Emily Roberge, Class of 2023, is a third year reporter and co-editor-in-chief of WSPN. She plays for the high school's field hockey team and is a co-captain for the high school's alpine skiing team. Outside of school and sports, Emily enjoys spending time with her friends and family, watching sports and scuba diving.
![From left to right freshman Julianna McDonald, junior Sophia Verma, freshman Marissa Mendoza and sophomores Melody and Marissa Wong stand together, each grabbing a piece of dough to mold. After senior Eileen Kaewapresert made the pasta dough, the rest of the students got to create the shapes of their choice. “At first, this was only a small group to bond with two special needs students, Melody and Marissa [Wong], because they already had an interest in cooking,” Kaewprasert said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/18CCCDA2-968D-4E23-8DD9-E1C0F29F7BCE_1_201_a-900x600.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 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)
![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)
![Family Promise Club leaders Maeve Myles and Elena Liu hand out flyers to promote their club during the Wayland High School Club Fair. They also utilize other ways to spread the word about Family Promise. “We have social media and an Instagram to get the word out about Family Promise,” Liu said. “[Our social media platforms are] a space where we post a lot about the issue of homelessness and where we also repost the Family Promise Organization’s Instagram.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/wvNLnzk24d0o5VUM8XyZdng2nP2kBneqPEonBVqu-e1642600688132-900x601.png)
![Wayland Middle School science teacher Richard Battaglia is excited to run the 2021, Oct. 11, Boston Marathon since it has not been held in-person since 2019. Everybody [in the Boston Athletic Association Running Club] is psyched to run the marathon, Battaglia said. A lot of us really enjoy Boston and to miss it for 2020 and the spring was really hard.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Screen-Shot-2021-10-11-at-9.25.55-AM.png)
