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Wayland Student Press

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Wayland Student Press

WSPN's Edge Wheeler discusses WHS's joint hockey team with Watertown, and the start of its season.

Wayland-Watertown boys ice hockey skates into the season

Edge Wheeler January 3, 2024

This winter, the Wayland-Watertown boy’s varisty hockey team looks to have another triumphant season, replicating their successes from the 2022-2023 season, which led to the MIAA Division III Final Four....

Seniors Charlie Lieb, Brendan Shen and junior Josh Fiest pose together as the creators of their new tutoring business in Wayland. 
“[My goal is] really just to help [students] achieve what they can and want to achieve,” Fiest said.

WayTutors: A student-powered success

Jillian Mele and Elyssa Grillo January 3, 2024

Seniors Charlie Lieb and Brendan Shen, along with junior Josh Fiest created a tutoring business, called WayTutors, in Wayland High School's entrepreneurship and business management class (EBM). WayTutors...

Juniors Steven Landsittel, Evan Brown, Josh Feist and Matty Johansson cut a ribbon to signify that the sidewalk they helped build is officially open for public use. “When we first started this project, it was just another class project to us, however, once the town responded to us and asked us to present a proposal to them, we realized we had to take it more seriously,” Landsittel said.

Paving the way for change: WHS juniors implement new sidewalk in Wayland

Joey Fay, Guest writer January 2, 2024

On Wednesday, Dec. 6, a ribbon cutting ceremony took place for the new, mile-long sidewalk that extends from the intersection of State Route 27 and State Route 126 to Wayland's Town Building and State...

ICYMI: Week of Dec. 18 – WMS canceled overnight field trips, Loker’s Pulsera Project and annual Wayland STEM fair

ICYMI: Week of Dec. 18 – WMS canceled overnight field trips, Loker’s Pulsera Project and annual Wayland STEM fair

Selena Liu January 2, 2024

In the weekly series, “In Case You Missed It,” News Editor Selena Liu summarizes stories from the past week with links to the corresponding WSPN article. This week's "In Case You Missed It" summarizes...

Join Staff Reporter Maggie Buffum as she discusses games to play with friends and family during New Year’s Eve.

Fun games to play on New Years Eve

Margaret Buffum December 23, 2023

New Year's Eve is a widely celebrated holiday around the world, including the ball dropping event in Times Square, New York. Some people celebrate the coming of a new year,  but not everyone likes hosting...

A banner hung in the entrance to the WHS commons welcomes students and parents in to Wayland's annual STEM Fair.  The fair featured set-ups from WHS clubs and organizations, as well as engaging activities related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics. "Mainly my goal was to inspire a lifelong learning among STEM for the younger kids," senior and robotics team President Charmaine Guo said. "[We wanted] to encourage the middle and elementary schoolers and to entice them to join these clubs."

WHS robotics team resumes annual Wayland STEM Fair

Kally Proctor December 23, 2023

On Saturday, Dec. 9, the Wayland High School robotics team resumed the annual Wayland science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fair. The team organized the fair to spread love for STEM and to introduce...

Join WSPN’s Melina Barris and Makenzie Macchi as they preview the December Fashionista of the Month: Sydney Lozano.

Fashionista of the Month: December

Melina Barris and Makenzie Macchi December 23, 2023

Name: Sydney Lozano Grade: Junior Favorite store: “I really love thrift stores, I get a lot of my clothes from there. Besides that, I really love T.J. Maxx and Marshalls.” Online shopping...

Join Staff Reporters Fiona Peltonen and Maggie Buffum as they interview classmates about whether they recommend certain beauty products for the holidays or not.

Save or splurge: Beauty products for the holidays

Margaret Buffum and Fiona Peltonen December 23, 2023

It’s gifting season and when shopping for yourself and others, you might be raising an eyebrow at the price of some viral beauty products. We asked our classmates who have had firsthand experiences with...

The Wayland High School National Honor Society chapter holds its first ever welcome ceremony at the commons of WHS.

NHS welcome ceremony and background

Jeffery Zhang December 23, 2023

On Dec. 13, the Wayland High School National Honors Society (NHS) chapter held its first ever welcome ceremony. The ceremony occurred in the commons, and served to welcome newly inducted members. This...

Join WSPN's Mischa Lee and Elyssa Grillo as they discuss this year's top winter fashion trends.

Top winter fashion trends

Elyssa Grillo and Mischa Lee December 22, 2023

As the cold weather arrives and the final leaves begin to drop, so do winter fashion trends. The incoming snow and holiday festivities call for brand new winter trends, working their way into the fashion...

At the beginning of the match, captain junior Michael Keenan eyes his Beverly opponent. "The holiday tournament went well," Keenan said. "As a team we didn't place as high as we wanted, but it was still good experience."

Wrestling participates in the Wayland Holiday Tournament

Sasha Libenzon, Carolina Sdoia, and Bowen Morrison December 22, 2023

The Wayland Holiday Wrestling Tournament took place on Saturday, Dec. 16 in the Field House. The tournament lasted all day, with 20 schools participating. In each of their respective weight classes, captain...

Podmas episode 2: Christmas traditions

Podmas episode 2: Christmas traditions

Elyssa Grillo, Mischa Lee, and Jessi Dretler December 22, 2023

wspn · podmas 2 In WSPN’s newest podcast, Podmas, staff reporters Jessi Dretler, Mischa Lee and Elyssa Grillo will talk about their favorite aspects of Christmas and the holiday season. Podmas is...

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