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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![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)
![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)
