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Portland Premier of “The Guys Next Door” – Limited Seating!

Please join us on Friday, November 18 at 7:00 p.m. in Franklin Theater for the Portland premiere of The Guys Next Door, an intimate portrait of family, friendship, and gay rights. This is a special benefit screening to help raise...

Dance Ensemble Performs “Storybyrd”

Take a moment to visualize a dancer leaping into the air as a starling taking flight, or a crane conveying an urgent message that unfolds through choreography and creative dance. Inspired by natural movement, our dancers will liven up the...

Margaret Edwards ’15 Writes Home

After completing my freshman year at Carleton College, I was ready to take a break from the classroom and start doing. I wanted to test the tools and skills that I had learned and refined over the years, primarily at...

Upper School Break Dancing Lesson Video!

Soccer Girls Celebrate Victory in the Southern Maine Regional Final

On the the States!!!! Go Flyers!!!!

Cooper Sherman ’19 Jokes Around

Cooper Sherman '19 treated the Upper School assembly to his standup routine last week and got a lot of laughs. Check out the video below!

Just Eat It – Food Waste in America, Film Event!

Please join us at a screening of “Just Eat It,” a documentary film about food waste and food rescue. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring local farmers, grocers, and members of the social service and nonprofit...

BalletX Visits Waynflete

Portland Ovations Offstage connected with us hoping to reach out into community educational and artistic programs and made a special dance connection. BalletX recently visited Portland, Maine and with an arrangement from Ovations they offered a Master Class on October...

Fall Athletics Round-Up

Girl's Soccer: In the Class C Southern Maine Regional Championship, Girl's Varsity Soccer came out on top, knocking off #2 seed Madison! They moved on to the Class C State Championship, at Hampden Academy. This was their 5th Regional Title...

US Singers Accepted into District II Vocal Festival!

Congratulations to the following singers for their acceptance into the District II Vocal Festival this year, in the following ensembles: Eva Abbott - Treble Choir Dorrie Pinchbeck - Treble Choir Eidann Thompson-Brown - Mixed Choir Congratulations also goes to Matt...

You Can’t Take It with You

The amazing set for the Upper School fall play: November 3-5; Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; 7:00; Franklin Theater.

Spooky Halloween Costumes

Josh Lodish as Lowell Libby and Yai Deng as Jimmy Manyuru

Leaning into a Difficult Conversation with Portland’s Chief of Police

As the next step in the Waynflete Dialogue Project, the Portland Chief of Police Michael Sauschuck will speak  at an Upper School assembly on Tuesday, November 15. Two students, Najma Abdullahi ‘18 and Josh Lodish ‘17, will interview him on...

Hip Hop Assembly from the Perspective of a Student and a Teacher

Kiera MacWhinnie '17,  USNOW Staffer On Thursday, October 6, Eric Axelman and Oliver "Sydsho" Arias came to Waynflete to present at an assembly about racial awareness. This wasn’t an ordinary presentation though; they educated the Upper School through rapping and break...

Izzy Davis ’16 Writes Home: The Master of Photosynthesis

Following is the text of an email sent from Izzy Davis '16 to her Advanced Biology science teacher Carol Titterton. The email is included here with Izzy's permission. Carol... Just sat through a lecture about photosystems and NADPH and ATP...

The Waynflete Dialogue Project

The Waynflete Dialogue Project (WDP) is a focused initiative to make dialogue a keystone habit in the Upper School. It is not a single program but instead touches on many facets of the Upper School experience, in and outside of...

Grade 9 Seminar: Life Maps!

Life maps are a great way to connect with some of your classmates that you may not know as well. Seminar groups are a continuation of our Outdoor Experience groups, and each week we learn more about each other. OE...

The Waynflete Upper School is delighted to present “You Can’t Take It With You” by Kaufman & Hart.

This escapist comedy takes a peek inside a few nights in the lives of two rather different families. At first, the Sycamores seem absurd, but it is not long before we realize that if they are ridiculous, the rest of...

Conversation about Global Citizenship: Students Shoulder to Shoulder On Thursday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m in the Student Center

Join Director of Student Affairs Lydia Maier, Associate Director of Student Affairs Jimmy Manyuru, and a panel of students who participated in last summer's Students Shoulder to Shoulder global citizenship program. Students will talk about their direct experiences working with NGOs and follow-up advocacy...

Julian Abbott ’18 Named to All-State Jazz Combo!

Congratulations to Waynflete saxophonist Julian Abbott '18 for his outstanding performance at the Jazz All-State auditions. His extremely high score landed him in the 2016-2017 Maine Music Educators Association All-State Jazz Combo! He will rehearse and perform at the festival...

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