Last Friday, Racial Awareness at Waynflete (RAaW) spent half of the school day at faculty leader Sue Stein’s house for our annual retreat. The purpose of this retreat is to have the group bond so that we have a comfortable...
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Cambodia: Traveling to Cambodia for two consecutive summers has given me the opportunity to really experience the people and culture of the country in a deeper way. In year one, I was a complete stranger and tourist -- mouth agape,...
The Upper School Ethical Leadership and Service activity invites you to attend Waynflete's first ever Global Citizenship Forum. This all-school event will will take place on the evening of Monday, October 27 and will feature an international potluck dinner in Sills...
Join Waynflete's College Counselors, John Thurston and Breda White, for an overview of the college counseling process. John and Breda will highlight the support system in place for students as they begin to plan for life after Waynflete. Topics include:...
Thank you all for making OE 2014 a great success! Students and faculty alike have reported a good balance of fun, adventure, adversity, team-work and celebration - a GREAT way to start the year! A special thank you to parents...
The Foreign Language department is excited to announce that the French program will be taking a trip to Québec City this spring. The trip is open to Upper School students taking French, and it’s going to be incredibly fun. We’ll...
Early in the year we celebrate the opening of school at Convocation, an all school gathering that takes place at the center of the campus in the green space we call the Sanctuary. This event is one of the few times...
Upper School Students: There is a valuable resource available to you if you want help with such things as time management, study skills, test-taking skills, goal-setting, memory skills, organization/planning, and note-taking. Do you want to start a study group but...
In photo: Ali Ghorashi '15 and Sophia Benson '14 competing in MEST-UP last year. Waynflete seniors Julianna Harwood and Stephen Epstein will compete tonight at 7pm on WPXT (The CW, or Channel 12 locally) in a science and math based game show....
Lately I have found myself describing the teaching and learning that goes on at Waynflete as a two way street, with everyone in this room today incredibly lucky because of that. Let me explain what I mean by describing us...
September, 2014 Dear Upper School Families, On Wednesday, September 17, we get to show off the 2014 model of the Upper School academic program at Open House. You will follow a modified version of your child’s schedule, which has been...
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Dana Peirce ('15) returned from her service trip from Thailand with a new perspectives on a lot of things, including reforestation. Click here to read her letter to the editor of the Portland Press Herald about what she thinks we...
Elise LeBihan was chosen from a small group of the best music students from Maine who auditioned to participate in the All-National Honor Ensembles Festival in Nashville this October. Elise began playing violin at the age of 4. She currently studies...
The 2014-2015 school year has just let out for summer vacation, and my first year as a member of Waynflete’s Girls’ Leadership Training (GLTr) has come to an end. While I plan to milk all the lazy summer days for...
Last spring, John Thurston, recently hired as Waynflete's Director of College Counseling, sat down with then Junior Alex Lambert for an interview, recorded here. [audio m4a="http://waynfleteusnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/college-interview.m4a"][/audio] John began work on July 1. He has been busy meeting with parents and...
The Upper School Office will sport a new look this fall for the first time in a decade. Lydia Maier, who has been the Upper School Dean of Students, has taken on a school-wide role as Dean of Student Affairs....