Christina Taxiarchis, A&E Editor
Christina Taxiarchis, Class of 2020, is the arts & entertainment section editor for WSPN, and this is her third year on the staff. She is on the Wayland girls lacrosse team. In her free time, she enjoys listening to music and spending time with friends and family.
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![Wayland High School Class of 2019 alum Devin Wong is the new assistant coach of Harvard University Nordic Ski Team. "I’m excited to be a part of a new team and coaching staff am motivated to learn from [head coach] Cate Brams and grow as a coach and wax tech," Wong said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/09-27-24-NSKI-Wong-Announcement-1920x1080-1-e1730466291327-1200x704.jpg)
![Speaker Ryley Coplans presents to WHS about the meaning of one’s “sex assigned at birth”. “It is important [to be in PFLAG] because you can’t make assumptions about people and you never know who you are going to encounter, so you need to make an inclusive and representing space,” Copans said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-28-at-11.04.40-PM.png)
![Junior Aydan McGah has been painting for over five years, ever since she took her first art class at summer camp. “[My favorite piece I’ve created] is a landscape painting of the mountains and flowers. I really loved the picture online, so I just wanted to recreate it,” McGah said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/59589205593__F0678338-7CB2-433F-B1F5-94D8E2DCC8A1-900x600.jpeg)
![Junior Ava Tang dresses in New Balance, Levi's and "thrifted" clothing. Tang's 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)
![Senior Anika Reichelt received a special award from the Massachusetts Art Education Association titled the "Hat Sister Award" for her piece titled "Summer Dresses." “[Art is] a way to express yourself, outside of words, which is tricky for a lot of people,” Reichelt said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/0.jpg)
![Pictured above is the 2018 Massachusetts Eastern Senior District Orchestra. Senior Rachel Chau shakes the conductor's hand at the end of the concert, in which she served as concertmaster. “I love to play because music is kind of a universal language, and [one] that everyone can understand and pick up on. [Also], you can communicate different ideas and messages through sound,” Chau said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/unnamed-L-1.jpg)
![Senior leaders in WHS's MVP (Mentors in Violence Prevention) club line up to introduce themselves before presenting. The MVP club gave a presentation to the Class of 2020 on Monday. “I joined MVP because I liked the message of the club, [and] I thought it would be very helpful to help educate some of the juniors and [other] kids [who were] coming up through Wayland schools,” senior Jake Sachs said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/MVP.jpg)
!["Unspoken Prayers," a painting by senior Shuyu Zhang, January's Artist of the Month. Zhang's painting was selected for the MAEA Painting award. "“At this point, [art] is not a hobby anymore," Zhang said. "I think I’m going to try and make [painting] into something I do for a career later, but probably not [right after high school]. We’ll see."](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/0-2.jpg)
![Senior Gabby Fargnoli dresses in Free People clothing with Frye boots. “[Be] careful with your patterns, don’t go overboard, [and] be careful and considerate,” Fargnoli said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_4767-L.jpg)
![A piece created by senior Gabby Fargnoli. Fargnoli, who has had an interest in Mixed Media from a young age, hopes to pursue her passion after high school. “I think the [work] that I am most proud of would have to be a really, really big piece in eighth grade," Fargnoli said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/0-2-900x600.jpg)
