Tina Su, Class of 2024, is a third year reporter and A+E editor for WSPN. She is a captain for the Wayland swim team and runs the Best Buddies club. Outside of school, she swims for her club team, Crimson Aquatics and enjoys reading, traveling and spending time with her friends and family.
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![On Thursday, Nov. 23, Thanksgiving morning, the Wayland High School Warriors (7-3) will take on Weston High School’s Wildcats (3-6) at 10 a.m. on Wayland High School’s turf.
“Coach has been motivating us about this big rivalry game and we really want to show all the work we have been putting in during this [game],” sophomore cornerback Braylen Jenkins said. “Our whole team has been putting in a lot of work and we hope it translates to this big rivalry game so we can get a win for the seniors and our town.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Add-a-heading-3-1200x800.png)
![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)
![Wayland resident Neha Gandhi has been blogging and posting on her platform Love Playing Dressup for over a decade. The positive impact that social media has [is that] you could share the truth about about life and truly make somebody feel less alone, Gandhi said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1csErdYbymww3lbWF3n0WPDXFnCBX1d3epDOZRYS-1200x900.png)
![Junior Pari Sontha sang at the Sydney Opera House this past summer, an opportunity afforded to her through the Honors Performance Series.
“I think [Sydney] was absolutely amazing because that was my first time going somewhere without my parents and living off of what I had financially,” Sontha said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ICs4giFGDIKrsELyosd03w5siPwxZ5GAQKBipS6D-1200x900.jpg)
![Earlier this month, WHS students auditioned for the highly selective Eastern Senior Districts ensembles. These ensembles allow high school students to improve their own musical ability and to play with other accomplished musicians as well. I really like watching the district rehearsals, WHS band director Joe Oneschuk said. You get to see the whole creative process happen. The [auditions include] strangers coming together who have never played with each other before, [and it] goes from a kind of rough first take to a really beautiful finished product.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/H6MHFZCky83Q3K4Rn46b08j223aRJK7VgA8CxMm9-1200x800.jpg)
![Wayland High School Theater Ensemble (WHSTE) will perform their annual fall play, “SpongeBob Musical,” on Nov. 16, Nov. 17 and Nov. 18. It’s going to be an incredibly entertaining musical, WHSTE director Aidan OHara said. It was on Broadway five or six years ago and its unique [because] each song is written by a different music performer. Theres [songs] by Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Panic at the Disco!, the Plain White Ts, Lady Antebellum– all of these pop stars contributed a song and it took shape as a Broadway show that is fun for adults and kids. It has all of the different kinds of humor.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/wtRaTVmlGYBYOLazYKZToWyqXQZIVWI9LPr2j3ll.png)
![Liberty’s Pizza owners Sam (middle) and Shery (right) Maksimous are pictured behind their shop’s front desk with a customer. On Oct. 3, the auto body shop in the Cochituate Plaza caught on fire, causing significant smoke damage to Liberty’s. “We lost our lives,” owner Shery Maksimous said. “The business is like our home [since] we’re not from here. My husband and I have fought to get a good life for us and our four kids. When [the fire] started, it [hurt us because] our whole family’s [sacrifices] were in the store. My kids grew up there.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ngEzkegHrHXZzApUnQheggPYcrOqbuqZsBrMHArm.jpg)
![On Sept. 22, 2023, Wayland Hockey Association hosted their annual golf tournament to fundraise for the Wayland hockey program. Local businesses, foundations and hockey families [sponsor the event,] WHA President Rob Desmond said. [Former hockey players participating] really speaks to the strength of the community.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/bfIVV90iast6VjNcG4rlTsOwenPOALLRKByMqrLs-1200x800.jpg)
![Right off of Route 20 sits Wayland Mini Market, a shop with over 20 years of history. The market opened before any other convenience store in the area. “I love my business because [even though] you need to put in a lot of time, I [get to interact] with my customers,” Wayland Mini Market owner Ahmed Mousa said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-25-at-9.20.29-AM-900x600.png)
![“I’ve learned that good people act the same in all environments,” Yo Boca Taco owner KC Ueberroth said. “They’re good with their friends, they’re good with their business, they behave the same always. I think the one thing that [Yo Boca Taco] does well is behave well. We have a really good vision and pillars.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-21-at-12.35.26-PM-e1669052680984-900x601.png)
![At the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year, several Wayland buses were consistently late to school. “I’ve missed class and had to get a tardy pass because my bus was late,” junior Nora Edouarzin said. “If [the bus] could come to my house earlier, it would be beneficial.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-03-at-2.07.56-PM-900x508.png)
![The time for senior graduation has come. The Class of 2022 had their last day of high school on Friday, May 27, and will be graduating on Friday, June 3. “[The seniors] have a lot of energy, and they’re doing great things with their lives,” Wayland High School Principal Allyson Mizoguchi said. “We’re just really proud of them.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_2009-900x600.jpg)
