Articles Categorized: Upper School

Celebrating seniors: Waynflete introduces a new ‘clap-in’ tradition

Looks like we have a new Waynflete tradition! We held a touching “clap-in” today for our graduating class, who were cheered by the entire school on a walk through campus. Check out the full experience courtesy of a GoPro strapped...

Flyers clinch fifteenth consecutive state championship

The pressure was on as the boys varsity tennis team geared up for their championship match on Wednesday morning. The Orono Red Riots were the only obstacle left in their quest for a record-breaking fifteenth consecutive Maine State Championship win,...

The Class of 2023 present their senior projects

Last Friday marked an important milestone for the Class of 2023 as they delivered their senior project presentations. After four weeks of exploration into topics of their own choosing, they presented their findings to their peers, teachers, and other members...

Seniors in Native American History share book reviews in captivating podcast episodes

Working on your reading list for the summer? We’ve got some reviews for you to check out!  Seniors in Native American History recently produced podcast episodes in which they reviewed books written by Indigenous authors from North America. Within these...

Middle and Upper School students impress at the Maine Junior Classical League Spring Convention

Congratulations to the Middle School and Upper School Latin students who participated in the Maine Junior Classical League Spring Convention last week! Students celebrated their love of Latin and made friends with other students from around the state while competing...

Tenth-grade community service day

Tenth-grade students recently participated in a community service morning at Fort Williams in Cape Elizabeth and Payson Park in Portland. Students continued the volunteer work started recently by their ninth-grade peers and contributed approximately 130 hours of invasive species removal...

Waynflete Science Olympiad at Nationals

On May 20, eleven Upper School students competed in the National Science Olympiad tournament at Wichita State University in Kansas. The team earned their spot at the tournament by winning the Maine State Science Olympiad tournament in April. Sixty teams...

Waynflete juniors visit Bowdoin to to examine documents from the Reconstruction Era

Waynflete juniors recently spent the morning with Bowdoin librarian Barbara Levergood, who facilitated an activity for them to examine original documents from the Reconstruction Era. These primary sources were from the 1871–72 Congressional Hearings on the investigation into the Ku Klux Klan...

Ninth-grade community service day

The entire ninth-grade class participated in community service yesterday as part of the school's annual Community Engagement Challenge. Two groups boarded buses in the morning to head to Fort Williams and Payson Park to remove invasive species for our longtime partners Friends of Fort Williams Park and Portland Parks Conservancy. The class donated approximately 100 hours...

The Outliers place third at the FIRST Championship

Congratulations to The Outliers robotics team for an impressive third place finish in their division at the FIRST Championship, an international robotics competition with more than 650 teams participating from 26 countries! The team also won the Innovation in Control...

K–1 students team up with Upper Schoolers on fractals project

K–1 students recently helped the Linear Algebra and Advanced Topics class complete an activity on fractals. The specific fractal pictured here is called a Sierpinski Carpet and is a repeating, decreasing pattern of empty central squares. The Linear Algebra students...

Waynflete’s Middle and Upper School teams win at the Maine Science Olympiad tournament

Congratulations to our Upper and Middle School teams on their impressive wins at the Maine Science Olympiad tournament this past weekend! Waynflete's two Upper School teams, captained by seniors Maren Cooper '23 and Reed Robinson '23, earned top three finishes...

Jasper Curtis ’23 and Leah Kramer ’25 are named the Waynflete Flyers Winter Athletes of the Year

Congratulations to Jasper Curtis '23 and Leah Kramer '25 for being named the Waynflete Flyers Winter Athletes of the Year by the Portland Press Herald! Jasper, a senior on the Waynflete/South Portland/Freeport co-op hockey team, ended the season with an...

The seventh annual New England Youth Identity Summit was a huge success!

Another incredible year for the New England Youth Identity Summit! About 300 participants from almost 50 schools/organizations (in seven states!) came together on Saturday for a full-day program that featured inspiring speakers, student-led workshops, dialogue sessions, and performances. Thank you...

Upper School students finish second in the Maine Science Bowl

Ten Upper School students recently competed in the Maine Science Bowl—a quiz game-type competition sponsored by the Department of Energy. Question categories include physics, math, chemistry, biology, energy, and Earth and space science. Waynflete’s two teams performed well during the...

The Outliers Robotics team wins at the NE District Granite State Event

Congratulations to the Outliers Robotics team for their recent victory at the NE District Granite State Event. They partnered with teams from Windham, NH and Lewiston, ME, and went undefeated in the playoffs—finishing only five points away from the world...

Upper School students compete in the Science Olympiad Tournament

Fifteen Upper School science students traveled to Brown University recently for an invitational Science Olympiad Tournament. Students competed with schools from across the country in 23 different science and engineering events, which ranged from building items like an electronic sensor...

Marpheen Chann is the keynote speaker for this year’s New England Youth Identity Summit

The keynote speaker for the New England Youth Identity Summit on April 1 is Marpheen Chann—an author, writer, thinker, advocate, and speaker on social justice, equity, and inclusion. As a gay, first-generation Asian American born in California to a Cambodian...

Speech and Debate team takes second place in Massachusetts debate competition

Congratulations to the Speech and Debate team on their impressive showing in Massachusetts this past weekend! Our four-person team competed against sixteen other schools in three rounds of Parliamentary Debate and ultimately finished in second place. Great job, Flyers!

Stellar performances from Waynflete musicians

Last week at Waynflete was a musical one! We had two lovely recitals on Wednesday that featured students in grades 2–11 who take private lessons with our outstanding Enrichment Music teachers. On Thursday, 70 musicians from five different ensembles (Acoustic...

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