Nadya Chase, Class of 2024, is a first year reporter for WSPN. Outside of school, she enjoys playing tennis, reading, walking her dogs and spending time with family and friends.
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![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)
![After a St. Patrick’s Day party was canceled a few hours before the event, a rumor, that was later found to be untrue, was spread online that WHS administration and the Wayland Police Department were responsible for the cancellation of the party. “We’re invested in [students] safety, we’re invested in [students] health and we worry and care about [students] outside of school hours,” Mizoguchi said. “[However,] we also recognize that we don’t have a role necessarily in your lives after school hours, and we want to walk that line very carefully.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-06-at-11.34.32-AM-900x668.png)
![The Wayland Leadership Coalition begins to meet and have conversations surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion. “The direct goal [of the coalition] is to support and train the type of leaders students see themselves as,” Innovation teacher Hayes Hart-Thompson said. “The bigger goal is to have a group of Wayland community leaders who are able to engage in conversations with staff, other students and admin about areas that they want to see impacted with change.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-9.20.09-AM.png)
![“Women of Wayland” podcast creator Yamini Ranjan promotes the newest season of her podcast. The goal of the podcast is to share the stories of Wayland women, as well as bring the Wayland community closer together. “I don’t feel alone doing this podcast,” Ranjan said. “I always say ‘we,’ I never say ‘I’ because I feel like it’s a collaboration of women and me together, and that’s how the stories come out. It’s never my podcast, it’s always our podcast [because] its a community podcast.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/iBQPM4XhiWUTyJsafTV5cyMkwshnh018S53wLDb8.png)
![Sophomores and sophomore English teachers prepare for the upcoming English MCAS. Although students have a tendency to get worried before high stakes standardized tests, English teachers are confident that the sophomores are prepared to do well on the test. “I don’t think that anyone should be anxious about [the test],” English teacher Martha Gowetski said. “You should go in, do your best and be proud of your work.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screen-Shot-2022-03-15-at-9.04.46-AM.png)
![A plastic sheet hangs from the wall of room B102 due to a mold issue behind the wall. “There’s really nothing to worry about unless you’re actually seeing [the mold on frontside of the wall]. In that case, voice your concern, and it will definitely be taken care of quickly,” head custodian Sean Slavin said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screen-Shot-2022-03-15-at-10.57.29-AM.png)
![WHS incorporates the “A World of Difference” program into its curriculum. Several students and staff hope that this program will make a positive impact within our community through anti-racist and anti-bias work. “[Students who sign up for the program are] going to have a lot of opportunities to grow their own skills in leadership, in leading conversations and in facilitating dialogue,” WHS Assistant Principal Sean Gass said. “Thats a huge thing that even a lot of grown ups dont know how to do.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screen-Shot-2022-03-09-at-9.10.22-AM-900x499.png)
![Winter Week 2022 takes place during the week of Monday, Jan. 31. Each day, students will have the option to attend various presentations and performances, either in-person or virtually. “COVID-19 restrictions, despite being lighter than last year, have created a hard cap to the size of our events,” Student Council Secretary Lily Yu said. “Seating capacity in the auditorium has been cut down again, [so] we will livestream events in order to compensate for that limited seating capacity.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-27-at-11.14.10-AM-900x620.png)
![Members of the Wayland community, including students, parents and teachers, gather to peacefully protest the racist incidents that occurred at Wayland Middle School. “The purpose [of the rallies] wasn’t to vilify the actions of the wrongdoers, but instead, this was about supporting children, families and educators of color who were really hurt and felt unsafe,” WMS parent and rally organizer Meg Flatley said. “We wanted to let them know that the actions of a few do not represent us all in this community.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2021-12-10-at-8.53.47-AM-1-900x657.png)
![Seniors Hetvi Savaliya and Noy Geffen incorporate childhood memories into their costume by dressing up as Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore. I found this in my closet, and I asked [Savaliya] if she wanted to be Pooh, Geffen said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG-3212-X4-900x707.jpg)
![The Class of 2022 celebrates their semi-formal, held at the Weston Golf Club. The Class of 2022 semi-formal was the last school dance hosted for Wayland students since the pandemic hit. The current junior class was not able to have a semi-formal last year and is in the process of planning its dance for this year despite a series of setbacks. “If we do have it at the high school, it’s not your ‘typical’ semi-formal,” Junior Class Vice President Samantha Tyska said. “I hope that our grade reacts to that and doesn’t get angry, [but are] more so appreciative of the idea that we’re able to hold an event for our class.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-29-at-9.40.55-AM-900x603.png)