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Happy Hollow students advocate for climate action in June 2019. Around this time, the idea to introduce solar panels to the elementary schools was brought to the Wayland Town Council’s attention. “In the past, the town hasdused Ameresco solar panels for the Wayland Middle School and Wayland High School,” Happy Hollow students Ruth Flacke, Kiera Hines, Jared Kerrigan and William Bargoot said in the Happy Hollow Petition letter for solar panels to the Wayland Town Council on June 24, 2019. "Now we think it’s our turn. We love our school and we love our earth, we want to protect it.”

Wayland leads by example towards a greener future

Annabelle Hage and Nina Gandhi May 24, 2025

On May 12, Wayland unveiled the Loker Elementary School’s new solar panels as a step towards Wayland’s goal for carbon neutrality and sustainability. It marked the end of a longtime project for Loker...

Fresh Cuts, the student-run landscaping business founded by freshman Maxwell Tharpe, is a locally focused group that does lawn care for homes across Wayland.

FRESH CUTS: “The Best and Nothing Less”

Grace Zocco and Kyle Zhang May 23, 2025

The typical 15-year-old isn’t busy thinking about running their own business. However, for Wayland High School freshman Maxwell Tharpe, his business has been a big part of his life since he first started...

Join WSPN's Kyle Zhang as he talks with this month's artist, Sophie Chen.

Artist of the month: Sophie Chen

Kyle Zhang, Copy editor May 23, 2025

This month's artist of the month is freshman Sophie Chen. Chen has had a passion for art for a long time and has since developed her art throughout the years. When did you start doing art? “I've...

On Tuesday, May 20, the popular food chain Raising Cane’s opened its doors to the public at their new Framingham location. Eager customers, including Framingham residents, people from neighboring towns and several WHS students, rushed to 253 Cochituate Road throughout the day to get their hands on some crispy chicken. “I think the community at large is very excited [and] a lot of the people that work here are directly from the community,” Leader of Recruiting, Fry Cook and Cashier at Raising Cane's, Julio Polanco said. “Lots of energy, lots of questions and lots of curiosity leading to [opening day].”

One dream, one love: Raising Cane’s opens new location in Framingham

Title: One Dream, One Love: Raising Cane’s opens new location in Framingham, MA On Tuesday May 20, the popular food chain Raising Cane’s opened its doors to the public at their new Framingham location....

Swinging her arms, senior captain Jillian Mele shoots the ball into the goal. Mele scored six goals during the game.

Girls lacrosse celebrates senior night with a win

Sasha Libenzon and Grace Zocco May 22, 2025

The girls varsity lacrosse team celebrates their senior night against Nipmuc Regional High School on Friday, May 16 at the Wayland High School turf field. Wayland won with a final score of 16-9. The team...

ICYMI: May 12 - Senior year activities, Dan Ottenheimer and varsity outdoor track and field

ICYMI: May 12 – Senior year activities, Dan Ottenheimer and varsity outdoor track and field

Marissa Mendoza May 19, 2025

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. News: WSPN's Emma Zocco ran through...

WSPN’s Melina Barris and Annabel Orcutt review Met Gala looks and share their opinions.

2025 Met Gala review

Melina Barris and Annabel Orcutt May 17, 2025

The 2025 Met Gala on May 5 saw a wide array of celebrities showcasing their fashion-forward looks for the evening. This year’s theme, titled “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” explored Black style...

In response to hateful events in Wayland, WHS staff and administration do their best to involve the community in counter-efforts. From making METCO students feel welcome to fighting antisemitism, see how Wayland fights hate.

How Wayland fights hate

Kyle Zhang May 16, 2025

In response to the antisemitic vandalism plastered across the Wayland Community Pool on March 5, the Wayland community is working to battle antisemitism and hate. The swastika that was graffitied on...

Running the 800 meter race, freshman Junyi Frenzel leads a pack of runners.  Frenzel got a PR with a 2:42.4, earning 13th place out of 19 runners. "I look forward to hopefully breaking 2:40 in the 800," Frenzel said.

The track teams runs another loss

Karis Tam May 16, 2025

On May 13, the Wayland High School varsity track team competed in a quad meet against Cambridge Ridge and Latin, Boston Latin and Newton South at Cambridge. This meet was originally scheduled to be a meet...

Dan Ottenheimer walks the students through the story of his family's journey throughout Germany. Ottenheimer has visited to Wayland High every year to teach 9th and 11th graders about his families experience during the holocaust.

Born after, speaking before: Dan Ottenheimer tells his father’s Holocaust survival story to WHS

On Thursday, May 8, guest speaker Dan Ottenheimer spoke in the Wayland High School auditorium about his father’s experience as a Holocaust survivor who grew up in Germany during the Nazi rule. He was...

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