Nandhana Nair, Class of 2023, is a first year reporter for WSPN. She’s a part of the high school’s Wayland-Weston crew team. Outside of school, she enjoys traveling, baking and spending time with friends and family.
![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)
![Pictured above is one of sophomore Alyssa Chow's favorite art pieces. They created a pair of 4x4 drawings as a part of the WHS Daily Draw Challenge over quarantine. “The two pieces I drew correspond to those albums [Rubber by Six Impala], and I'm proud of the way the loose ballpoint pen strokes came out," Chow said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/n5G1oS3CVEQUsg4oDr3YWyV4AyQ7BuQ9rjVjWwKh.png)
![Joe Porrell worked at WHS for 45 years as a teacher and coach. He was a wellness teacher and the head varsity basketball coach for WHS after graduating from Springfield College. “[There is a] special place in my heart for Coach Porrell,” wellness department head Scott Parseghian said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/DoMiRyUd14grTdZafecDLPiISqA8BgYqu22LeKDc.jpeg)
