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Science/visual arts collaboration: seventh graders contribute models to traveling exhibition

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...

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Waynflete Wins Maine Science Bowl

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...

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Waynflete wraps up a stellar winter sports season

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...

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Waynflete hosts regional math meet

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...

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LEGO and the world’s future scientists

Click here to read a great article about how LEGO is training the scientists and problem solvers of the future!

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Patrick Shaw ’21 featured on ABC News Nightline

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...

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Waynflete set to host annual Girls Rock! conference

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...

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Waynflete to host second annual Invitational Chamber Music Festival

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)...

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LitMag – February 2020

View or download a PDF version of the latest LitMag issue!

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Sensory Path

Watch the video below to learn more about the new Sensory Path on the second floor of the Lower School!

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Climate Fact Cards

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...

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Tips for reducing stress and increasing focus

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,...

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Furry friend DNA analysis in Upper School science

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...

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Puffling rescue!

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...

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Chinese New Year

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.

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Upper Schoolers compete at Harvard University Science Olympiad Invitational

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,...

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Waynflete hosts second “Can We? Project” weekend for area high school students

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...

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“Harness The Wind” gallery show

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....

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Dominic Campbell ’21 profiled on WMTW

Junior Dominic Campbell was recently profiled on WMTW. Watch the segment to learn more about his hard work over the past year.

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Cardinal and blue jay pinch pots

Following a preliminary pinch pot lesson, K-1 students made sculptures of blue jays and cardinals. We discussed how these birds often remain in Maine for the winter months. Color choice reinforced warm and cool color palettes.

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