Wayland Town Crier 12/24/10: Wayland resident earns rank of Eagle Scout. Evan Gennis of Wayland, son of Aida and Thomas Gennis, received the prestigious Eagle…

Wayland Town Crier 9/28/10: Local students named semifinalists in National Merit Scholarship. The following Wayland High School students were among the 16,000 named semifinalists in the 56th annual National Merit Scholarship Program: Valerie Eisenson, Basil Halperin, Daniel Hong, Jennifer Huber, Seth Lifland, Neeti Singhal and Melanie Wang. In addition, Erica Kouka, a student at Wayland High School, was named a semifinalist in the 47th annual National Achievement Scholarship Program.

Wayland Town Crier 5/19/10: Wayland Middle School students honored for musical compositions. Jonathan Patsenker and Rachel Hawley, students at Wayland Middle School, were recently honored for their musical compositions by the UMass Lowell Music Department and MENC (Music Educators National Conference). Approximately 50 young composers in kindergarten through high school sent in entries to the committee. Patsenker and Hawley were among the nine composers chosen to showcase their work at a special recital on May 1 at UMass Lowell.

Wayland Town Crier 5/4/10: Cadet Steven Kinney on dean's list at U.S. Military Academy. Cadet Steven Thomas Kinney, son of Dr. Shawn Kinney and Dr. Andrea Wagner of Wayland, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.

Wayland Town Crier 4/30/10: More honors for Wayland Student Press Network. The Wayland Student Press Network (WSPN) has pulled off a hat trick by being…

Wayland Student Press Network 4/28/10: Student journalists receive top honors. While most Wayland High School students were catching up on their sleep during their first few days of vacation, four members of the WSPN staff, along with adviser Janet Karman, traveled to Portland, Oregon for the National Scholastic Press Association’s (NSPA) National High School journalism convention. Students attended sessions and workshops to learn more about all aspects of journalism ethics, writing, and new media. In January, WSPN was nominated for an NSPA Pacemaker Award, which was to be announced on April 19th at the convention. The Pacemaker nomination marked the third nomination for the three-year-old WSPN program, which received the Online Pacemaker award the previous two years under the leadership of WSPN founder Robin Kim.

Wayland Town Crier 4/19/10:  Minuteman students compete at Future Farmers of America. Students from Minuteman Career & Technical High School in Lexington recently competed at the 80th annual Massachusetts Future Farmers of America (FFA) convention in Sturbridge, Mass. In the Nursery Landscape event, the Silver Team Award went to senior John Bryant of Wayland, senior James Mack of Bedford, sophomore Sean Harris of Medford, and sophomore Joseph DeBassio of Ayer. Sophomore Collin Wallace of Wayland earned a second place individual award in the Soils Evaluation event, and John Bryant of Wayland was also earned a Silver Team Award in Safe Equipment Operations.