 |
The Waynflete Wire |
For the fourth year in a row, Upper School theater students hosted a celebration of instant and spontaneous creativity in the Franklin Theater. At 4:00 p.m. last Friday, playwriting prompts created by Waynflete students went out by email to students...
Upper School Director Lowell Libby and Maine Heritage Policy Center CEO Matthew Gagnon recently co-authored an op-ed on The Can We? Project. The piece was published by the Portland Press Herald on November 28. Read the op-ed
On Friday night, I stood at the top of the theater with Tiki Fuhro and Susan Nelson “managing” the throngs of people filling the space beyond capacity. These were not just the parents of theater kids—these were parents, alums, faculty,...
Ruby Lynch, Laura Martin, Ella Hannaford, and Abby Shumway participated in a Veterans History Project (VHP) workshop today at the University of Southern Maine. The Library of Congress started the VHP to collect, preserve, and make accessible the personal accounts...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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…)
Click here to view or download a PDF version of the June 2019 LitMag! Photo: Blythe Thompson
Patricia (Pat) Davis Klingenstein, Class of 1947, has been named the first recipient of the school’s Alumni Leadership Award in recognition of her work as an education advocate, devoted community leader, volunteer, and philanthropist. The award, which will henceforth be...
Congratulations to the seven award winners from this year's Model UN team: Lily F: Distinguished Delegate, Czech Republic Emma Irvine: Honorable Mention, UK Andrew Johannen: Honorable Mention, Madagascar Blythe Thompson: Distinguished Delegate, UK Adriel Barnham: Honorable Mention, UK Caroline Routh: Distinguished Delegate, UK Sam Yankee, Distinguished Delegate,...
Students in Upper School biology recently delved into the practical application of dog genetics. Science teacher Katrina St. John arranged for her classes to collaborate with Debbie Landry, founder of iXplore, an organization that promotes STEM lab activities and curriculum...
Abby Aleshire '20 competed in the “Maine Chinese Speaking Contest” in Bangor on May 17. This annual competition includes a 3-4 minute speech written on a topic of the applicant’s choice—and recited from memory. Abby’s recital of an ancient Chinese...
Caring participation in the community is a fundamental value at Waynflete. We believe such engagement promotes social welfare and justice in the world while cultivating important attitudes and meaningful connections for those who serve. Each year, the faculty confers recognition...
A group of Upper Schoolers recently attended an afternoon workshop at Texas Instruments's South Portland facility along with teachers Stephanie Dolan and Sue Stein. Students toured “the Fab” and had a Q&A session with both veteran engineers and recent graduates....
Three student participants in Waynflete’s “Can We?” Project, along with co-creator and facilitator Deb Bicknell, were recently featured on the Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program podcast “Thanks for Listening.” Listen to the episode
