Articles Categorized: Upper School

Middle School Mentoring Retreat

Middle School Mentoring is an Upper School activity that offers an opportunity for high schoolers to create and foster relationships with middle schoolers, helping them navigate the unique challenges of middle school life. The leaders this year, Musaid Mohammed '19 and...

Creature Club Celebrates a Llama’s Birthday

On Saturday, November 18th, the Upper School's Creature Club activity volunteered at Graze in Peace (an animal sanctuary) in Durham, Maine. Participants included Charlotte Rhoads, Hannah Kiely, Aden Khalidi, Eliza Clark, Courtney Ford, Isabel and Claire Dubois, Stella Lynch and...

Fall Sports Slideshow

Check out the awesome slideshow put together by Shuhao Liu '18. Congrats on a great season, Flyers!

Mary Goodrich ’20 reflects on her time at the barn

Each "What Matters Most?" interview tries to capture an aspect of a student’s pursuits or interests that might not be visible in their everyday Waynflete experience. This week, I caught up with Mary Goodrich '20 after discovering she spends nearly...

Fall 2017 issue of “Lit Mag” from the Waynflete Writers’ Guild

The Waynflete Writers’ Guild has been around for a number of years as a place for students to meet, have fun, and share their writings. This year’s guild has taken on the ambitious goal of publishing student written and visual...

Veterans Day at Waynflete

Josh Broder, Waynflete Class of 1997, Army Veteran, and owner of Tilson (a local telecommunications company) gave an amazing talk to the Upper School Assembly on Tuesday. You can watch the video here. Josh's full bio is below. Josh was...

Viewing Education Through a Lens Broadens Perspective

Junior Miles Lipton recently traveled to India to volunteer at the Siddhartha School. He wrote about his experiences for Maine Public—click here to check out the incredible story!

From the Wilds of Yosemite National Park

I am writing this letter from a cabin in Yosemite Valley, where my windows overlook - in one direction - an oak grove with four giant Sequoias shedding dark orange and brown leaves on the gravestone of Galen Clark, and...

Winter Show Auditions—”The Drowsy Chaperone”

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison—Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar Director and Musical Director: Katy Cavanaugh Technical Director: Chris Fitze  Producer: Tiki Fuhro Choreography: Susan Nelson  Costumes: Barbara Kelly Auditions and crew...

Fall Sports Update—Here Come Playoffs!

The postseason is upon us! Read on for updates from all the Waynflete teams: Update, Saturday 10/28: Several Flyer teams were in action today: Girls cross country placed 5th in the Class C state meet. Many of the girls ran...

Checking in From Spain

Hi Geoff! How are you? I hope this school year has had a great start! I'm sure you are probably very busy but I'm writing to thank you for making Waynflete what it is. Waynflete has prepared me extremely well...

Cross-Country at Regionals

A beautiful fall day and some exciting Cross-Country racing! The highlights: Henry Spritz wins Class C Regional title Boys place third and qualify for states Girls place fourth and qualify for states Class C states is at Twinbrooks on Saturday Oct....

Fall Play Coming Up Soon—”As You Like It”

AS YOU LIKE IT by William Shakespeare Join this cast and crew of forty three, as we romp through the "forest of Arden" November 2 - 4 at 7:00pm Franklin Theater Forest adventures, chance meetings, disguise and transformation bring this cast of delightful...

Julian Abbott ’18 Named to All-State Jazz Combo

Congratulations to Julian Abbott '18 for his outstanding performance at the Maine Music Educators Association Jazz All-State auditions!  His extremely high score earned him the tenor saxophone seat in the elite Jazz All-State Combo.  Festival organizers report that over 370 students from 65 schools auditioned...

PRIDE Presents Ally Week!

PRIDE ALLY WEEK This week PRIDE calls our attention to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning voices in our community. PRIDE: Promoting Respect Integrity Diversity and Equality- values people, regardless of gender identity and sexual orientation, and believes...

Service Day at Fort Williams

Student Perspectives on What Matters Most

This post is the first in a new series on USNow featuring student perspectives on what matters most to them. Last year was my first year at Waynflete. I realized before the end of my first week, that this was...

Fall Play Rehearsal Underway

Rehearsals are underway for the fall play, Shakespeare's AS YOU LIKE IT. Check out the gallery above! The cast of twenty along with several crew members were treated to a workshop with the teaching artists from Portland Stage Company this...

Convocation 2017

The entire school was treated to a wonderful convocation ceremony this past Thursday. It is one of the few times during the year when the entire student body and all the faculty and staff are together. Geoff opened the gathering...

Opening of School Remarks from US Director Lowell Libby

Greetings, and welcome back from your soggy week. I heard from one trip leader after another, Waynflete teachers, AMC and Chewonki leaders, everyone with whom you came in contact how awesome you all were, despite the weather. By rising to...

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