Dear Dave Ryan,
It's been anything but a quiet week this past week here in Wayland. Wayland's Sen. Scott Brown is making a run for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the late Ted Kennedy, Wayland-Weston Crew did extremely well at the Head of the Charles, and Girls Varsity Soccer scored a spot in the State Tournament for the first time in 4 years. The Town of Wayland also scored in the form of funding for the new high school project. Votes on November 17th and 18th will determine whether crews break ground on the project next fall.
On campus, however, fall is in full swing. The student body isn't facing strong winter winds and frigid temperatures yet, but heads are bowed as students hit the books in this crucial academic time. For many upperclassman, fall SAT's are just around the bend, and seniors have early application deadlines for most colleges coming up in just a few days. School-wide, all Wayland students are hard at work as the first quarter comes to a close in the coming weeks. Projects, papers, and tests. Rinse, lather, repeat.
On a lighter note, senior blogger Gifford Delle takes us deep within the Pokédex and his adventures as a pokémon trainer, while freshman blogger Andy Marton takes us to our first club meeting. The problem with the first club meeting day? You have to actually pick one of the dozens you signed up for on club day... What? Recycling had munchkins (the box was 'supposedly' bio-degradable)... I couldn't resist...
Shameless Plug: Students still looking for a club could always join WSPN; it's not too late. Interested students should shoot me an e-mail: dave.ryan@waylandstudentpress.com.
While you might have met our freshman, there are other new students on campus. Mere Riley and Liz Doyon hit the streets again to talk to some new students about their transition to WHS.
Well, that wraps up the past week. Sitting on the news desk for this week? Halloween. We're all holding our breath on campus to see if 2010 can top '09 in costumes. Yeah, it's going to be good.
Have a good week,
Dave Ryan
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Wayland Student Press Network
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