Fall 2019 issue of LitMag
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Articles By: Waynflete Communications
Lower School woodwinds and strings
This year, instrumental music teachers Gene Gill and Eddie Holmes have collaborated on a program that gives grade 4 and 5 students their first tastes of brass and woodwind instruments. The class complements the introduction to strings program that Andy...
Indigenous traditions with Chris Knapp ’97
Chris Knapp (Waynflete class of 1997) visited with students in the 2-3 program this week. Chris runs an educational organization in Temple, Maine, called Koviashuvik Local Living School. He taught students about indigenous traditions and skills, including pounding ash logs...
Learning about the Wabanaki in the Piney Woods
Mi’kmaq elder and traditional storyteller David Lonebear Sanipass recently visited with second and third graders under the towering trees of the “Piney Woods.” With his young audience surrounding him in a circle, David told three stories. The first was about...
The Garage
The seventh- and eighth-grade lockers were relocated to the Forum over the summer, freeing up the standalone building between Cook-Hyde/Morrill and Hurd to be reimagined as a new multipurpose space. Big shout-out to Jeff Smith from the facilities crew for...
Art opening in K-1
K-1 students are grouped into four habitats representing forest, marsh, meadow, and garden. In conjunction with their study of these habitats, students recently created elements for a community mural. Each habitat focused on a season: the meadow in winter, the...
Exploring the world of condensed matter theory with Ali Ghorashi ’15
Power up your stereo receiver, game system, or desktop computer. Wait a few minutes, then place your hand on the top panel. Feel the warmth? That’s waste heat, the result of the inefficient conduction of electricity. Multiply that effect by...
Following in Calder’s footsteps
Alexander Calder was an American sculptor who lived from 1898-1976. Calder originally studied and practiced engineering. His interest in how things moved and balanced can be seen in all of his artwork. After moving to Paris in 1926, Calder began...
New Waynflete weather station
A weather-monitoring station was recently installed on the roof of the Lower School. The station measures wind direction and velocity, outdoor temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, and rain data. It also provides ultraviolet radiation (UV) and electromagnetic intensity readings that, along...
Rebecca Smith ’12 researching prehistoric climate change to better predict the world to come
For most of us, visiting a beautiful setting in Maine means taking in the views, basking in the sun, and perhaps looking out for local wildlife. Becky Smith thinks a bit differently. When she’s out in the natural world, she’s...
Lower School art – Day 1!
K-5 students began the year by creating Collages of Chance in art class. We discussed how making mistakes in art is ok, and how mistakes can lead to new images. We discussed Hans Arp (1886-1966), who was a poet, sculptor,...
Convocation wind socks
Lower School students created "wind socks" for the Waynflete's opening Convocation. Teacher Mary Rehak was inspired to use recycled materials to make art that reacts with the wind. (Ideas in connection with The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind). Materials included...
Opening remarks for the 2019-2020 school year
Welcome back to you all. Special welcome to the ninth graders and to all of you who are new to the Upper School. I hope that you all had a great week and that those of you who are new...
Curiosity
“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” ― Philip Pullman Good morning! I am so energized by LEAP Week this morning. Other than a sunburn on my nose, the most obvious sign...
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
I recently returned home to find my youngest child Henry surrounded by dozens of small pieces of wood scattered all about the kitchen. He was engrossed in the process of building a coin-sorting machine out of popsicle sticks. He demonstrated...
Congratulations Class of 2019!
It was a whirlwind week at Waynflete, but final events have come to a close and suddenly the hallways feel oddly quiet. We had two wonderful ceremonies for our graduating seniors—Baccalaureate and Commencement. Click below to see photos and poetry...
Our Graduates Are Going Places!
Waynflete’s Class of 2019 is a group of accomplished young adults with an impressive list of colleges and universities that they will be attending! Below is the list of where our 76 graduates will matriculate this fall. (more…)
LitMag – June 2019
Click here to view or download a PDF version of the June 2019 LitMag! Photo: Blythe Thompson
Night at the Museum
Over the past decade, Waynflete’s sixth-grade class has closed out the year with a culminating event—a museum that showcases student learning. This year’s museum focused on the theme of the Ancient World. (more…)
Should we “de-extinct” the woolly mammoth?
Katrina St. John's seventh-grade earth science students recently welcomed Dana Waring from the Harvard Medical School genetics lab to class. Dana, who is the the cofounder and education director of the Personal Genetics Education Project, spoke about CRISPR and its...
