Caterina Tomassini, Managing Editor
Caterina Tomassini, class of 2021, is a fourth year journalism student and is the managing editor this year. Outside of journalism, Tomassini plays club and school volleyball, works at a local store, participates in her church’s youth leadership group, and babysits. She also enjoys baking and cooking, reading, maintaining her garden, and spending time with friends and family.
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![Join WSPN’s Marissa Mendoza, Edge Wheeler, Ainsley Jay, Bowen Morrison and Sofia Ciciarelli as they cover seniors’ involvement in the election and the viewpoint from a WHS educator. “[The election is] a really toxic environment,” WHS history teacher Katherine Bassen said. “It would be disingenuous for me to say, ‘oh, everything's going great.’ Obviously it's not, right?”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_0282-1-1200x800.jpg)
![The Boy Scouts will be selling trees on Fridays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays noon to 6 p.m. until they sell out.
“This event is one of the things that [the Boy Scouts] get to have a direct impact on the community,” freshman Alex Macleod said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot-2024-12-11-at-8.38.38 AM.png)
![SADD, short for Students Against Destructive Decisions, is a nationwide program promoting healthy and safe decisions in teenagers.With the 2020-2021 school year approaching, new leaders for the Wayland program have been chosen and are preparing to achieve new goals. "The bottom line is that it’s scary to see people in [dangerous] situations, especially if they’re your friend," junior SADD leader Charlotte Salitsky said. "We try to peer educate and encourage safe behavior.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SADD.2.png)
![Due to the rapidly evolving situation regarding COVID-19, the administrators of the SATs and ACTs have canceled their spring exams. “It feels to me like a lot of [my] time [spent on studying] is wasted because now I cannot take the test for a while," junior Dylan Bonanno said. "I felt prepared when I was supposed to take it."](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screen-Shot-2020-03-30-at-11.17.45-AM-900x599.png)
![In past years, WHS has gathered to watch an in-school movie in celebration of the end of midterm exams. This year, Student Council and the WHS administration has made the decision to host the movie after school. “Administration and Student Council saw that after school would be the most fitting [showtime],” Student Council vice president Shawn Bernier said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-29-at-9.36.23-PM.png)
![Vice principal Laura Cole poses for a photo in the Commons. Cole spends her day engrossed in activities that include working with students and other teachers. "Most of [the day for me] it’s like observing classes, walking around being visible in the building, interacting with kids," Cole said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-02-at-8.42.39-AM.png)
![After 19 years on the job, former METCO director Mabel Reid-Wallace has decided to step down from her job. Dr. Tony Laing, the new METCO director, is scheduled to start his new job in Wayland in the beginning of August. “I’m excited [to] not only return to Boston, but also to give back to a program that has been instrumental in my foundational success,” Laing said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/METCO.jpg)
![After 27 years with Wayland Public Schools, Happy Hollow Elementary School Principal James Lee is preparing for his retirement at the end of the 2018-19 school year. Although he's unsure of his plans for retirement, Lee knows that he wants to continue to stay active and challenge himself with new activities. “I think of [retirement] as graduation," Lee said. "I’m graduating to try something new and keep myself fresh by doing something different.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_7798-L-1.jpg)
