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Upper School sisters take the mountains by storm

Congrats to sisters Keegan '23 and Fiona '25 for a fantastic mountain biking season that saw both on the podium multiple times! Read the Press Herald article  

Middle School students visit GMRI

Led by faculty member faculty member Kaya Williams ’14, Middle School students recently visited the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. Students studied live lobsters and the effect of climate change on ocean temperature and habitats for black sea bass and...

Artificial turf installation begins at the Fore River Campus

Waynflete Athletics is thrilled to announce that the installation of artificial turf on Hall Field has begun at the Fore River Campus! The problem of games being cancelled in the spring and fall due to drainage issues and grubs will...

Boys varsity soccer team makes it three in a row

Congrats to our boys varsity soccer team for their 2-1 Class C state championship win over Fort Kent in Presque Isle last weekend! This is the third consecutive state championship for the team and the seventh for coach Brandon Salway....

Artist, educator, and former Chief of the Penobscot Nation Barry Dana visits campus

Students in Waynflete's 2-3 program have been focusing on the Wabanaki of Maine and will continue to do so throughout November. Their study is enhanced by guests from the Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Micmac, and Maliseet tribes. We were lucky to recently...

Empower Youth Voices: Deliberative Democracy

As the first Nor'easter of the season rained down upon us, a cohort of Upper School students braved the limits of busy lives to connect with peers from across the nation for the Empower Youth Voices: Deliberative Democracy workshop facilitated...

A super Saturday for the Flyers

Girls cross-country had a great day at Twinbrook, capturing the Class C south runner-up plaque. Boys cross-country exceeded expectations, coming in fifth in Class C out of 15 teams. Both cross-country teams qualified for the state meet Saturday at Troy Howard Middle School...

Farm-to-foods study in 4-5

Students in Waynflete’s 4–5 program are currently engaged in a “Farms to Foods” study. Their work focuses on aquaculture, vermiculture, botany, and food systems, along with related climate impacts. Last week, a group of 59 students visited Merritt Island Oyster...

Convocation 2021

Read Head of School Geoff Wagg's Convocation remarks below, or watch a video of the event. Welcome to our opening Convocation for the 2021-2022 school year.  I would like to begin with acknowledging that we are gathered today on the...

The Perspective Project hosts first guest of the 2021-22 season

The Perspective Project—an Upper School student-led organization formed to bring new perspectives to the Waynflete campus—recently welcomed its first guest speaker of the season. James French is the inaugural chair of the Montpelier Descendants Committee, an organization formed by the...

Upper School students participate in community service projects

Participating in local service trips for Outdoor Experience (OE) is an annual opportunity that many Upper School students select, but this year our usual community partners weren’t able to schedule groups. With that obstacle in mind, OE Director Nikki Dresser...

Patrick Shaw ’21 competes at worldwide freestyle skills tournament

Congratulations to Patrick Shaw '21, who made it to the quarterfinals (top 8) at this year's Super Ball, the global freestyle soccer skills competition. Watch the action: Top 32 battle (vs. Bas) Top 15 battle (vs. Marco) Quarterfinals battle (vs....

A magical conclusion to the spring 2021 athletic season

After missing the spring 2020 season due to COVID-19, Waynflete teams took full advantage of a return to sports in 2021. All our MPA teams won at least one postseason contest and Waynflete track athletes impressed on the track.  (more…)

Commencement 2021

Waynflete's 123rd Commencement was held the afternoon of Thursday, June 10 at Thompson's Point—a beautiful early summer day accompanied by the cooling breeze that we've come to appreciate about this venue! View/download Commencement photos Photos can be downloaded from SmugMug...

Our Graduates are Going Places 2021!

Waynflete’s Class of 2021 is a group of accomplished young adults with an impressive list of colleges and universities that they will be attending! Below is the list of where our 73  graduates will/may matriculate this fall. Some students may...

2-3 students take direct action to keep our oceans clean

This spring, faculty members in the Lower School’s 2-3 program added an environmental unit to their yearlong maritime study, with a focus on marine debris. Teachers reached out to staff at the Rozalia Project, an organization that is committed to...

Upper School Awards 2021

On behalf of the Upper School faculty and administration, it is my pleasure to announce the 2021 recipients of departmental awards, inductees into the Cum Laude Society, and recipients of other awards (descriptions of the awards are linked here): (more…)

Might adolescents possess the key to a revitalized democracy?

By Lowell Libby (Upper School Director) There is little doubt that extreme political division in America is paralyzing the nation’s ability to meet the many challenges we face and has left our democracy floundering. When encountering people with different viewpoints...

Upper School students develop classification technique to research asteroids

For the past year, as part of the Exploration of the Moon and Asteroids by Secondary Students (ExMASS) initiative run by the Lunar Planetary Institute, five Upper School students have been conducting a research project of their own design, in...

2-3 students design memorable gifts for their 4-5 friends

2-3 students recently made beautiful clay medallions for 4-5 students as a service project. Student names are on inscribed on one side—shoe tread impressions are on the other.

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