 |
The Waynflete Wire |
Team Photo Front Row: Nick Hagler, Dorrie Pinchbeck, Ingrid Ansel-Mullen, Quilla Flanagan-Burt, Callie Banksmith, Shuhao Liu. Back Row: Thys Geldenhuys, Phoebe Hart, Hannah Babcock, Sara Wasdahl, Tabby Al Musawi, Abby Aleshire, Lily Fanburg, Luna Soley and Molly McNutt. The fourth...
At fifteen years old, I have to say, I have had a very interesting school life. My parents decided to change the country where they had lived for their entire lives to give me a bigger perspective on different traditions...
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 Tuesday, the Upper School will celebrate the spirit and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., at our annual MLK assembly. Our guest is Bay Love, who graduated from Waynflete in 2000. After earning a BA in Latin American Studies...
Seventh-grade math classes had a “play day!” In an earlier assignment, students used the Scratch programming language to code mazes. Today was the day to play each other's mazes and provide feedback—all while enjoying cookies, clementines, and hot chocolate! The...
During the last round of class meetings, Associate Director for Student Life Jimmy Manyuru and I invited Waynflete juniors and seniors to apply for an opportunity to take on perhaps the most pressing challenge of our time—civic dysfunction. While our...
Some people are unaware of the girls’ activity in which we strive for equal rights: GLTR (Girls' Leadership Training) We recently joined this group to broaden our perspective of women’s rights and the inequalities women face. This group has been...
The winter musical is on its way! Director and Musical Director Katy Cavanaugh, Choreographer Susan Nelson and the cast of The Drowsy Chaperone have been hard at work for weeks putting this ambitious show together. Our stage and costume crew are about...
Our entire seventh grade spent advising period on Friday making winter cards for their friends at Head Start, whom they will visit on Tuesday. Our relationship with the Greater Portland area Head Start Program has emerged over the past twenty...
At our assembly on Wednesday, a group of students and teachers read quotes inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King’s call for social justice. Click here to view a few selected quotes.
Olya Gregg '20, Eliza Gervais '20, Assistant Head for Student Life Lydia Maier '90, Ian McClure-Chute '20, Amelia Bertaska '18 and Laura Baginski '18 (crouching) pose outside the walk-in refrigerator at Preble Street this past Saturday. It was much colder...
Assistant Head for Student Life Lydia Maier has been instructing 4-5 students in social-emotional learning for the past four years, checking in every two weeks with each of the program’s four home stations. This year’s topics have included: What it...
Thematic studies are designed for interdisciplinary immersion in an age-appropriate, high-interest topic. Students acquire and employ skills in a wide range of disciplines and have many opportunities to extend and enrich their learning through open-ended exercises. 4-5 students were recently...
As part of the “People’s Movement West” 4-5 study, students created their own board games to play during our celebratory Prairie Day and with their K-1 buddies. Reading Jean Craighead George’s The Buffalo are Back, students began to understand the...
Saturnalia was an ancient Roman holiday that occurred during the winter solstice. It celebrated the return of Saturn, god of the harvest. The streets of Rome would be filled with greetings of "Bona Saturnalia.” Gifts were exchanged, and much feasting...
Waynflete's 4-5 boys and girls basketball team played an exciting game last Saturday against undefeated Riverton School—and came away with their first win of the season! Our players showed great determination, enthusiasm, and skill in the toughly fought match, coming...
The latest update from Wright-Ryan's Millard Nadeau...
Interesting piece in the December 14, 2017, issue of the Times on the importance of an effective Pre-K program. Read the article Information on Waynflete's Early Childhood curriculum Information on student life in Waynflete's Lower School
