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Each "What Matters Most?" interview tries to capture an aspect of a student’s pursuits or interests that might not be visible in their everyday Waynflete experience. This week, I caught up with Will Armstrong who has dedicated countless hours backstage...
Waynflete is pleased to announce the hiring of Emily Birchby as our new Associate Director of College Counseling. Emily brings with her nine years of experience in selective college admissions having served as an Associate Dean of Admissions at her alma mater, Bowdoin College....
Congratulations to the Upper School Jazz Combo for traveling to Newport, Maine, and playing its way to the top of Combo Division 3 at the Maine Music Educators Association State Instrumental Jazz Festival! (more…)
Eighth-graders have just finished a three-part unit in Studio Art called Bridges & Ladders. Judy Novey and Jona Rice started the unit by showing a slideshow of artists through time and across cultures who used ladder-like images in a myriad...
The Waynflete Environmental Action Group (WEAG) is a student-led activity that raises awareness about environmental issues in our community. On Wednesday, March 21, WEAG will present a screening of Before the Flood. The film follows Leonardo DiCaprio as he examines...
Sixth-grade students recently created an observational oil pastel that focused on marine life. Using their iPads for reference, they made preliminary sketches of both salt and freshwater fish and their habitats. They composed a contour line drawing, combining their chosen...
Congratulations to Riley Mayes '18 who was chosen to receive a 2018 Girls Rock! award. Hardy Girls Healthy Women, Moxie Maine Magazine, The Maine Girls’ Academy, and National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman joined together for a night of celebrating...
Astrophysics students welcomed Chris Magri, Astronomy and Physics professor at University of Maine Farmington, to class today. Dr. Magri discussed his research involving RADAR imaging of asteroids. Dr. Magri reviewed asteroid study missions that are currently underway, including OSIRIS-REx (launched...
UPDATE: The results are in, and as usual the Seniors had a huge showing and took home the win. Total points for the week are below (go freshmen!) and don't miss the full video of the Senior's dance-off routine. It's...
At today's Middle School assembly, Bukowski-Thall siblings Rosey (Grade 6), Nathan (Grade 8), and Henry (Grade 10)—accompanied by music instructor, Mike Dank— rocked out in Franklin Theater. The set list included "Hallelujah," "Let It Be," and "Day Tripper."
It starts in Middle School. “Students who had been highly imaginative writers just stop writing,” says English teacher Sarah Macdonald. “They think they have a sense of what’s good and what’s not. They decide that ‘they’re not writers’ and their...
Contributing a ceiling tile to Wendy Curtis's lab...
In celebration of the 100th day of school on Monday, K-1 students began creating a bulletin board showing "100 Ways To Be Kind." Students from all four Lower School programs are contributing ideas. [gallery columns="1" link="file" size="large" ids="7164,7162,7161"]
The crowd shuffled into the gym. A heightened sense of anticipation was in the air. K-1 students took their usual spot on the faculty bench while sixth-and-seventh-grade fans began waving signs in support of their favorite players. At stake: bragging...
As Ed Sheeran’s “Touch and Go” plays from my desktop, my feet tapping to its rhythms, I click on the last essay to review from one of my seventh-grade English students. It’s a weekend morning, and Hurd House is quiet,...
Ten Waynflete science students competed in the State of Maine Science Bowl at the University of Southern Maine on Saturday, March 3. Two teams of five students each participated in a fast-paced trivia competition to solve technical problems and answer...
Waynflete's Blake Keogh and Beth Swartz of the White Mountain Avalanche Education Foundation led an avalanche awareness course for teenagers over February break. Waynflete students Keegan (seventh grade) and Alex (eighth grade) took part. The course was offered in partnership with Synnott Mountain...
It was another exciting winter season for Flyers teams. Every Waynflete team qualified for post-season play. The Falmouth/Waynflete alpine ski team won the SMAA championship on February 9. Flyer Ben Adey '21 placed fifth in Giant Slalom and in Slalom....
Congratulations to the Waynflete Upper School Jazz Combo for achieving a I (One) Rating last night at the Maine Music Educators Association 2018 District II Jazz Festival! The high ranking qualifies them for the State Jazz Festival coming up on March 16th. Julian Abbott '18, Tafari Makinen-Hall '20 and Julian Ray...
