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George Bernard Shaw wrote "Saint Joan" in 1923, just a few years after Joan of Arc was canonized. When the Nobel committee awarded Shaw the prize for literature in 1925, they noted Saint Joan to be, “marked by both idealism and humanity,...
Under 15-year veteran coach Rich Henry, the boys basketball team had a very successful season. The boys earned the WMC Division Championship on their way to a 14-2 regular season record. The team recorded impressive wins over Class B powerhouses...
The February 2019 issue of Lit Mag is out, and for the first time, we've featured alumni content! Click here to read the latest issue
Waynflete art department chair Judy Novey was recently recognized by the Maine Art Education Association in its annual Art Educator Awards and Recognitions Program. Judy received the Association’s "Outstanding Commitment to the Profession” award. Congratulations Judy!
The Upper School PRIDE students organized a week of events to promote LGBTQ+ visibility and inclusion. Students participated in creating a Waynflete PRIDE banner, donned their best "Rainbow-wear," and assisted the Upper School librarians in identifying works that feature LGBTQ+...
Waynflete hosted the school’s first annual Invitational Chamber Music Festival on February 10. Over 30 participants representing eight schools and studios gathered in the Franklin Theater for workshops and a public concert. "The goal is to provide an annual opportunity...
Last week the Irish-American author Colum McCann came to Portland on a mission. He wanted to tell the story of Narrative 4, an organization of authors and artists dedicated to mending our social fabric through cultivating “fearless hope” and “radical empathy”...
Congratulations to Performing Arts jazz instructor Ray Morrow for leading the Upper School's Jazz Ensemble and Combo group at the Berklee Jazz Festival for 30 consecutive years! Ray's contributions were recognized with a ceremony at this year's event. (more…)
Eliza Goodwin '20 and Tzevi Aho '19 received Gold and Silver keys respectively at the recent Scholastic Exhibition at the Maine College of Art (part of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards). Five Waynflete students' work is currently on display...
At the most recent meeting of the Upper School team, I asked each advisor to tell a brief story that illustrates their happiest moment at work over the past two weeks since the start of the new year. When it...
Chloë Rowse '12 spoke with Upper School students this week about her experiences hiking the 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail in 2018. Chloë counseled students to "never underestimate what you are capable of doing." Here's full story: (more…)
The Authenticity show in the Waynflete Gallery has enabled visitors of all ages to participate in various reinterpretations of famous "masterpieces." The show invites viewers and participants to consider the very definitions of art and who is an artist, while...
“Clever use of language, insightful perspective, and engaging commentary.” These are some of the qualities that New York Times Learning Network staff considered when judging almost 2,000 submissions to the newspaper’s fourth annual Student Review Contest. Students in Laura Lennig’s...
On January 12, fifteen Waynflete students competed in 23 different science and engineering events at the MIT Science Olympiad Invitational Tournament in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Notable finishes include a 12th place finish (against 76 teams from across the country, representing some of the top Science Olympiad schools) in...
Many of you have already noted with great excitement that Colum McCann, the widely read and highly acclaimed Irish author of six novels and three collections of stories, is coming to speak at Waynflete during the evening of February 6,...
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“Real World Performing Arts” was piloted as a new class in Upper School this past semester. Mary Jane Pagenstecher and Tiki Fuhro co-taught this hands-on journey through performing arts for social change. Students explored dramatic literature through the ages, became...
The “Poetry Out Loud” national recitation contest was created by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. The contest is administered in partnership with arts agencies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin...
The December 2018 issue of the Upper School Lit Mag is out! View/download here
Students from Waynflete, Kennebunk High School, Scarborough High School, Morse High School, Portland High School, and Deering High School spent Sunday in Franklin Theater writing and staging plays during the 24-Hour Theater Fest. Thirty participants and eleven playwrights!
