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Magic in Franklin Theater: Upper School students wow audiences with “Mean Girls” production

Forty-two talented cast and crew members took Franklin Theater by storm this weekend, performing their incredible production of Mean Girls for three packed houses. The show was filled with passionate performances, creativity, joy, and laughter. Thank you to all those...

Waynflete kicks off the 2024–25 school year with a joyful Convocation

It was a beautiful morning for Convocation yesterday. Our entire school gathered on Waynhenge to hear from faculty and staff members as well as students from all divisions. We enjoyed performances from the Waynflete Intergenerational Chorus (WIC) and the Jazz...

Waynflete recognizes longtime faculty and staff at inaugural Honorary Alumni Ceremony and Reception

Current and former faculty and staff gathered on Tuesday, June 11 for the first-ever Honorary Alumni Ceremony and Reception, a special event to honor those who have dedicated 15+ years of service to Waynflete. This joyous reunion brought more than...

Spring Fling 2024 was a great success!

Thank you to all who came out to create, play, and celebrate our community together. It was an incredible day of connection for our community. A big thanks to Waynflete’s Parents Association and all the volunteers who made Spring Fling...

Waynflete Community Night: Celebrating our Authentic Voices and Cultures

Waynflete’s second annual Community Celebration event was a resounding success! Families and friends came together to celebrate all the parts that make our community whole during this all-ages evening. We enjoyed a series of performances from Antonio Rocha, a Maine-based...

A night to remember: Waynflete’s first Friday Night Lights game

Congratulations to our girls varsity soccer team on an impressive 9–1 victory over Sacopee Valley at our first Friday Night Lights game! It was an incredible evening for our community as families, alumni, faculty/staff, and other Waynflete community members—more than...

Waynflete Science Olympiad at Nationals

On May 20, eleven Upper School students competed in the National Science Olympiad tournament at Wichita State University in Kansas. The team earned their spot at the tournament by winning the Maine State Science Olympiad tournament in April. Sixty teams...

Waynflete announces 2023 Drake Award and Klingenstein Alumni Award recipients

Waynflete is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Drake Award and the 2023 Klingenstein Alumni Award. We will be celebrating these exceptional members of our community during Reunion Weekend on May 19. Elizabeth Barrett P’14, ’17 2023 Drake...

The Outliers place third at the FIRST Championship

Congratulations to The Outliers robotics team for an impressive third place finish in their division at the FIRST Championship, an international robotics competition with more than 650 teams participating from 26 countries! The team also won the Innovation in Control...

The seventh annual New England Youth Identity Summit was a huge success!

Another incredible year for the New England Youth Identity Summit! About 300 participants from almost 50 schools/organizations (in seven states!) came together on Saturday for a full-day program that featured inspiring speakers, student-led workshops, dialogue sessions, and performances. Thank you...

Waynflete’s first-ever Community Celebration Night was a huge success!

The Waynflete community is enriched by cultural, religious, and spiritual diversity, as well as cross-age connections. To celebrate this, we held our first-ever Waynflete Community Celebration Night, an all-ages evening of offerings by local performers and food surrounding our different...

Marpheen Chann is the keynote speaker for this year’s New England Youth Identity Summit

The keynote speaker for the New England Youth Identity Summit on April 1 is Marpheen Chann—an author, writer, thinker, advocate, and speaker on social justice, equity, and inclusion. As a gay, first-generation Asian American born in California to a Cambodian...

The Flyers take first place at the Maine Junior Classical League

Congratulations, Flyers! Waynflete took fifth place at the Maine Junior Classical League (MEJCL) this year. MEJCL is a friendly academic competition between schools in Maine that teach Latin. On December 2, Waynflete students competed Hampden Academy to participate for the...

The Perspective Project hosts Portland City Councilor Pious Ali

The Perspective Project, an Upper School student-led organization committed to starting discussions and bringing new perspectives to Waynflete, recently welcomed newly reelected Portland City Councilor Pious Ali as its first guest speaker of the year. Mr. Ali was first elected...

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