Sophia Oppenheim, Co-Features Editor
Sophia Oppenheim, Class of 2023, is a third year reporter and co-features editor for WSPN. She plays on the school’s field hockey and swim team. In her free time she likes to listen to music, hang out with friends and family and cook.
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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)
![This past winter, Wayland Middle School was hit by a winter storm which led to immense flooding within the school. Because of the flooding, students and staff have been forced out of their classrooms and required to relocate to makeshift classrooms in different parts of the school. “We feel really supported on so many levels, and in some kind of unexpected way, [the makeshift classrooms were] a [nice] change of scenery,” WMS special education teacher John McCoy said.”Because we have spent so much time in the former classroom, having a new classroom was almost a welcome change.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Screen-Shot-2022-06-01-at-10.21.56-PM-900x587.png)
![Students all over the world are given the opportunity to take a gap year, a year to help them grow and discover themselves as a person. WHS students have been choosing to take gap years for years, and the amount is consistently going up. “I think [gap years] can be a great opportunity to explore the world and gain more experience before you are shoved out into the world on your own,” junior Ryan Desmond said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screen-Shot-2022-03-11-at-8.51.55-AM.png)
![Wayland Swim and Tennis club lifeguards gather in the pool. Many WHS students started working this summer at many different places, including WSTC. "Working [at WSTC] just seemed fun and like a good job opportunity," sophomore Sophie Roman said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Screen-Shot-2021-08-30-at-2.34.30-PM-900x579.png)
