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Congratulations to the Outliers Robotics team for an impressive showing in the New England Championships, where they faced off against the region’s 96 top teams. The Outliers got off to a rocky start on the first day as their robot...
Congratulations are in order! Waynflete continued its reign as Maine State Science Olympiad champions in a close 23-event competition at the University of Maine this past weekend. The team beat Falmouth by a mere three points, illustrating just how important...
A stormy end to the week didn't deter more than 300 students and educators from attending Waynflete’s eighth annual New England Youth Identity Summit on Saturday. More than 31 student-run workshops were on offer, on topics ranging from climate justice...
Congratulations to the Upper School Math Team for earning second place in the Class D division of the Maine State Math Meet yesterday. Each question in the meet was worth three or more points—the team missed out on the championship...
Ten Waynflete students recently competed in the Maine State Science Bowl, a trivia competition sponsored by the Department of Energy. Coached by science teachers Wendy Curtis and Katrina St. John, Waynflete’s two five-person teams faced off in this rapid-fire, buzzer-style...
The Outliers Robotics team is once again the winner of the Granite State Robotics competition! 35 teams from across New England competed in this three-day event in New Hampshire. Team members grappled with unexpected and complex mechanical, electrical, and coding...
Last fall, Waynflete offered a Digital Journalism course taught by local podcast producer and journalist Emma Reynolds. During the semester, students produced podcasts and wrote articles about stories in the Waynflete community. They learned how to conduct interviews, record audio,...
Fifteen Upper School science students traveled to MIT on January 20 for an invitational Science Olympiad tournament. Students competed with schools from across the country in 23 different science and engineering events. Some events required students to design, build, and...
Waynflete's Third Thought for Civic Engagement initiative recently hosted "Can We? Connect," a full-day conference at the Augusta Civic Center for high school students from fourteen partner schools in Maine who are participating in The Can We? Project this year....
Four Upper School students recently joined more than 2,000 students at the NAIS Student Diversity Leadership Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. This conference was a multiracial, multicultural gathering of student leaders from independent high schools across the globe that allowed...
Congratulations to Lucy Hart ’24 and Jacob Woodman ’24, who have been named the Waynflete Flyers Fall Athletes of the Year by the Portland Press Herald! Read more at bit.ly/3R5hv1C. Lucy was also recently honored at the Maine Soccer Coaches...
The Perspective Project is an Upper School student-led initiative that uses the power of conversation to learn from—and celebrate—diverse perspectives and experiences. The Project recently held their first event of the year featuring Margo Walsh ’82, the founder of MaineWorks...
Students, faculty, and community members were inspired, entertained, and moved by Monday's evening interview with award-winning author Dr. Nnedi Okorafor. Dr. Okorafor spoke of her experience as a daughter of Nigerian immigrants, her process as a writer, her love for...
Students in Intro to Computer-Aided Design (CAD) are gaining experience in designing intricate components using sophisticated CAD software. This software is used to design precision machines and components across various industries, from aerospace to computer chip manufacturing. The parts that...
In 2015, British hair stylist Joshua Coombes founded “Do Something for Nothing,” a movement that inspires people to share their time with people in need and to make a difference in their own way. Joshua shared his journey with Upper...
Congratulations to our girls varsity soccer team on an impressive 9–1 victory over Sacopee Valley at our first Friday Night Lights game! It was an incredible evening for our community as families, alumni, faculty/staff, and other Waynflete community members—more than...
Ninth- and tenth-graders recently participated in grade-level service days as part of the Upper School Community Engagement Program. They spent the day at Runaway Farm in Cape Elizabeth, one of the many Cape Elizabeth Land Trust properties that are open...
Waynflete has received a $50,000 grant from Unum to support The Can We? Project, one of several initiatives run by the school’s Third Thought Institute for Civic Engagement program. Grant funds will be provided over a two-year period. The Can...
Anna Siegel ’23 recently traveled to Washington, DC, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act and advocate for further conservation legislation. Read more about Anna’s trip (in her own words!) below: "Last week, I had my first...
It's Waynflete's birthday! We celebrated our 125th year with a Founders' Day celebration that included cupcakes for all students and employees. Did you know that Waynflete's founders, Agnes Lowell and Caroline Crisfield, sold the school to a newly formed corporation...
