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CommUNITY – Congrats on the Spring Show!

This past weekend featured the final theater show of the year: an original production titled "CommUNITY: Together We Speak. " Check out some shots of the dress rehearsal below, and congrats to the all the actors, crew, and everyone involved;...

This Week: May 1

Monday, May 1 Advising / Service day Please go to homeroom by 8:15. Your advisor will take attendance and then you will begin whatever plan you have with your advising group. 1:50 - PA Class is still on!   Tuesday,...

Interview with Playwright Jesse Brooks, ’17

After the huge success of The Great Bank Robbery (working title) in the State One-Act Festival, Document Stuff Club member Shuhao Liu, '18 sat down with writer/director extraordinaire Jesse Brooks, '17 to find what went into the incredible production. Check...

Senior Exam Schedule

Senior Projects are only two weeks away! That means it's time for Senior Exams. Click here to see the full schedule.

Cuba Trip Returns Home!

When I met with the students and chaperones before their departure for Cuba, I told the students that their primary job was to make the trip so much fun for their chaperones that the chaperones will want to go again...

Makany Parr and Nick Jenkins introduce a performance at the New England Youth Identity Summit

Poet Richard Blanco Sporting Waynflete Swag at the New England Youth Identity Summit

Girls’ lacrosse team in Disney

The Power of Stories: The 2017 New England Youth Identity Summit

The 2017 New England Youth Identity Summit [caption id="attachment_6020" align="alignleft" width="300"] Poet Richard Blanco sporting Waynflete swag[/caption] After an eloquent introduction on a snowy April morning by long-serving Waynflete English teacher Lorry Stillman, Richard Blanco, the 2012 presidential inaugural poet,...

An Interview with Eugene Butler, Seeds of Peace Counselor, after his Upper School Assembly Presentation

Eugene Butler is a senior counselor for Seeds of Peace. He was the emcee and a workshop presenter at the second annual New England Youth Identity Summit, held on March 31 and April 1, 2017. He opened the Summit on...

Atia Werah ’18 Wins Lions Club Speak-Out

Following is the text of Atia Werah's winning speech at the Lions Club Speak Out: When someone is diagnosed with cancer, the doctor will say things like “I’m afraid there is bad news”, or they will tell you that this...

US Theater Spring Show – CommUNITY Together We Speak

The artist and author Barry Lopez says, “If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive. That is why...

Ethical Leadership

Ethical Leadership and Service students at Furniture Friends delivering donated furniture to people in need.

9th Grade Bio Research Projects

Students had to do a mini research project on different types of chromosomal disorders to teach each other about them. They could do a song, a google slides presentation, digital poster, Tellegami avatar etc. The information had to include the...

Hardy Girls Healthy Women

The MS Health Club and the US GLTR Activity joined up and headed to the Hardy Girls Healthy Women conference in Westbrook.

2017 Science Olympiad State Champs!

On April 1, despite a snowstorm, 30 Upper School science students traveled to USM Gorham for the State Science Olympiad Tournament. Students competed on two teams of fifteen students each in 23 different science and engineering events ranging from building...

Two Freshmen Recap Spirit Week

This year’s spirit week was full of liveliness and enthusiasm in the competition for the most points between grades. As our first year as highschoolers, freshmen were oblivious to the flow of spirit week. At the end of the week,...

Waynflete and NYA Join Musical Forces

Performers from Waynflete and NYA warm-up before the Help Haiti! Benefit concert

Montreal Trip Returns!

Lindsay Kaplan sent along some great updates from the Montreal trip that took place over the long weekend. Read her words below, and check out pictures from the trip. Today in Montreal, everyone had a great time on the walking/bus...

Chloe Melchiskey ’17, Poet Laureate

Every year a senior is selected by the English department to be Waynflete’s Poet Laureate. The Poet Laureate reads poetry for the upper school assemblies and at graduation. Chloe Melchiskey was named this year's Poet Laureate for the Class of...

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