By Ariana Price I am from a petite town filled with luscious forests and friends who reside closeby. A town called Wayland. I am from the school bell’s calm hum that immediately starts chaos, and the “click” sound of students typing thoughtful poems in English. I am from bikes around my neighborhood listening to other […]
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Girls Should Be Able to Wear What They Want to School
By Sakeena Ma I believe that girls should be able to wear what they want without being shamed into thinking there is something wrong with their bodies. I remember a time when a girl in my science class wore denim shorts to school. The dress code of this school stated that shorts had to be […]
Keeping an Open Mind is the Best Way to Become More Knowledge
By Wyeth Heilman I believe that keeping an open mind is the best way to become more knowledgeable. As Frank Zappa once said, “A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it isn’t open,” and just like a closed parachute, a closed mind can lead to an incomplete life. Keeping an open mind […]
Ecosia: The Search Engine that Plants Trees
By Charlie Nicholson Often, you (or at least me) will be sitting down trying to find out what we can do for the planet. There are many ways to save the planet (some easy and hard), and although the list is quite long, I would like to share one simple way, we, as a community, […]
Vandalism At The Scout House
By Katie Collett You may have heard about the vandalism at the Wayland Scout house near the Wayland Town Beach, but I am going to tell you more details about the situation and how it affected the students here. Three teenagers broke into the scout house and vandalized it. They smashed through the door with […]
WHS Starred in Newsela
By Anya Bayazitov Wayland High School recently featured in a popular news site that you might have heard of, for it is a common resource for teachers and students here at the middle school. The website is called Newsela, and the reason we are in it is not because of an amazIng sports game, or […]
Kentanji Brown Jackson Went From High School Debater to Supreme Court Justice
By Ainsley Jay Long before Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first black woman to be nominated and confirmed by the senate as Supreme Court justice, she was a gifted high school debater. Jackson went to Miami Palmetto Senior High School, where she was a top debater. She was also the school class president and president […]
Baseball’s Back
By Joey Fay During the lockout, no trades or free-agent signings were allowed so now that the lockout is over, let’s take a look at some of the notable free agent signings in the past few days: Corey Seager- Ten year contract with the Texas Rangers. Javier Baez- Six year contract with the Detroit Tigers. […]
Plastic Water Bottles at Wayland Middle School: Hydrating or Harmful?
By Ainsley Jay Thanks to Isaac Hanna & Wyeth Heliman for help with the data In Wayland Middle School we alway have large shipments of plastic bottles shipped to us from the brand ‘Poland Spring to Pure Life.’ There are packages all around the school. Nearly every time I walk into a classroom, I see […]
Welcoming Ms. Turcot!
By Brendan McGonegal We recently gained a new member of the Wayland Middle School community, and we decided to do a welcome interview for her. Ms. Turcot is a 6th/7th grade English teacher, and we asked her the important questions about her and her work. Welcome to the WMS community, Ms. Turcot! Me: How long […]