Each year the Wayland Boys Scouts herald the holiday season by selling trees and wreaths. We offer high quality trees at reasonable prices so please stop by and take a look. This is our major yearly fundraiser and goes a long way towards supporting our scouting program. Thank you for supporting Wayland Boy Scouts! ~ BSA Troop 1 Cochituate

Saturday 12/19:  9 AM - 6 PM

Sunday 12/20:  Noon - 5 PM

Spotlight on The Boosters and High School Athletics. Maureen Tillett, president of the Wayland Boosters, and Heath Rollins the new Wayland Athletic Director, are the guests. The program, airing December 20 and 22, focuses on Wayland’s sports teams and their funding; how funds are distributed; and the role of the Boosters. It airs Sunday and Tuesday at 10am and 6pm on Wayland’s Public cable channel, then on-demand, anytime, at www.waycam.tv/buzz . Coming on December 27 and 29, a conversation with Wayland’s two State Representatives, Alice Peisch and Carmine Gentile.

The Wayland Elementary Schools’ PTO is gearing up for their annual Gift Your Child Backpack Auction. The Backpack Auction is the second part of the elementary PTO’s annual fundraising campaign, and the proceeds are divided between Claypit Hill, Happy Hollow, and Loker School. The auction is a chance for the Wayland teachers, staff and community to “gift our children” by donating items to be bid on. The Backpack Auction is a silent-style, simple auction that includes elementary favorites such as camp items, experiences with the local fire and safety departments, varsity sports, and special time with teachers donated by Wayland’s elementary schools’ faculty and staff. The Backpack Auction will take place in March 2016, and the auction catalog goes home in every elementary school backpack, reaching the families of more than 1170 elementary school children in Wayland!

Over the past several years, with great success, we have expanded the Backpack Auction offerings to include some of the many talented members and generous businesses in our community. We would like to, again, extend the invitation to anyone within the Wayland community who might be able to offer a unique or special experience to please consider donating to the auction. This could be anything from sharing a hobby (knitting lessons, sports lessons, photography, baking lessons, cooking an ethnic dish, etc.), to something pertaining to your career (author, musician, athlete, artist, event planner, etc.), perhaps a donation from a family-run, Wayland business in the form of an item or experience (architect, baker, photographer, musician, restaurant, etc.), or even event tickets, time in a vacation home, or some other meaningful item that Wayland’s elementary school families would enjoy bidding on.

If you have an idea for an experience that could be shared with a winner (adult, child and friend, group of children, etc.) or something you'd like to offer to the elementary school community to bid on, please contact Andrea O’Brien and Cathy Davies ([email protected]) by January 15th. 

It's great to create! School Vacation Workshops provide creative experiences during the December break. There are morning and afternoon workshops exploring a variety of materials and fun themes, and extended day options. Learn more HERE.

Through WSCP, Global Child brings French and Spanish classes to K-5 students in the district’s elementary schools. Registration is now open for the February – May session. Go to the website included here for program and registration information:

http://www.wayland.k12.ma.us/district_info/wayland_school_community_programs/global_languages

Information #:  781-444-7377 or [email protected]

To register, visit www.waylandbsa.org. Be sure to register before December 31st to get your $20 EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT! 

Please note, not all announcements included in the Wayland All Schools News are school sponsored, but are community based, non-sectarian activities, and are included here as a service to the Wayland school community. News items for consideration should be submitted to [email protected].

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