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Wayland Student Press

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Wayland Student Press

Pictured is freshman Abby Mitty. Mitty began playing guitar after getting a concussion in the sixth grade. This year during Winter Week, she sang and played guitar in front of an audience for the first time. Music has made me more than just a person who likes to play sports. I am now a musician too, Mitty said.

Abby Mitty: Music has made me a much more confident person

Isabel Gitten April 11, 2016

The packed WHS auditorium falls silent as freshman Abby Mitty begins playing chords on her guitar. Concentrating on her fingers, she taps her foot to the beat of an acoustic rendition of Justin Bieber’s...

Orchestra and chorus perform in pops concert (18 photos)

Orchestra and chorus perform in pops concert (18 photos)

Meg Trogolo April 11, 2016
WHS's orchestra and chorus performed in the commons for the pops concert.
Pictured above is a boys lacrosse game. WSPN previews the upcoming spring sports season.

Spring sports preview

Boys' Lacrosse This season, the boys’ lacrosse team will look to have yet another successful season behind the leadership of captains Jimmy Lampert, Daniel Keating, Michael Connell and Ethan Stavisky....

WHS held its second TEDx event this past Saturday. Wayland students talked about their life experiences.

WHS hosts second annual TEDx event

Brian Cohen April 8, 2016

On Saturday night, Wayland High School held its second annual TEDx conference. The theme of the night was rising strong. This theme was represented through the powerful stories of several WHS students. Senior...

Pictured is an all-gender restroom sign. WHSs Abby McCarthy argues that all students deserve access to all-gender bathrooms.

Opinion: Students deserve access to all-gender bathrooms

Abby McCarthy April 7, 2016
Abby McCarthy argues that all-gender bathrooms will benefit WHS.
Above is a student using their phone. WSPNs Angela Park looked at phone use at WHS. “Technology is a wonderful thing as learners and as teachers, and we need to be mindful about the ways that we’re setting up students to rely on it versus use it responsibly,” principal Allyson Mizoguchi said.

A look at cell phone use at WHS

Angela Park April 6, 2016

His phone screen lights up in the middle of class, notifying him of a text from a friend. He snatches his phone off his desk and checks to make sure his teacher isn’t watching. Slumping low in his seat,...

The Trinitarian Congregational Church in Wayland went on a mission trip to Guatemala. Many WHS students went on this trip including sophomores Mackenzie Barber, Lilly Lin, Peter Wolf, Megan Armstrong and Ian Armstrong and senior Tim Spinale. “I realize more how much we have here,” sophomore Lilly Lin said. “Be grateful for what you have.”

WHS students involved in mission trip to Guatemala

Naomi Lathan April 5, 2016
The Trinitarian Congregational Church in Wayland went on a mission trip to Guatemala. Many WHS students went on this trip including sophomores Mackenzie Barber, Lilly Lin, Peter Wolf, Megan Armstrong and Ian Armstrong and senior Tim Spinale
WHS students share their opinions on hypnosis.

Seniors share ‘senior slump’ experiences

Alex Torres and Lucy Hughes April 5, 2016
Seniors share 'Senior Slump' experiences.
Pictured above is sophomore Jaylen Wang playing tennis. Wang has been playing tennis since he was eight years old, and its something he cannot live without.  “Tennis is all confidence. You just gotta believe you can make your shots, even if you’re having a bad day, Wang said.

Jaylen Wang: Tennis is 90 percent, maybe even 95 percent, a mental sport

Janani Gandhi April 4, 2016

A tennis ball soars over the net on a hot day. Sophomore Jaylen Wang slaps away shot after shot, sending the tennis ball back towards his opponent every time. Wang has been playing tennis since he...

Pictured is Brad Crozier, assistant superintendent of Wayland Public Schools.  Brad Crozier spoke to WSPN about his job. “We could be meeting or taking phone calls about a facility issue or a building issue, or it could be working on a letter or memo to staff on a particular topic,” Crozier said. “There’s not one sort of typical day.”

Brad Crozier and his experiences as assistant superintendent

Nandita Subbiah April 4, 2016

Assistant superintendent Brad Crozier wears many hats in the Wayland Public Schools. Ranging from issues regarding staffing to curriculum, Crozier has a role in all of it. “There are a lot of different...

Above is a MacBook Air (left) and a Chromebook (right). WHS is replacing the MacBook Airs given to students with Chromebooks. We put a lot of thought into this decision, and we are confident that it will improve the well-being of students at Wayland.

Google Chromebooks to replace MacBook Airs next year

Elena Erdekian April 1, 2016
Beginning next year, each student will receive a Google Chromebook instead of a MacBook Air.
Pictured above is the TEDx sign for the event. This will be WHSs second TEDx event.

WHS to host its second TEDx event

Thomas Chan April 1, 2016
Wayland High School will hold its second TEDx event on Saturday, April 2.
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