Fifteen years ago, Band Director Ray Morrow invited former jazz students to join the current band to play Maputo for an Upper School Assembly while projecting the video live on the old theater wall. This year he repeated the Maputo...
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I am Vanessa Van Deusen, a senior here at Waynflete, and I am a ballerina. I started ballet when I was a kid, as most little girls do, but for me it was an obsession rather than a passing phase....
Grade Advising Day has been going on for more than 20 years and is important for students of all grades. Ninth Grade Seminar teacher Cathie Connors, who has always been involved with the freshman group, says Grade Advising Day is...
Under the rule of the Taliban, Afghanistan went through a tremendous change. The Taliban had immense impact on the society as they gained more power. With the regulations that were established, numerous people felt the aftermath in their daily lives....
In Franklin Theater on the evening of April 8, Waynflete will host the fifth annual State of the Ocean Series Talk. Having taught Marine Biology for more than twenty years, I have developed a deep passion for the ocean and the...
Waynflete won the State Science Olympiad tournament for the second year in a row! Yesterday, 30 Waynflete students completed in 23 different science and engineering events at the University of Maine in Orono. Our kids built elastic launched gliders, compound...
Plastics At SEA with Dr. Kara Lavender Law 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 Franklin Theater Waynflete School Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. for interactive exhibits and informational tables from ocean focused organizations. Light refreshments will be available. Admission...
I have never really thought of myself as smart at life. But last semester, Steve Kautz sat our Business and Finance class down for a discussion about LifeSmarts, a national competition for high school students that focuses on consumer education....
They wait outside my classroom by the closed door for the “big kids” to leave. Their energy is un-containable and fueled by the anticipation of seeing a friend’s older brother, a “big sister” from their Lower School days, or the...
Juniors Jacob Soley and Alexa Carrington earned first and fifth place respectively in the writing contest about bullying in schools sponsored by The Women’s Literary Union. Students from all over the area were nominated by their English teachers, and Lorry...
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I picked up the elephant first. The clock was ticking. Al and I grabbed for the pipe cleaners, unfortunately inspiration hadn't hit yet. The Kennebunk team across from us in the film studio was hurriedly constructing what looked something like...