[Photo] Breaking News: WHS returns to mask mandate until COVID-19 cases decrease Emily Roberge May 15, 2022
Is it love at first sight: The college search process without campus visits Delia Caulfield and Sidney O’Rourke May 17, 2021
Students: “We feel pressured to succeed, and it’s harmful” Sidney O’Rourke and Jessie Feist April 17, 2021
Scrutinizing the mental health issue at WHS Katherine Kim, Sidney O’Rourke, Emily Chafe, Bryn Curtin, Olivia Tawakol, and Jessie Feist April 17, 2021
Behind the superintendent search: the screening process Alexina McQuilkin and Sidney O’Rourke March 30, 2021
Student performers shine bright in the virtual talent show Sidney O’Rourke and Katherine Kim February 17, 2021
WHS students share their experiences with COVID-19 Alexina McQuilkin and Sidney O’Rourke January 21, 2021
WHS students give back to the community this holiday season Sidney O’Rourke and Sophia Oppenheim December 21, 2020
Quiz: Which Netflix TV show should you binge-watch? Eliya Howard-Delman and Sidney O’Rourke June 17, 2020
NCAA cancels college spring sports seasons, impacting Wayland alumni athletes Sidney O’Rourke April 21, 2020
46 years in the making: the rise and fall of Latin Club Emily Chafe and Sidney O’Rourke February 3, 2020
WW ‘20: Brooke Doire presents her grandmother’s Olympic success and perseverance Hailey Robinson and Sidney O’Rourke February 2, 2020
MOTS: Where will WHS students spend their holiday break? Eliya Howard-Delman and Sidney O’Rourke December 17, 2019
![Wayland Historical Society Executive Director Scarlett Hoey explains the history of the Cochituate Gatehouse.
"The exterior is still a nice monument to remember buildings [involved in] water history," Hoey said. "We all drink lots of water, and it's such an important resource that we kind of take for granted nowadays."](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IMG_2024-1200x800.jpg)
![The month of March has only a few days off from school, leading many students to fall into a static routine and a loss of motivation. “I have so much less motivation because I feel like everything piled up,” Donovan said. “[After] February break, I feel like it’s hard to get back into the swing of things and take things as seriously as I did at the beginning of the year.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/March_Motivation-900x600.png)
![With Thanksgiving just finished and many family members meeting up, returning to school in an in-person hybrid model has some students concerned. However, students like Junior Kevin Luo believes as long as everyone returning has followed the proper procedures, we can remain in a safe, hybrid model. "It was just harder to pay attention," Luo said. "We just [need to] pray that all the college students took a legitimate test and people are still respecting the rules.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/7KA1dChZ2NunhfhIjxPVTIGdqFemicEUB6HZTXAT-900x675.jpeg)
![Due to COVID-19 restrictions, WHS students had to adapt their Halloween plans to stay safe. Even under the guidelines, they still tried to find ways to celebrate the holiday. "I think that it’s definitely important to still try to make Halloween as normal as it can be, especially for the kids because Halloween is so exciting for them obviously [because of] free candy," junior Nina Price said. "I just remember being so excited to show off my new costume, and have the adults lie to me saying ‘oh my god that’s so cute what are you.’"](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/wuuXrtDR9wv5OZ4bJrQ29Ma725Jj4WvVkmSEQSbp-900x600.jpeg)
![Students give their opinions and notes about the first 2020 presidential elections and hopes for the next. "[The debate] was a complete waste of my time," Smith said. "Sure, it was a good comedy, but coming from our two potential leaders, it was quite frightening."](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/3mNrxQzGqtnzHIZVNQioFOk3yMfilfDLRLCZhlFj-900x600.jpeg)
![The "Lunch Bunch" group provides a chance for interactions between general education and special education students that otherwise may not have happened. Students from the group try to meet every lunch to foster a sense of community. “The main way you meet people is when you have classes with them, so it was really nice to finally meet and talk to [these students] in person and get to know them because without this club I wouldn’t know them as well, and they wouldn't know me as well,” senior Hilla Almog said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/7KA1dChZ2NunhfhIjxPVTIGdqFemicEUB6HZTXAT-900x675.jpeg)
![The referee holds up junior Walker Whitehouse's hand after Walker's victory in the match. The wrestling team recently won DCLs. "[Winning the dcl] is something that no one on this team has done before because the last time they won was in 2016, senior captain Cam Jones said. "It's really validating for all our hard work that we can accomplish things that we haven't done before ,so it's really good motivation that we can do pretty much anything."](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Screen-Shot-2020-02-28-at-9.00.55-AM.png)
![Students from all grades taking many languages took part in the original Latin Club. The club was very popular, and in 1983, boasted 115 members. “The Latin Club, under the direction of [founder Frank] Smith, is easily one of the oldest and most popular clubs at WHS,” the WHS Reflector yearbook wrote in 1983. “For over 20 years, club members have sponsored dances, banquets, dramatic productions and other activities revolving around classical and especially Roman Themes. This year’s club ran a very profitable late summer car wash, sponsored it 22nd annual initiation ceremony, the Saturnalian Banquet, an evening of dramatic readings, a Medieval Pilgrimage and a Greek Tragedy.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-08-at-9.22.22-AM.png)
![Brooke Doire presents to students in the lecture hall about her grandmother’s experience in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. Doire’s grandmother, Betty Robinson, ran and won medals in the Amsterdam Olympics in 1928 and the Berlin Olympics in 1936. “[The message of this presentation is] to be resilient and to take things that look like impossibilities and turn them into possibilities by reaching out to those people that you trust and making a plan to get there,” Doire said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-30-at-9.51.30-AM.png)
