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Upper School Gratitudes 2018

On the last day of school advisors asked their advisees to write down something they were grateful for over the past year. Answers varied from donuts to Breda White, and each advisor shared one or two at our closing assembly....

Abby Pipkin ’18 and Chris Moore ’80: A Senior Project Collaboration

Music has always been an important part of Abby Pipkin’s life. She loves to sing (she performed a Cat Stevens tune at this year’s Baccalaureate) and was  a member of Waynflete’s chorus and acoustic group. When the time came to...

What kind of school thinks all children deserve a “gifted” education?

5 Hallmarks of Gifted Education for Young Learners By Anne Hopkins (Lower School Director) and Heather Tanguay (Grade 2-3 Learning Specialist) Like all children, gifted students deserve a curriculum that meets their special needs. Gifted students thrive in an educational...

Next stage in the construction project: farewall to the modulars!

Click below to watch a time-lapse video of the first modular removal!

Our Graduates Are Going Places!

Waynflete's Class of 2018 is a group of accomplished young adults with an impressive list of colleges and universities that they will be attending! Below is the list of where our 56 graduates will matriculate this fall. (more…)

Spring Sports Varsity Wrap-Up 2018

It was a sensational spring for Flyers teams! Five Waynflete athletes participated in spring track as cooperative individuals with Cheverus. Our athletes practiced with Cheverus and represented Waynflete at meets. All five competed in the Western Maine Conference championship at...

Baccalaureate and Commencement 2018

It was a whirlwind week at Waynflete, but the final events have come to a close and all of a sudden, hallways feel oddly quiet. We had two wonderful ceremonies for our graduating seniors—Baccalaureate and Commencement. Click below to see...

Senior Slideshow!

A few days before Commencement, Waynflete seniors and their advisors gather for a special celebratory dinner. Each senior is honored with a "Senior Minute"—a short ode to that student and their time at Waynflete. To cap off the evening we...

Senior Project Presentations

Every spring, seniors leave campus in early May and spend four weeks pursuing a subject of personal interest. This Senior Project month is a fondly remembered time that opens students' eyes to new interests as they prepare to enter college....

Reflections on the 2018 Seniors v. Faculty Softball Showdown

According to the Urban Dictionary, a "chamber of commerce day" is a day with gorgeous weather when a region would want tourists to visit, such that it might make companies feel that they should relocate to the area.  The on-line...

Probability Carnival

Seventh-grade students hosted a Probability Carnival in the gym this week for the rest of the middle school. After learning about probability in their math classes, seventh-graders applied  their knowledge to create games-of-chance for their peers. It was a wonderful way to start the day...

Hosting an international student: rewarding and easier than you might think!

Entering Waynflete as a new junior in 2014, Liam McNiff didn’t expect to befriend someone whose hometown was 10,000 miles away. Sam, who hailed from Australia, was spending the year at Waynflete as a visiting ASSIST scholar. (more…)

“So THIS is Model UN”

Earlier this month, I found myself standing in front of nearly 200 students from all around New England, explaining the benefits of limestone chimney scrubbers. What on Earth have I gotten myself into?! I thought to myself, as hundreds of...

Lower School construction update #10 with Millard Nadeau



Waynflete Ultimate team has successful debut

Waynflete's Ultimate Frisbee team debuted this spring in the Maine High School Ultimate League. Ultimate is a fast-moving, 7-player game that is a little like soccer or football with a frisbee. Ultimate employs a "Spirit of the Game" ethos that...

Learning about lobstering

Junior Matt Beard ’19 recently visited with K-1 students to teach them all about lobstering. The kids had lots of questions: How do you make sure the lobsters don't get out of the top of the trap? How do you...

Upper Schoolers travel to National Science Olympiad Tournament in Colorado

After winning the state Science Olympiad competition, 15 students traveled to Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, for the national tournament. Students competed in 23 science and engineering events against schools from all 50 states.  Waynflete's team is coached...

May 2018 Lit Mag from the Waynflete Writers’ Guild

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. This year’s guild has taken on the ambitious goal of publishing student written and visual...

Upper Schoolers collaborate with MITA on island cleanup

Katrina St. John's homeroom collaborated with MITA (Maine Island Trail Association) and spent the school day collecting trash from the shoreline of Merritt Island located in the New Meadows. MITA has a handshake agreement with landowners up and down the...

Wooden spirit

Waynflete recently welcomed Mexican folk artists Efraín Fuentes and Silvia Gomez to campus. They spent the day demonstrating their craft and sharing their family story with students in Grades K-12, faculty, staff, and community members. It was a great opportunity to observe this...

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