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Exciting changes are in progress at our crew's Fore River launch. The construction of Waynflete's boathouse is almost complete! Besides the great interior storage, the boathouse will also have a fresh water supply. The Crew seniors were lucky enough to...
The Outliers, a community robotics team that is open to Waynflete students, recently hosted a fun demo in Sills gym. Each year The Outliers design, build, and program a 150-pound robot to compete against other teams. The robots are designed...
Congratulations to Rachel Talbot Ross '78, who yesterday was nominated by her Democratic colleagues to become Maine's first Black House speaker. The nomination comes 50 years after Talbot Ross's father, Gerald Talbot, became Maine's first Black legislator. Rachel Talbot Ross...
The Perspective Project, an Upper School student-led organization committed to starting discussions and bringing new perspectives to Waynflete, recently welcomed newly reelected Portland City Councilor Pious Ali as its first guest speaker of the year. Mr. Ali was first elected...
Students in the senior history elective "The Great 20th Century Crisis: World War II" were recently joined by members of Waynflete's Jewish Education and Culture Club for a lively discussion with artist and Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak. Mr. Bak shared...
On November 3, nine Waynflete students joined nearly 1,000 of their peers from across the state for the annual Maine Youth Leadership Day hosted by Hyde School in Bath. Grounded in “the importance of what it takes to be a...
Four years in a row, you say?! Boys varsity soccer takes the state championship, defeating Fort Kent 6–1! Way to go, Flyers! Congratulations to Myles Culley ’23, who scored an amazing five goals yesterday to help bring home the boys...
As a result of their collaboration with the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (with NASA as a partner), Waynflete students have provisionally identified five new asteroids over the years! The latest to shift from preliminary to provisional status had been identified...
Congratulations to Jasmijn Janse '24, Miles Sims-Kastelein-Henry '24, and Aelia Russell '24 for representing Waynflete beautifully at the recent International Independent School Public Speaking Championships at Deerfield Academy! After participating in debates in six rounds of competition, Aelia placed 4th...
Seventh-grade students recently visited the East End Beach to collect data on intertidal crabs. Their findings will be added to a collection of data from other citizen scientists and used to better understand crab population trends along the Maine coast.
Sixth-grade students recently visited with archaeologist Thomas Bennett at the Prince Memorial Library and Broad Cove Reserve in Cumberland to learn about shell middens. Students contributed to the archaeological record by conducting a count of the clam shell "hinges" found...
A force on the field, Myles Culley '23 has racked up 35 goals to break the Waynflete record for goals scored in a season, and he's well on his way to top the unofficial southern Maine record, too. Even more...
As part of their study of archaeology in history class, sixth-graders recently visited with archaeologist Thomas Bennett at the Prince Memorial Library and Broad Cove Reserve in Cumberland to learn about shell middens. At the library, students helped contribute to...
Join us in celebrating Ayla Michaud Stutzman '26 for becoming the first girl from Maine to qualify for the USA Surfing Championships in shortboard surfing. Ayla has been surfing since she was eight years old and has plans to continue...
A foggy Maine morning couldn't dampen the spirits of our 2–3 students—the first group to explore our new Lower Playground! We are so grateful to the many generous members of the Waynflete community who helped to make this day possible....
Join us in celebrating Calla Ruff ’23! Calla is participating in The Telling Room's Young Emerging Authors program this year. Every fall, four student authors are selected for a yearlong fellowship where they will write, edit, and publish their own...
Congratulations to our National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalists and Commended Students from the Class of 2023! From left to right: Maya Flores, Maren Cooper, Oscar Twining, Elliot Robinson, Matthew Adey
Junior Anna Siegel recently received a Brookie Award from the Natural Resources Council of Maine, which honor the state's young environmental leaders. Learn more about her journey to becoming a climate justice activist in this recent News Center Maine profile:...
We were happy to observe a sea of smiling faces at the first Lower School Pachanga of the year! [gallery columns="2" link="file" size="medium" ids="86202,86201,86200,86199,86198,86197,86196,86195,86194"]
You never know what Outdoor Experience will bring! While working at Community Servings in Boston, our students met Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, who had come in to package and deliver the organization's 11 millionth meal. Ayanna shared some words of encouragement...
