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The sixth grade spent the afternoon sorting and packing the food collected by the school community in this year's Thanksgiving Food Drive. After loading everything into a truck, we headed to Wayside Food Programs to unload and weigh everything. Our...
Looking for great gifts that inspire learning and creativity? Lower School teacher Tim Hebda has completed his annual list of books, games, gadgets, and apps that will keep your grandchild excited and engaged during the holidays. View the list
Students in Waynflete's sixth-grade science classes are participating in "Skype a Scientist," a program that pairs scientists with classrooms around the world. Students recently Skyped with Lauren Rowsey, a marine biologist and PhD candidate at the University of New Brunswick....
On Friday night, I stood at the top of the theater with Tiki Fuhro and Susan Nelson “managing” the throngs of people filling the space beyond capacity. These were not just the parents of theater kids—these were parents, alums, faculty,...
Ruby Lynch, Laura Martin, Ella Hannaford, and Abby Shumway participated in a Veterans History Project (VHP) workshop today at the University of Southern Maine. The Library of Congress started the VHP to collect, preserve, and make accessible the personal accounts...
This year, instrumental music teachers Gene Gill and Eddie Holmes have collaborated on a program that gives grade 4 and 5 students their first tastes of brass and woodwind instruments. The class complements the introduction to strings program that Andy...
Chris Knapp (Waynflete class of 1997) visited with students in the 2-3 program this week. Chris runs an educational organization in Temple, Maine, called Koviashuvik Local Living School. He taught students about indigenous traditions and skills, including pounding ash logs...
Mi’kmaq elder and traditional storyteller David Lonebear Sanipass recently visited with second and third graders under the towering trees of the “Piney Woods.” With his young audience surrounding him in a circle, David told three stories. The first was about...
The seventh- and eighth-grade lockers were relocated to the Forum over the summer, freeing up the standalone building between Cook-Hyde/Morrill and Hurd to be reimagined as a new multipurpose space. Big shout-out to Jeff Smith from the facilities crew for...
K-1 students are grouped into four habitats representing forest, marsh, meadow, and garden. In conjunction with their study of these habitats, students recently created elements for a community mural. Each habitat focused on a season: the meadow in winter, the...
Power up your stereo receiver, game system, or desktop computer. Wait a few minutes, then place your hand on the top panel. Feel the warmth? That’s waste heat, the result of the inefficient conduction of electricity. Multiply that effect by...
Alexander Calder was an American sculptor who lived from 1898-1976. Calder originally studied and practiced engineering. His interest in how things moved and balanced can be seen in all of his artwork. After moving to Paris in 1926, Calder began...
A weather-monitoring station was recently installed on the roof of the Lower School. The station measures wind direction and velocity, outdoor temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, and rain data. It also provides ultraviolet radiation (UV) and electromagnetic intensity readings that, along...
For most of us, visiting a beautiful setting in Maine means taking in the views, basking in the sun, and perhaps looking out for local wildlife. Becky Smith thinks a bit differently. When she’s out in the natural world, she’s...
K-5 students began the year by creating Collages of Chance in art class. We discussed how making mistakes in art is ok, and how mistakes can lead to new images. We discussed Hans Arp (1886-1966), who was a poet, sculptor,...
Lower School students created "wind socks" for the Waynflete's opening Convocation. Teacher Mary Rehak was inspired to use recycled materials to make art that reacts with the wind. (Ideas in connection with The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind). Materials included...
Welcome back to you all. Special welcome to the ninth graders and to all of you who are new to the Upper School. I hope that you all had a great week and that those of you who are new...
“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” ― Philip Pullman Good morning! I am so energized by LEAP Week this morning. Other than a sunburn on my nose, the most obvious sign...
I recently returned home to find my youngest child Henry surrounded by dozens of small pieces of wood scattered all about the kitchen. He was engrossed in the process of building a coin-sorting machine out of popsicle sticks. He demonstrated...
