November 16Extended advisory on Friday, Dec. 2: Freshmen to the Lecture Hall, sophomores to the Field House, juniors to the Commons and seniors to the auditorium
Deirdre Brown, Class of 2023, is a fourth year reporter and co-broadcast editor for WSPN. She is captain of the field hockey team, and also plays on the lacrosse team and swims for Wayland.
![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)
![Sophomore Emily Grieco stands in her locker room before the New England Regional Figure Skating Championships. Grieco has a hidden talent for figure skating, an uncommon sport that has brought her many successes and has taught her many life lessons. “[I have learned] to work hard for the sport, and just in life in general, Grieco said. [I have also learned] how to train hard for things I want to accomplish.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screen-Shot-2020-10-14-at-10.50.53-PM.png)
![Freshman Maggie Melander lays out her work as she gets ready for a long day of school online. Starting out school online is one of the first steps into helping students transition back into in-person school. “[This] is what has to happen in order for us to go back ” freshman Maggie Melander said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_2221-900x675.jpeg)
![Boys varsity Junior tennis player Noah Lee stands ready in a singles match during last years spring season. Corona virus has cancelled all spring sports from continuing the 2020 season. Many athletes continue to train for their sports, even though the season was cancelled. “[I am] doing daily exercise, running, [and] practicing lacrosse with a bounceback,” freshman Marion Hess said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/fullsizeoutput_22e7-L-M.jpg)