AP Government class to run annual student government elections
Emma Diianni and Caroline Lampert
May 29, 2018
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The AP Government and Politics class will run the Student Council officer elections. It also recently ran the class executive board elections. In previous years, school elections have always been run through Student Council itself, but this year, the class offered to administer the process. AP Government...
News Brief: Assistant Superintendent candidates visit WHS
May 25, 2018
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Wayland Public Schools Superintendent Arthur Unobskey recently sent four finalists for the vacant assistant superintendent position to visit WHS. According to Unobskey, the first candidate, WHS Assistant Principal Ethan Dolleman, participated in a meet-and-greet on May 21. The other three candidates...
Where the Class of 2018 is going to college (interactive map)
Hailey Robinson and Janani Gandhi
May 24, 2018
In Case You Missed It: Week of May 14
May 22, 2018
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In the weekly series, “In Case You Missed It,” WSPN News editor Kevin Wang summarizes stories from the past week with links to the corresponding WSPN article. News: WSPN's Hailey Robinson uncovered the details behind Window's show date shift. Due to a previous weather-related cancellation, the orchestra concert shifted a Window show date that had been planned months ahead. Featu...
News Brief: WSPN wins Online Pacemaker
May 19, 2018
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WSPN, the official school newspaper of WHS, won a prestigious Pacemaker award while attending the JEA/NSPA convention in San Francisco last month. The Pacemakers are an award given to school newspapers that demonstrate excellence in journalism. This was WSPN’s first time winning a Pacemaker since 2013....
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 Diianni 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: Senior Assassin 2018 Live Updates
May 2, 2018
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Every year, the senior class takes part in an annual tradition called Senior Assassin. Seniors who choose to participate use water guns to take out their given targets, and the game continues until there is one person left standing. This game is organized outside of school, and students are not allowed...
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...
December 10, 2018