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Henry I/V, an abridged version of William Shakespeare's Henry V, is in rehearsal now. The show will go up in Franklin Theater on February 27 and 28 at 7:00 p.m., pitting “two mighty monarchies” in pitched battle. On March 7,...
Over 3500 high school students from 36 different countries and 28 states, representing over 200 schools in all, attended the Harvard Model United Nations Conference for four days last week. Eight of them were from Waynflete. Payton Sullivan ’18; Isabel...
Even after many years of teaching at Waynflete, I am still grateful for the privilege of entering into dialog with my students about important matters. This year, with the inundation of disturbing global and local events, the discussion about the...
On Saturday, January 10th, eight students from the Waynflete Robotics Activity traveled to Greely Middle School in Cumberland to take part in a Maine VEX Robotics competition, placing 10th out of 28 teams. This is the third full year of...
Sometimes a Waynflete education comes in handy in unexpected ways. Such was the case recently for Misha Linnehan '14. Hi Debba, Today in my American Politics lecture, we were discussing the Constitution. Since the State of the Union was last...
On Saturday, January 31, 2015 Berklee’s 47th annual High School Jazz Festival, the largest of its kind in the U.S., hosted more than 200 ensembles featuring 3,000 students from 13 states and Puerto Rico. Members of theWaynflete Upper School Jazz...
Some of the students who participated in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern preproduction process: Sarah Heath; Elliot Nye, James Jujareon, Jonas Maines, Caroline Kyros, Mike Rodway The Waynflete Drama Program is proud to announce the spring show, Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are...
The Maine Woman's Fund (MWF) has chosen Waynflete senior Nikki Maines as its recipient of the 2015 Samantha Smith award. The MWF announced the award this way: "The Samantha Smith Award recognizes a young woman from Maine who works to promote...
"Happily, embracing the present turns out to be the best preparation for the future." John Thurston, Director of College Counseling
Upper School students are encouraged to apply to be a counselor with our many summer camp programs. Visit the Flyers Camp website and click on the “Browse our Camp” button to find the Employment Opportunity tab. Here you will find...
Gold medalists in the Entomology event Brandon Woo and Elly Shivel While most of us enjoyed a snowy January Saturday in Maine, a contingent from the Upper School traveled south through the storm to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to represent Waynflete at...
Upper School Jazz Combo members as they appear in the photo from the left are: Julia Hansen '18 - Upright Bass, Ali Ghorashi '15 - Piano, Jacob Hagler '15 - Guitar, Chris Bergeron '16 - Drums, Jacob Greene '18 - Baritone Sax, Eliza Cox '18 -...
Martin Luther King Jr. is a powerful historical figure. I was honored to have been selected to go to the MLK Breakfast hosted by the Portland branch of the NAACP. The six winners of the first annual Spirit of MLK...
Waynflete School has a longstanding relationship with nearby Reiche School, a partnership which you can read more about here. Tenth-grade student Isabel Canning was recently inspired to organize a Boots and Books Drive when she learned from a teacher whose classroom she...
Michaela Goldfine’s 2nd and 3rd grade students who are studying clay paid a visit to Mimi Olins’ Upper School Wheel Throwing class. Throwing students shared what they have been working on and an informative, fun conversation was had by all!
Waynflete’s Diversity Advisory Group (DAG), a committee of faculty and staff, sponsored the first annual Spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. Award. Students in the Upper and Middle School were invited to submit writings on the importance of continued commitment to...
Waynflete in lights at the 2014 National Science Olympiad On January 24, a team from Waynflete will be heading to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to compete against 64 high schools from the northeast in a Science Olympiad hosted by MIT. Waynflete's team...
When South Portland Detective. Sgt. Steve Webster wanted to make the public aware of human trafficking, he turned to Waynflete Senior Mike Rodway for help. USNOW staff member Austin Fanburg sat down with Mike to ask about the film Mike...
