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Articles Categorized: Upper School
Expressing The Waynflete Brand
Waynflete has been described as a school and community that you need to experience in order to truly understand. Last year Waynflete began a "branding" process intended to increase understanding of the School beyond the immediate Waynflete community. Our brand is,...
District II Music Festival
Photo: Willson Moore, Leah Israel, Sam Harbison, Dorrie Pinchbeck, and Sarah Heath; with Nick MacDonald, Choral Director Congratulations to our Upper School musicians accepted into the Maine District II Music Festival! James Bigbee, Sam Harbison, Sarah Heath, Leah Israel, Willson...
Updated information about the fall season in Athletics, PE, PA, and Visual Arts
Important note to parents of ninth and tenth graders: In the fall, all ninth and tenth graders were required to enroll in a performing arts class, which met from 2:00-2:50 on Mondays and Thursdays. In the winter season, they are...
Mock Election in the Upper School
Waynflete Upper School voted today as part of the National Student/Parent Mock Election program. It was administered here in Maine by the Secretary of State’s office, and our votes were sent to Augusta to be tallied with other schools across...
A Waynflete First: Adult Education
At every Open House, many parents comment, “I wish I could go to school at Waynflete.” Upon visits home, many alums hearken back to their days as Waynflete students and wish that they would return. Well, if you have ever...
Waynflete’s MEST-Up Team Advances
After defeating the team from Baxter Academy earlier this fall, Waynflete's MEST-Up team of Julianna Harwood ('15) and Stephen Epstein ('15) took on Westbrook High School in the Quarterfinal round and emerged victorious. MEST-Up is a television game show that...
A Cry of Players
Waynflete Drama will present William Gibson's A Cry of Players on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, November 6–8, at 7:00 p.m. in Franklin Theater. It is suitable for audiences over the age of 13. The play is a fictional account of the...
Fall Season Athletic Update
Halloween was not such a treat for the Waynflete soccer teams as both the boys and girls fell in the Class C West Semi-finals. The girls dropped a 1-0 hard fought battle to the Sacopee Valley Hawks and finished an...
The Water Station of Dreams
It’s only been a month and we've already given 64 cumulative hours of service towards helping to grant chronically ill children’s dreams. A few weeks ago, the Waynflete and Gorham dream factory clubs teamed up and ran a water station...
Asante Sana
Last school year, Sue Stein, who works with Waynflete's EAL students, spent the semester traveling in Africa. In her trip blog, she described the purpose of her trip this way. For years I have listened to students tell stories of...
Mentors Needed
US Mentors Needed for Soccer, Knitting, Music, Cooking, and Nordic Ski Enrichment Workshops and Afterschool After School Enrichment is looking for additional US students to work or volunteer in a variety of programs Dec 1-Feb 13. Mentors are needed for...
Upper School Ethical Leadership and Service Activity Drives
The Upper School Ethical Leadership and Service Activity is sponsoring two donation drives underway. The first is for girls lacrosse gear that will be brought to Guatemala City as part of the Maya Lacrosse program, which organizes lacrosse programs for girls...
Finding What Matters Through Kindness and Purpose
On the heels of last week's advising afternoon, Upper School students had two additional opportunities to consider the year's opening talk about crafting a life that "makes you matter." This past Thursday, senior Helen Gray-Bauer and ninth grader Nick Jenkins...
Waynflete Grad Takes on the Economic Realities of College Tuition
Many Waynflete families are thinking about the economic realities of college tuition. Last Tuesday, the School hosted an evening program entitled "Financing a College Education" led by Steve Joyce, Senior Advisor for Financial Aid at Bowdoin College. Next week, Steve is...
Financing a College Education Part II
On Tuesday, 10/14, Steve Joyce, Director of Student Aid, Emeritus at Bowdoin College, lead senior parents in a full, pragmatic, and welcome discussion of what steps to take regarding the financial aid application process as their children draft their college...
