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Dax Penney ’21 envisions low-cost computers for the resettled refugee community Junior Dax Penney's interest in computers, programming, and robotics was sparked by his experiences as a sixth-grader attending Waynflete summer camp. It was here where he first encountered open-source...
In 2019, Portland artist Anna Dibble began planning a collaborative public art installation to help promote stewardship and awareness by reconnecting people with the natural world. The multi-year art/science/education initiative would focus specifically on biodiversity changes in the Gulf of...
On March 7, two teams of Upper School students competed against 20 schools from around Maine—including neighbors Cape Elizabeth, Falmouth, and Yarmouth—in the Maine Regional Science Bowl Competition. The tournament is a round robin-style STEM trivia competition and is sponsored...
It was another successful winter for Flyer teams on the hardwood, on the ice, on the trails, and in the pool. The boys alpine ski co-op captured the Class A state championship, and boys basketball, boys hockey, and girls hockey...
On March 4, 125 students from nine area high schools assembled at Waynflete for the Pi-Cone South "Portland Large" divisional math meet—the fifth meet of the year and the third time that the school has hosted in the past four...
Click here to read a great article about how LEGO is training the scientists and problem solvers of the future!
Junior Patrick Shaw was featured in a recent ABC News segment on freestyle soccer. "At the Red Bull Street Style World Final, 16-year-old Patrick Shaw of Maine competes against athletes from around the globe in freestyle soccer, which blends break...
Waynflete is thrilled to once again be hosting the Hardy Girls Healthy Women annual "Girls* Rock!" conference on March 27. Hardy Girls Healthy Women takes girls seriously through year-round, state-wide programs that put the power in their hands to challenge...
Members of the community are invited to the second annual Waynflete Invitational Chamber Music Festival on Sunday, March 1 in Franklin Theater. We are bringing young musicians together (grades 7-12) to share, learn, network, and perform! 1:00 p.m.—workshops, masterclass, and social (participants only)...
Watch the video below to learn more about the new Sensory Path on the second floor of the Lower School!
During the month of January, students in Waynflete's 4-5 program created fact cards in connection with their class unit on Iceland's glaciers, sea level rise, and Iceland's proactive efforts to slow the pace of climate change. (Iceland is this year's...
Middle School Seminar teacher Kate Ziminsky uses restorative yoga poses and yin postures to help students reduce stress, calm nervous systems, and promote a peaceful sleep cycle. Kate uses a stress relief and calming yoga video at times during Seminar,...
Students in Katrina St. John's biology class are collecting DNA from their own dogs (or a friend's or teacher's dog) to see which variants of the RSP02 gene the dog carries. The RSPo2 gene controls the hair length cycle in...
The entire Lower School has recently become immersed in a study of Iceland, this year's Global Focus country. In preparation for their original play called The Great Volcano Rescue, Early Childhood students have been learning about puffins. Part of the research...
The tradition continues! After completing in-depth studies about the Chinese Spring Festival, traditional customs, food, greetings, and the zodiac calendar, middle schoolers presented their findings in Assembly—including a dragon dance in celebration of Chinese New Year.
On Saturday, February 1, fifteen Upper School students traveled to Cambridge to compete in the Harvard University Science Olympiad Invitational. The seniors lead the team to another outstanding finish in what is always a competitive invitational tournament that includes laboratory,...
The Can We? Project stands as a prime example of the good that can come from an independent school putting its core values out into the world. Watch the video below to learn more about the second edition of The...
Make time to stop by the Waynflete Gallery to view the Harness The Wind exhibit, which runs from January 22–March 12. The EC-12 show is inspired by our community-wide read of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba....
Junior Dominic Campbell was recently profiled on WMTW. Watch the segment to learn more about his hard work over the past year.
