Student Life
Roughly 15% of Wayland's student body are students are racial minorities, and roughly 20% of Wayland students are international students.
Wayland's dress code includes dress clothes during the school day and on formal occasions. Wayland provides its boarding students with 19 meals weekly, and traditionally holds formal or family style meals every few weeks. Students eat at least one meal a week with their faculty mentor, a faculty member who serves as an academic and all-purpose adviser to help students with concerns ranging from homework to social issues.
Many extracurricular activities are offered. Organizations include concert band, pep band, strings chamber ensemble, Thespian Society, student newspaper, student literary magazine, and student government. In addition to the required weekly chapel service, an optional weekly prayer service and a breakfast bible study exist for students with a stronger spiritual life.
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