Lindsey Brown, Class of 2022, is a first-year reporter for WSPN. Outside of school, she is a competitive Irish dancer. In her free time, she enjoys reading, baking and spending time with friends.
![Last Wednesday, the Wayland School Committee gathered to discuss a number of topics regarding the health curriculum and Innovation Career Pathway course. Another large topic of conversation was the ways to potentially mitigate distracting cell phone usage. "These [phones] are going to distract your learning and social relationships," Superintendent David Fleishman said. "That's concrete right there."](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Screenshot-2025-06-04-at-9.49.31 PM-1200x886.png)
![Troy Hoyt finishes the Boston Marathon, running for the Hoyt Foundation. T. Hoyt is the son of Hoyt Foundation CEO Russ Hoyt.
“[Running a marathon] might seem like a big thing, when it’s presented to you at first, but if you break it up and just keep telling yourself, “Yes, you can,” you can start chipping away at it. And before you know it, you’ll be running the whole 26 miles, and you won’t even think twice about it.” T. Hoyt said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/C36E8761-1CBB-452E-9DF2-543EF7B1095E_1_105_c.jpeg)
![Sophomore Silvija Grava feeds Jay the horse in Kanab, Utah. "[I] got to experience a lot of new animals because I previously had only worked with dogs," Grava said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ZtlXl2b2EkK29FrpCM0M2rXg9ObkA0ShpLMRrHSd-900x675.jpeg)
![Sophomore Lilli Tobe raised money for school supplies in Peru as community service. Many students in WHS volunteer throughout the year through mission trips or organizations. "We gave [schools in Peru] supplies and we spent nights over in some of the towns [in Peru], so we got to know the people," Tobe said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-17-at-8.37.18-AM.png)
![SADD and the Climate Committee will host a school-wide dance on Valentines Day, running from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the Commons. "[The dance is] something fun for everyone to do and just a way for the grades to connect," senior Climate Committee co-president Emma Sheehan said. The tickets will be sold during lunches on the week of the dance and at the door for $5.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Screen-Shot-2020-02-10-at-8.53.19-PM.png)
![Students at WHS volunteered at different places during the holiday season. "I think that there are always people that need help in some way or another and if you have the opportunity to [help] them, then why wouldn’t you," senior Arden Knapp said. WHS students volunteer at a variety places, including food pantries, ski mountains, and the YMCA.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-13-at-5.27.40-PM.png)
![Massachusetts has a new "Hands Free Driving Law" that makes it illegal to be holding a cell phone while driving. The law is starting on Feb. 23, 2020. "It’s a habit of phone for many people, so essentially, it’s like an addiction. They can’t put it down, and they need to constantly check it and be on it and just because they’re in a car, [the law] isn’t going to stop them from doing that," history teacher Sean Chase said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-12-at-9.12.17-AM.png)
