Upper School Jazz Combo members as they appear in the photo from the left are: Julia Hansen '18 - Upright Bass, Ali Ghorashi '15 - Piano, Jacob Hagler '15 - Guitar, Chris Bergeron '16 - Drums, Jacob Greene '18 - Baritone Sax, Eliza Cox '18 -...
Articles Categorized: Upper School
Martin Luther King Jr. is a powerful historical figure. I was honored to have been selected to go to the MLK Breakfast hosted by the Portland branch of the NAACP. The six winners of the first annual Spirit of MLK...
Waynflete School has a longstanding relationship with nearby Reiche School, a partnership which you can read more about here. Tenth-grade student Isabel Canning was recently inspired to organize a Boots and Books Drive when she learned from a teacher whose classroom she...
Michaela Goldfine’s 2nd and 3rd grade students who are studying clay paid a visit to Mimi Olins’ Upper School Wheel Throwing class. Throwing students shared what they have been working on and an informative, fun conversation was had by all!
Waynflete’s Diversity Advisory Group (DAG), a committee of faculty and staff, sponsored the first annual Spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. Award. Students in the Upper and Middle School were invited to submit writings on the importance of continued commitment to...
Waynflete in lights at the 2014 National Science Olympiad On January 24, a team from Waynflete will be heading to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to compete against 64 high schools from the northeast in a Science Olympiad hosted by MIT. Waynflete's team...
When South Portland Detective. Sgt. Steve Webster wanted to make the public aware of human trafficking, he turned to Waynflete Senior Mike Rodway for help. USNOW staff member Austin Fanburg sat down with Mike to ask about the film Mike...
Eight Waynflete students, representing every class in the Upper School, are rigorously preparing to attend the Harvard International Model UN conference to be held in Boston the end of January, our fifth appearance there. Representing the Republic of Georgia in...
Riley Mayes has won first place in Waynflete’s Poetry Out Loud Contest. Her moving recitations of “In a London Drawing Room” by George Eliot won Riley top honors in the school-wide competition held during the Upper School assembly on January...
I read somewhere once that the biggest fear most people have, even eclipsing fear of death, is that of public speaking. There’s something about having to stand up in front of a large group of people and deliver a statement...
Waynflete’s Diversity Advisory Group (DAG), a committee of faculty and staff, is thrilled to announce the first annual Spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. Award. Recipients will be selected based on writings submitted by Upper and Middle School students on...
[audio m4a="http://waynfleteusnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/if-fefpc1.m4a"][/audio] If you have ever been a part of a play, then you have probably had Postpartum Show Depression. Maybe you haven’t called it that, but you’ve probably had it. In fact, if you’ve ever devoted yourself to a...
Waynflete’s MEST Up duo of Julianna Harwood ’15 and Stephen Epstein ’15 defeated Kennebunk High School in the MEST Up competition, capturing the tournament crown. In case you missed it, here is a link to the championship match. In addition...
Genevieve Welch and five other Waynflete students, auditioned for, and were accepted to participate in the All-State Music Festival on May 14-16/2015 at the University of Southern Maine. Helen Gray-Bauer will perform viola in the orchestra James Bigbee will perform...
Members of the class of 2005 enjoying fine weather on the Presidential traverse as sophomores According to Ron Hall - former Upper School Director, Development Director, Acting Head of School, and Outdoor Experience pioneer - Outdoor Experience ran for the...