By Ainsley Jay Taylor Swift released her 10th album “Midnights” on October 21st, 2022. On November 1st, 2022, she announced her 6th concert tour, the Era Tour. It was a journey through her 10 different albums: “Taylor Swift” (2006), “Fearless” (2008), “Speak Now” (2010), “Red (2012), 1989 (2014), Reputation (2017), Lover (2019), “folklore” (2020), “evermore”(2020), […]
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The Potential Ban on TikTok
By Ainsley Jay At the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020 the Chinese owned company TikTok became popular not just in China, but in America. Today 1 in 3 Americans use the app. TikTok became popular through making easy short videos with addictive audios. In 2015 Musically, another social media platform similar to TikTok, […]
World Cup Review
By Will Collett Every four years, the World Cup takes place, and 2022 is one of those four years. This year, it is taking place in Qatar. Qatar is a country in the middle east and it is surrounded on three sides by the Persian Gulf. It juts out of Saudi Arabia and is about […]
7th Grade Survey
by Katie Collett Over the past week, we sent out a survey to all of the 7th grade homerooms. We asked that the 7th graders fill it out to tell us about their experience in 7th grade as compared to 6th grade The first question was, “How has the amount of homework changed from 6th […]
Venezuelan Migrants Sent to Martha’s Vineyard From Texas
By Ainsley Jay More than 6 million refugees and migrants have fled Venezuela to escape political turmoil, crime and a collapsed economy. Hoping to find a better life for themselves and their families, some desperate migrants have taken dangerous journeys by foot without documents to cross borders to escape to the United States. How have […]
The Life of Queen Elizabeth
By Anya Bayazitov It is safe to say that by now everyone knows that Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8th, 2022, and most of the details around her death. But she also had a very long life, being the oldest person to remain queen, and there is still a lot of information that people […]
Fall Play: The Great Race
By Brooke McFarlene Wayland Middle School always has a play in the fall and a musical in the spring. This year the fall play is, “The Great Race.” Which is about the 12 Chinese zodiac signs. Dr.Chang said that she and Ms.Lopez did all the research over the summer. They have been writing the script […]
Field Hockey Report
By Sadie Estrada Nabrey Francis On Tuesday, October 5, 2022, Wayland Middle School was going against Concord Middle School on a cold, rainy day. Both teams prepared to play on the soggy grass. Who will win: Wayland or Concord? Before continuing the rest of the article here are some basic facts about field hockey. There […]
Mr. Farley is the New Cross Country Coach
By Will Collett Mr. Farley is an eighth grade math teacher. The Wayland Middle School Athletic Department offered Mr. Farley the cross country coaching job, and he accepted it. Mr. Farley and Ms. Sands started the cross country program in 1998. He coached the team for 18 years and then took a few years off […]
Welcome to WMS, Ms. Harvey!
By Brendan McGonegal Ms. Harvey joined WMS as a teacher in the English department this year. I did an interview with her to welcome her to the school, and I want to share her answers! How long have you been teaching? I have been teaching for about seven or eight years. I worked here right […]