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Every year a senior is selected by the English department to be Waynflete’s Poet Laureate. The Poet Laureate reads poetry for the upper school assemblies and at graduation. Chloe Melchiskey was named this year's Poet Laureate for the Class of...
The Entrepreneur Club was founded out of desire for an outlet to talk about business at Waynflete. Jacob and I, the co-founders enjoyed talking to each other about the latest episode of Shark Tank and legendary entrepreneurs like Elon Musk....
Update #4: You can now view the play in its entirety on Youtube! Scroll to the bottom of this post for the video, or click here. Update #3: Henry Wasserman, The Stage Manger of THE GREAT BANK ROBBERY (a working title)...
We are fresh off Spirit Week in the Upper School! Students dressed up all week and enjoyed competitions between the grades. Seniors took the top prize in musical chairs, sophmores won the limbo. Dodgeball and the Dance-Off were hard-fought battles,...
Ella Hannaford, Waynflete's representative at the State Poetry Out Loud competition
A few weekends ago, I went with my grandfather, dad, and older brother and stayed in a small hut for five hours to be able to say that I accomplished a smelting trip. Smelting is like ice fishing except you’re...
Update #7: Check out the awesome Winter Sports slideshow below, put together by Sophia Mayone '17! Final highlights from the Winter Season: Boy's Basketball made it to the semifinals; Girl's Basketball made it to the quarterfinals. Boys' and Girls' hockey both...
Senior Yai Deng has had a great run with the Boy's Basketball team in his four years as a member. Check out the wonderful piece by WCSH6 on this standout Waynflete student! Yai has now been inducted to the WCSH...
Congratulations to the Upper School Jazz Combo for achieving a I (One) Rating at tonight's Maine Music Educators Association District II Jazz Festival. The high ranking qualifies them for the State Jazz Festival coming up in two weeks! Recognized as...
Four members of Waynflete's Debate traveled to Brunswick High School on Saturday, January 29th to compete in the State Championship Tournament. Patricia Janick and Maddie Polkinghorn, two of the three senior co-captains, took part in the Varsity Public Forum Category...
Our trip to the annual jazz band festival in Berklee, Massachusetts, began on a little yellow school bus, overflowing with kids and instruments. We had not yet mastered our packing skills, with high school students spilling over the dingy seats,...
Next week is US Spirit Week! There all sorts of fun activities and theme days, check out the full rundown by Student Government Co-President Caroline Hastings '17 by clicking here.
Having heard about Waynflete’s reputation for excellence since I was a teenager in Portland, I was thrilled to be offered a job here teaching French. I knew that I would need to make some cognitive adjustments when I got here,...
Shortly before vacation the Upper School Jazz Ensemble & Combo made their annual trek to Boston in order to participate in the Berklee High School Jazz Festival. Although neither group placed, they played well and had a wonderful experience! Julian...
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John Hoy visits with Northrup Frye, Toronto Within his foundational essay "On Fairy-Stories" J.R.R. Tolkien isolates Faërie, the Perilous Realm or Shadowy Marches wherein fairies discover their being, and he describes three faces by which fairy-stories may be recognized: the...
The Current Events hosted a delicious bake sale this past Monday. Everyone seemed to be quite hungry, and after the baked good were devoured, Current Events had raised $350 for the Maine ACLU. Thanks everyone for pitching in!
Summer Jobs at Waynflete Flyers Camp! From February 1 through March 15, Waynflete Flyers Camp 2017 will accept applications for counselor positions at waynfletecamp.campbrainstaff.com. New and returning candidates must complete an applications. Counselor applicants should be 16 or older. 14...
