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After winning the state event, Waynflete represented Maine at the national LifeSmarts competition in San Diego last week. Lydia Giguere, Nick Jenkins (captain), Leeza Kopaeva, Ben Lualdi, and Nick Wagg finished in an impressive 7th place. LifeSmarts is a consumer...
Congratulations to Tabarak Al-Musawi, who placed third at the Lion's Club state Speak Out competition! Click here to read Tabarak’s speech
Middle and Upper School Latin teacher Phuc Tran weighs in on MPBN's "Maine Calling!" Listen to the Maine Calling segment Watch Phuc's TEDxDirigo talk: Grammar, Identity, and the Dark Side of the Subjunctive Top photo credit: http://bit.ly/2r0kfCf
Waynflete encourages high schoolers from across Maine to join with students from seven Maine schools as they engage candidates for governor in dialogue about bringing their vision for a better Maine and a better nation into reality. Topics will range...
A group of middle school science students competed in the regional Sea Perch competition last Friday. The event is hosted by the Navy and the University of New Hampshire. Over the previous two weeks, students had built a functioning remotely...
This Wednesday during assembly, Spirit Club hosted their annual Superhero Contest as a part of Spirit Week. Students who dressed for the occasion participated by answering three questions: "Who are you?," "What is your superpower," and "Who is your arch...
After a weekend of pure energy from the Summit, the vibe this past Monday around school was a mix of the usual exhaustion with a hint of something else—something rooted in perspective. The main goal of this year’s Summit was...
4-5 students recently embarked on feats of creative engineering. After a thorough study of simple machines, students examined everyday problems in their lives, formulated solutions, and crafted inventions. With testing, troubleshooting, and peer feedback, their projects went through many iterations and...
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...
On March 23, I was honored to receive the Rotary Youth Service Award from the Portland Rotary Club. I was instructed to be at the Holiday Inn by the Bay with my parents at 12:00pm. I did not know what...
This is a guest post by Waynflete parent ('20, '22, and '25) Jonathan R. Werner. Jonathan is a library and instructional technology specialist at Cape Elizabeth Middle School. Let me be clear. I am no technophobe. In fact, I spend my days surrounded by...
The lights dimmed on the theater stage as the actors from The Defamation Play entered and took their places on the set. As I sat amongst the students of the Upper School, I felt the anticipation in the room. We...
Last night three Waynflete students participated in the Lion's Club Speak Out competition against Cheverus at USM. For the third year in a row Waynflete won first prize! (more…)
Windows from Germany, a hidden tunnel, mezzanine views, and new exercise rooms...
Congratulations to Luna Soley ’18, winner of a 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing National Medal! Luna was recognized with silver medals for her entries in the “personal essay and memoir” and “memoir poetry” categories. Creative professionals reviewed nearly 350,000 works...
Congratulations to Shuhao Liu ’18, Molly McNutt ’18, Tabarak Al Musawi ’19, Carter Dexter ’19, Adelaide Lyall ’19, Abby Aleshire ’20, Thys Geldenhuys ’20, Haoming Ma ’20, Selina He ’21, and John Moon-Black ’21 on for their third place finish...
The energy for this show is fantastic, and I certainly have grown to love this play tremendously from when I first read it. The ensemble plays a very important role in setting the stage for wherever the Antrobuses find themselves...
Waynflete's fifth-and-seventh-grade girls attended the "Girls Rock! Conference" sponsored by Hardy Girls Healthy Women. Hosted at the Maine Girls Academy, students participated in workshops created and lead by high schoolers on the Girls Advisory Board. Workshops included "Let Friendships Sail,"...
Paul Okot ’07 visited recently with students in Sarah Macdonald’s “Literature of Maine” English class. The class is reading the novel The Good Braider by Terry Farish about a teen who leaves Sudan with her family and eventually settles in...
Congrats to the students who participated in this year's Science Olympiad. Upper School placed first and third out of 16 teams. Middle School placed second out of four teams. (more…)
