Carolina Sdoia, Staff Reporter
Carolina Sdoia, Class of 2025, is a second year reporter for WSPN. She plays for the JV volleyball team and competes on the Wayland dive team. Outside of school, she enjoys skiing and hanging out with family and friends.
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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)
