Articles Categorized: Upper School

Outdoor Experience Wrap-up Message for Parents

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...

Spring French Trip to Quebec

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...

School Opens: Convocation Video

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...

Free Period in the US

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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...

Watch Waynflete Upper School Students on MEST-UP!

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....

Lowell’s Opening Talk to Upper School Students

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...

Letter to Parents from Lowell regarding Open House and the Student Assistance Program

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...

Outdoor Experience Photo Galleries

Ninth Grade Photo Gallery Tenth Grade Photo Gallery Eleventh Grade Photo Gallery Twelfth Grade Photo Gallery    

Waynflete Flyers Fall Sports Preview

Check out The Forecaster's fall sports preview for the Waynflete Flyers!

Reforestation from Thailand to Maine

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 (’15) selected to perform in the All-National Honor Ensembles Orchestra

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...

Girls Leadership Training – Year One

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...

John Thurston Interview

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...

Staffing Changes in the US Office

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....

Living Up to Relationships

With the intent of staying no more than five years, I started work at Waynflete in the fall of 1991.  I had become intrigued with Waynflete through conversations about schools with Bill Bennett, then the long serving Headmaster.  He and...

Boys and Girls Tennis Teams Crowned State Champs

Portland Press Herald Article

Boys and Girls Tennis Teams Crowned Regional Champs

Congratulations to the boys and girls tennis teams who were both crowned as Class C Regional Champions today.  Boys defeated NYA 5-0 and girls defeated Winthrop 5-0.  This is the 4th consecutive regional title for the girls and the 7th...

Geoff Wagg Reflects on his First Year

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Senior Dinner ’14

The Class of 2014 gathered with their Upper School advisors on Monday evening at the Italian Heritage Center for this year’s Senior Dinner. The Senior Dinner is an opportunity for the students and Upper School advisors to appreciate and reminisce about their...

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