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Wayland Student Press

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Wayland Student Press

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...

The boys varsity volleyball team has a record of 12-5 going into their final three regular season games. "Things are going in the right direction," head coach Philip George said.

Boys volleyball update: Team looks to continue a successful season into the playoffs

Joey Fay May 14, 2025

Once again, the boys varsity volleyball team is racking up achievements, while along their quest for the state title. On Friday, May 9, the boys varsity volleyball team beat Boston Latin in a five set...

With graduation just a few weeks away, Wayland seniors are ready to share where they are going to college and why. Via WSPN survey data and the Class of 2025's Instagram, one can now view where seniors will attend school next year, and how they made that decision.

The futures of the Class of 2025

Joey Fay May 14, 2025

The wait is over! More than 177 Wayland High School (WHS) seniors have come to a final decision on where they will continue their academic journey this fall. With about 6,000 colleges and universities...

Seniors run into the field house on their first day of high school to the song “Welcome To The Jungle” by Guns N’ Roses.

The final stretch: Seniors countdown to goodbye

Emma Zocco May 13, 2025

Two thousand, one hundred, thirty-one days completed. Pushing aside the skipped classes, the unexcused absences and sick days, that means the 2,131 days of walking the halls with the same 200 kids is almost...

Freshman and New England Futbol Club (NEFC) soccer player Heather Maddocks kicks the ball down a turf field. New Englands Premier Soccer Club is one of many club sports teams. Club sports teams can benefit athletes greatly. However, some are very costly to families.

The cost of club sports, affecting athletes both financially and emotionally

Emily Wyner and Karis Tam May 13, 2025

Since the 1980’s, youth club sports have experienced a surge. With this, a swell of money generated towards club sports has accumulated to generate a $19.2 billion dollar industry. As society grows,...

Open Table sits at its location in Maynard, Massachusetts. This organization was founded by a local MA resident, now operating for 36 years.

Open Table: Promoting health and humility, ending hunger

Fiona Peltonen May 12, 2025

Beyond the forest green doors of the Open Table headquarters in Maynard, Massachusetts (MA), rows of volunteers are hard at work, slicing and dicing their way through a variety of specialized grocery orders....

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