in the auditorium where WHS students asked panelists about sex, gender, relationships and many other topics. The event was held entirely in the dark, except for lights on the panelists, to use anonymity as encouragement for students to ask questions that they otherwise may feel too awkward or uncomfortable to ask. I definitely feel that there’s a big need [for this event],” librarian assistant and co-advisor of Alliance Kassie Wright said. For one, this school teaches abstinence, which is great and I definitely think is good, but we also have to be realistic and know that there are kids who are going to be practicing sex and this is a way to teach them safe sex, safe gender, safe things about their relationships [and] any type of thing that they may not have known.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2021-12-06-at-9.09.28-AM-900x655.png)
![Sophomore Sam Brandes stick reads TB4L and TB5, or Teddy Balkin for Life and Teddy Balkin 5. Teddy Balkin tragically passed away playing hockey on Thursday, Jan. 6. Brande is also honoring Balkin off the ice with a petition for USA Hockey to mandate neck guards. I wrote his initials and number on my stick, Brande said. [Balkin] was super selfless, he would rather see you succeed than succeed himself.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/axsiZ6USrpC6N2EPZ8KjrhCMkASG4br6l7fVFxLz-900x600.jpeg)
![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)
