Alyssa Ao, Class of 2025, is a first year reporter for WSPN. She plans to be involved in the school math and debate teams. Outside of school, she enjoys reading, art and playing piano.
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![Posters hang in the mediation training room, the wrestling room, with the plans MetroWest Mediation Services used to conduct their lessons. Im looking forward to becoming a better mediator, junior peer mediator Zackary Goldstein said. [Im excited to] hopefully see a reduction in conflict throughout school or just see the impact mediation makes on people when theyre able to resolve their conflicts.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_4254-900x675.jpg)
![History teacher Laine Winokur is in her second year of teaching at Wayland High School. This year, Winokur has become further involved in the school community as a new advisor for WHS alliance club, a club which focuses on educating people on LGBTQ+ issues and providing a safe space for queer students. “Especially the safe space part [is important to me],” Winokur said. “We’re very lucky in the part of the country we live in and the community that we live in that, in general, it is a fairly safe place to live. But I do think it’s important for our students to have an even safer safe space.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/AFEA5AD6-4D1A-43A0-A9AE-C9A733160511_1_201_a.jpeg)
![Sophomore Luke Chisum finishes first in the freshman three kilometer race at the DCL Championship Meet in 2021. This year, I want to get around 16:30 for a five [kilometer race], Chisum said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/jkmAbCUUjw5yjE8RwUZibyojsoKHmWEwan85kJDW-900x600.jpg)
![Junior Xande Santos sprints with the ball, attempting to keep it in control. Santos scored the game winning goal during overtime. It felt amazing to score the first [goal] and the overtime winning goal, Santos said. The energy from the fans and the team was electric. I think we played very well and dominated the first half for sure. I’m excited to play our next game against Marlborough because we have a lot of potential.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/05E1ED9E-E7F8-4B59-BD0B-12061FE0606E_1_201_a-X3-900x600.jpg)
![Junior Ava Tang dresses in New Balance, Levis and thrifted clothing. Tangs favorite piece of clothing to dress in are sweaters. I think there [are] a lot of different patterns you can find or different bright colors with different fabrics and stuff,” Tang said](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG_5803-L.jpg)
![The large gap between college-preparatory classes and honors classes at Wayland High school causes many students to drop down from honors to college classes. I was hesitant to move down [because] I was already more than halfway through the year when I started to really struggle, junior Julia DeGrenier said. I felt like [the class change] would mess up my entire schedule.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/rm4TvSwIci7BCuVqRdJ0YXilHHh8EOPIzOljFhnc-900x600.jpg)
![The Wayland High School history department changes the sophomore and junior required history courses. “I think that [the change in courses] will make [students] more aware of [their] role in American society, and allows them to pursue more stories and multicultural perspectives,” WHS history teacher Katherine Bassen said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Untitled-design-2-900x600.png)
![On Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, some students will be taking the Preliminary SAT at Wayland High School. “I decided to take [the PSAT] because I dont know what Im getting into for the actual SAT,” Frutman said. “This is a stepping off point to see what I need to work on [to prepare for the SAT].”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-12.07.36-PM-900x597.png)
![WHS alumni Lizzy Francis and Sam Goldstone began the process of creating a stand alone race class for freshmen in 2020. “I think that a large issue with this country in general, honestly, is just [people] being uneducated and being unaware of different experiences,” WHS alum Lizzy Francis said. “I think that [by] bringing awareness to these social situations, we become better people, and we create a new generation of people that are kinder to each other, willing to listen and willing to be advocates for those who cant be advocates.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Screen-Shot-2022-06-16-at-4.22.47-PM-900x597.png)
![Aidan OHara launches the prospective Wayland Jr. Broadway, a chance for fifth graders to participate in theater in their town. [I am most excited] to nurture a love of performing arts in Wayland, OHara said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_4169-900x602.jpeg)
![A flier in the commons promotes the Red Sox ticket draw fundraiser put on by the Class of 2025. “Our mentality was, if we have the opportunity to fundraise more, lets just [do it],” Class of 2025 President Reva Datar said. “The more we earn this first year, the more we can invest in our class events, and we can make those more memorable, exciting and fun.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-09-at-10.16.50-AM-900x596.png)
![A poster created by junior Olivia Rubin encourages students to vote in the Regional Student Advisory Council (RSAC) Election on April 14. Posters were placed outside the Media Center and main office in the days preceding the election. “It is my hope that the student body in general feels more represented knowing that Wayland High School students are voting members of [the RSAC] and are active committee members working on policy issues,” history teacher Eva Urban said. “Knowing that that voice is there makes us feel, I think, represented.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Screen-Shot-2022-05-04-at-8.45.48-AM-900x624.png)
![Recently, students have completed course selection for the 2022 to 2023 school year. This marked a stressful time for students to fill their schedules with classes. “I think students [are pressured to make sacrifices], and I don’t even necessarily think it’s the school that does it to them,” freshman biology teacher Mary York said. “It’s hard because a little stress is good, we want to use our time in life well and contribute by learning and knowing and growing. You want to work to live, not live to work.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-04-at-9.59.52-PM-900x596.png)
