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On Wednesday night a group of parents, Lower School math teachers, and Admission staff gathered to engage in some math puzzles and activities and to talk about Waynflete’s elementary school math program. Lower School Curriculum Co-Coordinator and 4-5 teacher...
Every other year, second and third grade students begin the school year by engaging in a maritime study. Waynflete’s location in the heart of Portland—particularly near the harbor—provides a real-world classroom at our doorstep for studying the ocean and working...
Waynflete has received a $4,990 STEM grant from the Toshiba America Foundation (TAF). These funds will support the initial costs to set up a molecular genetics laboratory at Waynflete, which will enable students to sequence DNA. (more…)
Middle School seminar teacher and naturalist Kate Ziminsky recently presented a program called "Arthropods: Insects and their Relatives" to K-1 students. The students, who have been studying spiders for over a month, learned about the similarities between insects, arachnids, crustaceans (lobsters),...
Many thanks to Mike Veroneau '21 for creating a season highlights video for the Fall 2018 Sports Recognition Night!
Each year the Lower School chooses a country to study in depth, culminating in a weeklong intensive during the first week of February. Yesterday the Lower School faculty launched its study of Spain by inviting three Spanish guests to school...
Over the past month, students in sixth-grade history have been learning to think, dig, and document like archaeologists by conducting an indoor archaeological dig in the new Lower School’s Innovation Lab. In groups of three or four, students practice their...
We were fortunate to have Dr. Karambu Ringera, who runs International Peace Initiatives based in Meru, Kenya, with us on Tuesday last week. At our Middle and Upper School assemblies, Dr. Karambu shared her thoughts on why curiosity, care, and...
Community Art is a weekly period in which visual art collaborates with the classroom curriculum. Students recently created three murals to represent their home station habitats of Forest, Marsh, and Meadow. In the classroom, students brainstormed what elements exist to...
A horde of pirates and mermaids invaded Franklin Theater this past weekend as the Upper School theater program brought a triumphant production of Rick Elice's Peter and the Starcatcher to the stage. Audiences were treated to an imaginative, funny, sweet, and...
Read the Portland Press Herald story Read the Forecaster Story View photos of the championship game (courtesy of Winky Lewis)
We are excited to be piloting new, complementary curricula in eighth grade English and history this year. We spent much of the summer working together to create courses that work in concert to explore themes of citizenship, civic engagement, and...
Middle School teacher Katrina St. John visited the Lower School’s Early Childhood program yesterday to teach the school’s youngest students about the science behind waterfalls. The concept of an “emergent curriculum”—an essential aspect of the Reggio Emilia Approach—comes into play...
Erica Marcus, educator and wellness instructor from “Wise Minds, Big Hearts,” led parents last Monday in an evening of reflection that began with an inquiry into our own technology use as a window into understanding the impact of screens and...
Zoe Ruff ’21’s 2016 letter to President Obama has been included in a new book, “To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope” by Jeanne Marie Laskas, a collection of correspondence sent to the president over his two terms in...
Amazing 14-month video of the entire Lower School construction project!
Henry Spritz '19 defended his 2017 state title today as he won the Class C Maine State Championship cross country race at Troy Howard Middle school in Belfast. Henry took the lead right from the start and ran the course...
Students gathered in the Emery Student Center last night to share their stories of embarking on “Students Shoulder-to-Shoulder” global citizenship courses last summer with parents and peers. "It was inspiring to see the enthusiasm about the personal discovery each of...
The Waynflete Writers’ Guild has been around for a number of years as a place for students to meet, have fun, and share their writings. We hope that you both enjoy and are moved by what has been put to...
Student Government visited Wayside Food Services yesterday as a kick-off to the all-school food drive. We've been organizing this drive for the past 15 years (at least) to benefit the program. This is a photo of our students standing in an...
