The Supreme Court officially upheld the law that will ban the app TikTok in the United States on Friday, Jan 17. This means that the ban will be effective starting Sunday, Jan 19.
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In the weekly series, “In Case You Missed It,” News Editor Marissa Mendoza summarizes stories from the past week with links to the corresponding WSPN article.
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In 2024, aviation accidents rose by 15%. Over the past few weeks there has been a trend of inconvenient and even deadly incidents regarding commercial aircraft flights.
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As the holidays draw closer, the Wayland Police Department (WPD) has issued a warning to residents about the rise in scammers. Police Chief Edward Burman recommends immediately reaching out to the WPD...
The Connect Program hand delivered gifts to every child enrolled at the Yawkey Center, a non-profit daycare organization in Dorchester, on Thursday, Dec. 12. The event not only impacted the center, but...
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On Tuesday, Dec. 17, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione was arrested and charged with the murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, Brian Thompson. Thompson was fatally shot in his torso and...
The Wayland Museum and Historical Society held their 44th annual Holiday Open House at the Grout-Heard House Museum from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8. The Holiday Open House is a multi-partnership...
In the weekly series, “In Case You Missed It,” News Editor Marissa Mendoza summarizes stories from the past week with links to the corresponding WSPN article.
On Nov. 28, Thanksgiving Day, the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) Minuteman Marching Band performed in the streets of New York City. The college marching band was one of 11 bands selected to...
The morning after the 2024 Presidential Election, you walk into WHS unsure whether or not the environment has shifted. You enter the commons before school and you observe the setting of students. Nothing...
In the weekly series, “In Case You Missed It,” News Editor Marissa Mendoza summarizes stories from the past week with links to the corresponding WSPN article.
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Wayland High School will host its second annual Wayland Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Fair in the high school commons from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8. The event will be backed...
![The Wayland Police Department have issued a warning on the rise of scammers during the holiday season. “Hang up [the phone]. if you get a text and you do not know who it's from, just delete it. Don't click on any links, nothing,” Wayland police chief Edward Burman said. “Every single one of them is a scam.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_0954_720-e1734676255647.jpg)
![WHS’s Connect Program ran its annual holiday gift drive to fulfill the wishlist of children enrolled in the Dorchester based non-profit daycare organization, the Yawkey Center. This drive brought the town together and impacted both the students in Connect, as well as the greater Wayland community. “You could see how helpful the town was and how our community came together and wanted to help out a community that wasn't our own [and] kids who were less fortunate than we were,” senior and Connect Program member Jordynn Lee said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/screenshot_2024-12-20_at_12.21.24___pm_720-e1734734228474.png)
![Join WSPN’s Marissa Mendoza, Edge Wheeler, Ainsley Jay, Bowen Morrison and Sofia Ciciarelli as they cover seniors’ involvement in the election and the viewpoint from a WHS educator. “[The election is] a really toxic environment,” WHS history teacher Katherine Bassen said. “It would be disingenuous for me to say, ‘oh, everything's going great.’ Obviously it's not, right?”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_0282-1-1200x800.jpg)
