K–1 students recently helped the Linear Algebra and Advanced Topics class complete an activity on fractals. The specific fractal pictured here is called a Sierpinski Carpet and is a repeating, decreasing pattern of empty central squares. The Linear Algebra students...
Articles Categorized: Upper School
Congratulations to our Upper and Middle School teams on their impressive wins at the Maine Science Olympiad tournament this past weekend! Waynflete's two Upper School teams, captained by seniors Maren Cooper '23 and Reed Robinson '23, earned top three finishes...
Another incredible year for the New England Youth Identity Summit! About 300 participants from almost 50 schools/organizations (in seven states!) came together on Saturday for a full-day program that featured inspiring speakers, student-led workshops, dialogue sessions, and performances. Thank you...
Ten Upper School students recently competed in the Maine Science Bowl—a quiz game-type competition sponsored by the Department of Energy. Question categories include physics, math, chemistry, biology, energy, and Earth and space science. Waynflete’s two teams performed well during the...
Congratulations to the Outliers Robotics team for their recent victory at the NE District Granite State Event. They partnered with teams from Windham, NH and Lewiston, ME, and went undefeated in the playoffs—finishing only five points away from the world...
Fifteen Upper School science students traveled to Brown University recently for an invitational Science Olympiad Tournament. Students competed with schools from across the country in 23 different science and engineering events, which ranged from building items like an electronic sensor...
The keynote speaker for the New England Youth Identity Summit on April 1 is Marpheen Chann—an author, writer, thinker, advocate, and speaker on social justice, equity, and inclusion. As a gay, first-generation Asian American born in California to a Cambodian...
Congratulations to the Speech and Debate team on their impressive showing in Massachusetts this past weekend! Our four-person team competed against sixteen other schools in three rounds of Parliamentary Debate and ultimately finished in second place. Great job, Flyers!
Last week at Waynflete was a musical one! We had two lovely recitals on Wednesday that featured students in grades 2–11 who take private lessons with our outstanding Enrichment Music teachers. On Thursday, 70 musicians from five different ensembles (Acoustic...
Students from Maine independent schools gathered at the State House today to connect with representatives. Waynflete seniors are pictured standing with the Speaker of the House, Waynflete alumna Rachel Talbot Ross '78.
“The skills students develop doing debate—organizing their thoughts, learning how to present, and arguing a perspective that might be different from their own—are essential building blocks to being a citizen of the world,” says Head of School Geoff Wagg. We...
As students in Physics Intensive learn about momentum and collisions, one of the primary goals is to understand how to minimize the forces experienced in a collision. To better understand the principles involved, students were given the task of designing...
The SpongeBob Musical takes us on a journey to the colorful world of "Bikini Bottom" where we find SpongeBob Squarepants, Patrick Star, and Sandy Cheeks bravely trying to save their beloved underwater realm from certain destruction! Our Upper School students...
Congratulations to Max Polsky '23 who recently performed as a part of the Jazz All-State ensemble at Bangor High School. This nine-person ensemble spent three days rehearsing and learning about improvisation and jazz history.
Read the latest issue of the The Wombat from the Waynflete Writers' Guild! Owl artwork: Anna Siegel '24
We were thrilled to have our friends at Windham High School participate in our most recent Can We? Project retreat! The Can We? Project is an experiment in revitalizing democracy centered on developing the capacity of high school students to...
Charlie Horner '23 and Liam Anderson '23 recently hosted climate justice activists Anna Siegel '24 and Madison Sheppard as part of The Perspective Project's first youth-based event of the year. This discussion encouraged students to think critically about climate change,...
Members of Waynflete's student-driven Perspective Project recently led a panel at the sold-out annual Educate Maine Symposium, an event attended by nearly 400 leaders in education and business from across the state. The symposium examined the importance of empathy in...
Congratulations, Flyers! Waynflete took fifth place at the Maine Junior Classical League (MEJCL) this year. MEJCL is a friendly academic competition between schools in Maine that teach Latin. On December 2, Waynflete students competed Hampden Academy to participate for the...
Congratulations to Ben Pochurek '24! Ben was honored by the Portland Museum of Art back in April and was recently featured in the Portland Press Herald for his unique artwork. Ben uses his welding talent and materials he finds around his...