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Articles Categorized: Upper School
Waynflete Students Honored at the Harvard Model UN Competition
Over 3500 high school students from 36 different countries and 28 states, representing over 200 schools in all, attended the Harvard Model United Nations Conference for four days last week. Eight of them were from Waynflete. Hibo Abdi, Sarah Avery,...
The Rimers of Eldritch Opens This Week
The Upper School Play, The Rimers of Eldritch, by Lanford Wilson, opens this week for the following performances: Open dress rehearsal: Wednesday, February 3 at 3:00 p.m. Performances: February 4-6 at 7:00 p.m in Franklin Theater The audience will be seated...
Grade Advising Day in the Upper School-February 4
Every year, the Upper School suspends classes for one day to focus on topics relevant to the grade. This year, Grade Advising Day for Upper School will focus on building community and strengthening student health and well-being. In the morning,...
Come Enjoy an Island Dinner
Island Dinner: Come feast before the Upper School Musical Date: Friday, February 5 Time: 5:30- 7:30 p.m. Location: Emery Student Center and Atrium Benefit for Coral Reef Ecology Field Program (April 2016) Tickets: $10 Student, $15 for Adult Tickets available...
Science Olympiad Team Back in Action at MIT Tournament
Fifteen Upper School students competed in the MIT Invitational Science Olympiad Tournament in Cambridge on Saturday, January 23rd. Many nationally ranked and regional teams competed in 23 science, engineering, lab, and technology events throughout the day. Waynflete came in 29th...
Student Reflections on Hearing Mary Bonauto Speak
Acadia Weinberg '16 Last Thursday, the Waynflete Upper School had the honor of welcoming Mary Bonauto to speak at assembly. Mary has dedicated her life to fighting prejudicial discrimination against LGBTQ Americans through the legal system, arguing cases that set...
The Legacy Lives
On Thursday, January 14, 2016, Waynflete's racial awareness group, RAaW, sponsored the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Upper School Assembly. The assembly featured three speakers: Arlie Schardt, a former journalist for Time Magazine and the grandfather of Josh ('17) and...
Dr. Peter Hamblin and Waynflete: Thirty Five Years and Counting
Peter Hamblin (aka Doc to generations of Waynflete students) recently sat down with USNOW staff vidoegrapher Christian Brooks for an interview. Joining the Waynflete community in 1980, Doc's 35 years at the school make him the second longest serving faculty member....
Ben Millspaugh, Waynflete’s 2016 Poetry Out Loud Winner. Performs “Gravelly Run”
The Poetry Out Loud competition is an annual national event in which Wayflete Upper School takes great pride in participating. Every year, ninth graders spend months practicing their poems. In January, classroom champs recite their poems at an assembly from which...
The Rimers of Eldritch – update on the winter play
The Rimers of Eldritch By Lanford Wilson Open dress rehearsal: Wednesday, February 3 at 4:00 p.m. Performances: February 4-6 at 7:00 p.m in Franklin Theater The audience will be seated on the stage for the performance. The play contains difficult subject...
Alumni visiting season is in full swing
Helen Gray-Bauer '15 came by for a visit to discover that she is a local celebrity.
Mary Bonauto Coming to Waynflete on January 21
As the Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD’s) Civil Rights Project Director since 1990, Mary has litigated on discrimination issues, free speech and religious liberty, and relationship and parental rights. In 2015 she successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme...
Upper School Music Concert
The Upper School Music Concert will take place on Thursday, January 21, from 7:00 - 9:00 in Franklin Theater. It will feature the Upper School Chorus, Jazz Bands, and Chamber Group. Chamber Ensembles Flute Quartet in D Major, K.285 by...
The Truth Behind the Cushion
On Thursday October 1st, after a day of classes and right before a soccer game, Steve Kautz and I sat across from Jan Robinson, the owner of EcoHome. Her visit came about as a part of the independent study I...
Waynflete Welcomes Arlie Schardt to Speak at Upper School Assembly
To help us explore the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement he lead, Waynflete’s racial awareness group, RAaW, has invited Arlie Schardt - a longtime journalist and public interest advocate and the grandfather of...
Fall Fest, 2015
On a Thursday in November, the Waynflete Upper School celebrated its annual Fall Festival. From eleven o’clock until noon, students gathered at Waynhenge, where an obstacle course, cider, apple crisp, and fresh popcorn had been prepared by student government members. Students...
Phoebe Colvin-Oehmig ’15 Writes Home Midway Through a Gap Year
I stood in Eden. The warm Bahamian sun browned my shoulders. The turquoise waves lapped at my toes buried in the pink sand. Shorebirds flitted around me. I stepped backwards and within seconds the ocean pooled into my footprints. Yet,...
