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The student news site of Wayland High School

Wayland Student Press

The student news site of Wayland High School

Wayland Student Press

On Thursday night, history teacher Erin Lehmann will be presenting and interacting with parents. WSPN speaks with teachers about their feelings and how they prep for the annual Back to School Night.

Teachers discuss their back to school night preparation

Emma Nallet and Kevin Wang September 27, 2017

Back to School Night will take place at Wayland High School tomorrow, Sept. 28. The annual event, which starts at 7 p.m. and lasts about two hours, is an opportunity for parents to discover their child’s...

A students schedule is displayed on the eSchoolPLUS home screen. The scheduling process is lengthy and complex, most of which is completed over the summer by administrators and math teacher Hannah Marton. eSchool builds the schedule for us, and we have to fix it and tinker with it,” Marton said.

Wayland Public Schools implements new student information system

Nathan Zhao and Kevin Wang September 17, 2017

At the beginning of this school year, Wayland Public Schools rolled out the new student information system eSchool Plus to replace the long-used iPass, iStudent and iParent structure. According to WHS...

An ALICE drill will be held at WHS on Thursday, October 19. We think it’s very important to involve everyone in the drill and in reviewing the protocol. If something were to ever happen, we are prepared school-wide to respond in the safest way we can,” WHS Principal Allyson Mizoguchi said.

News Brief: Bell schedule for the first day of school

Nathan Zhao September 5, 2017

The WHS administration recently released the bell schedule for the first day of school, Tuesday, September 5, through the WHS website. This day will not be a letter day; rather, all eight periods will...

WSPN explores the particulars of the recent surge of LGBTQ activism from both dedicated groups and individuals.

Examining WHS’ recent surge in LGBTQ activism

Meg Trogolo June 18, 2017

Over the past five years, WHS has experienced a surge in LGBTQ activism among students, either sponsored by the school's Alliance club or produced by individual students. Alliance has held numerous...

Boys volleyball defeats Needham (28 photos)

Boys’ volleyball defeats Needham (28 photos)

Conor Keating and Joyce Wu June 15, 2017

[monoslideshow id = "471"] The boys' volleyball team defeated Needham in the state semi-finals 3-0.

Wayland High School is planning to alter the procedures they administer final examinations to students. Traditional exams for a few of the major academic subjects will be scratched for exhibition days.

News Brief: Final Examinations at WHS

Matt Karle and Kevin Wang June 15, 2017

This June, WHS will be altering the methods by which they apply final examinations to students. In previous years, comprehensive exams from the major academic subjects tested students on their second-semester...

Class of 2017 receives diplomas (239 photos)

Class of 2017 receives diplomas (239 photos)

[monoslideshow id = "467"] Seniors received their diplomas at graduation on June 4th, 2017.

Speeches from class of 2017 graduation (video)

Isabel Gitten and Kate Balicki June 10, 2017

Class of 2017 graduated Sunday, June 4th. Speakers included Class President Tony Park, Valedictorian Sarah Raines, Co-Salutatorians Wendy Wang and Alex Briasco-Stewart, Class Secretary Izzy Rubin, METCO...

Students were angry over the administration cancelling the showing of the film Cool Runnings. WSPNs Nathan Zhao explored several angles of both student and administrative responses.

Administration announces removal of Principal Scholarship Award

Aimee LaRochelle and Abby Mitty June 6, 2017

Principal Allyson Mizoguchi recently announced the removal of the Principal Scholarship Award, which has been in existence since the beginning of the Underclassman Awards. The award had been given out...

Wayland High School administration has decided to remove the Native American spear from the schools logo. “I understand the emotional and cultural connection to a school logo,... But, we are firm in our desire to move away from Native American imagery,” Mizoguchi said.

Wayland High School to remove Native American imagery from logo

Duncan Stephenson June 6, 2017

Wayland High School has officially moved away from a Native American spear as its logo. Students recently voted on a symbol to replace the spear, but it is not clear if either design will become the permanent...

Seniors honored at Senior Awards Night (20 photos)

Seniors honored at Senior Awards Night (20 photos)

Anika Das and Kyle Chen June 3, 2017

[monoslideshow id = "465"] Seniors were honored at Senior Awards Night on Wednesday.

Pictured above is the WHS turf and stadium. The School Committee recently voted to delay a referendum on Stage One of the proposal until the next

Athletic fields to be renovated and repositioned

Duncan Stephenson May 26, 2017

According to Wayland High School athletic director Heath Rollins, a plan is in place to either replace, or re-shuffle every athletic field at Wayland High School except for “The Rock,” and the wetland...

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