Jazz Combo Takes Second Place at the MMEA High School Instrumental State Jazz Festival
Congratulations to the Waynflete Upper School Jazz Combo for taking Second Place, Division 3 with a Gold rating at the Maine Music Educators Association High School Instrumental State Jazz Festival 2016! Recognized with MMEA certificates for receiving 1 ratings as soloists were Julian Abbott ’18 (tenor sax), Will Black ’17 (tenor sax), Owen Gervais ’17 (guitar) and Jack Weston ’16 (piano). In addition, Julian Abbott received an award as a festival outstanding performer!
Upper School Jazz Combo Members
Julian Abbott ’18 – Tenor Sax
Owen Ardell ’19 – Baritone Sax
Chris Bergeron ’16 – Drums
Will Black ’17 – Tenor Sax
Eliza Cox ’18 – Alto Sax
Owen Gervais ’17 – Guitar
Julia Hansen ’18 – Upright Bass
Alan Wen ’18 – Alto Sax
Jack Weston ’16 – Piano
Joint Concert with NYA to benefit Help Haiti
On Tuesday, March 29, Waynflete is hosting the second annual joint concert with North Yarmouth Academy to benefit the Middle School Help Haiti activity.
The evening will start off with dessert and coffee and a performance by the Middle School Steel Band in Sills Hall at 6:00 p.m. The concert in Franklin Theater begins at 7:00 p.m. and will feature the NYA and Waynflete Bluegrass Bands and the Waynflete Upper School Chorus. At the end of the concert everybody is invited to participate in a Community Bluegrass Jam – “Keep on the The Sunny Side” in the key of C. The concert will be over by 8:00 p.m. The general public is invited.
Donations will support Help Haiti’s partners: Konbit Sante and Powje Espwa
12th Annual Dodgeball Tournament
Annual 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament
The 12th Annual Upper School 3 on 3 Basketball tournament was held on Tuesday. The winning team was “Team Chunk” made up of Abel Alemayo ’16, Tom Silk ’16 and Izzy Burdick ’18.
Upper and Middle School Dance Recital Video
On Thursday, March 10, the Middle School and Upper School Danceflete Ensembles performed Kaleidoscope, a collection of dances presented using different lighting lenses, mystical shadows, colorful special effects, rippling fabric, and beams of brilliant light.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKBkh_Lzc0c&authuser=0
Filmed and edited by Jesse Brooks ’17
Meet Julia Merriam ’10
“Everything changed for me when I started at Waynflete,” says Julie Merriam ’10. Prior to entering Upper School as a sophomore, she had been shy and focused on academics. “But at Waynflete, I felt encouraged to try things that I had never felt comfortable doing before.” Julie took up lacrosse and field hockey along with other extracurriculars. “It helped me later in life to seek out the things I wanted to do. I doubt that I would have had that confidence without the Waynflete experience.”
During her high school breaks, Julie volunteered with Partners In Development, a nonprofit that helps improve the quality of life in impoverished communities in Haiti, Guatemala, and Mississippi through economic development, children’s programs, and housing and medical assistance. Julie’s teachers supported her global citizenship work. “I went to Haiti three months after the 2010 earthquake,” she says. “It had a real impact on me.” Julie wrote a paper about her experience, and her teacher, Taffy Field, helped her process the event. “I always had a lot of support when I was at Waynflete.”
After finishing her BS in psychology at Yale, Julie won a 10-month fellowship to work with Partners In Development. She documented the prevalence of intestinal worm infection among schoolchildren, helped assess the efficacy of the standard care of treatment, and explored the variables that affect disease susceptibility.
Medical school is next on Julie’s agenda. She may focus on infectious diseases—having worked in the field since tenth grade!—although primary care is also an option.
Julie’s advice for today’s Waynflete students? Jump on opportunities that present themselves. “Waynflete taught me to take the initiative,” she says. “If you’re interested in something, run with it and see where it leads you!”
Learn more about Partners In Development at pidonline.org.
Limbo in the Upper School
Twin Day of Spirit Week
NEYIS Presenters Prepare for Saturday’s Event
Students from Seeds of Peace, the King Fellows, and Waynflete spent three hours on Sunday afternoon preparing for their presentation at the New England Identity Summit, which begins this Friday evening and runs throughout the day on Saturday. These inspirational young people practiced introducing their workshops in front of one another, gave amazing and constructive feedback to their peers, and left feeling they are going to pull off something incredible. They are ready to share dialogue with the world!
Winter 2015-2016 Varsity Sports Slideshow
Click here to see the Winter Varsity Sports Slideshow.
Photos by Brian Beard, Creative Image Photography. Click here to order pictures.
LifeSmarts Team to Compete in State Finals
The Waynflete LifeSmarts team will compete in the state finals on Friday, March 4 at UNUM. This is the fourth year in a row that Waynflete is participating.
The team members are Emily Tabb ’17 (captain), Rowan May ’16, Rahwa Michael ’17, Jacob Greene ’18, and Nick Jenkins ’18.
If they win, the team heads to Denver for Nationals on April 9-12.
Upper School Jazz Combo to Compete at State Jazz Festival
For the fourth consecutive year, the Upper School Jazz Combo will represent Waynflete at the Maine State High School Instrumental Jazz Festival on Friday, March 11 at 6:30 p.m. The event is open to the public.
This is due to their strong showing at the District II Jazz Festival on Friday, February 26 at Lake Region High School in Naples. Julian Abbott ’18 (tenor sax), Eliza Cox ’18 (alto sax), and Jack Weston ’16 (piano) each received a Maine Music Educators Association Jazz Festival Award as excellent soloists.
High School Instrumental State Jazz Festival performance schedule – Friday, March 11
6:30 p.m. – Combo performs in Lecture Hall
7:00-10:30 p.m. – Division 3 Combo Performances
10:30 p.m. – Awards
Upper School Jazz Combo Members
Julian Abbott ’18 – Tenor Sax
Owen Ardell ’19 – Baritone Sax
Chris Bergeron ’16 – Drums
Will Black ’17 – Tenor Sax
Eliza Cox ’18 – Alto Sax
Owen Gervais ’17 – Guitar
Julia Hansen ’18 – Upright Bass
Alan Wen ’18 – Alto Sax
Jack Weston ’16 – Piano
Day One of The Little Prince
Our journey has begun. An excited cast and production staff gathered today for the first read through of our April play.
Waynflete Boys are Regional Champions
Phuc Tran Addresses Houston’s World Affairs Council
Phuc Tran has just returned from Texas where he had been invited to address the World Affairs Council of Greater Houston. Phuc was the keynote speaker at the organization’s Foreign Language Luncheon. According to the event’s organizers, he spoke to an audience of 800.
The subject of his address was “Language: Your Passport to the World.” It was introduced this way:
“Like a Moebius strip, the study of languages for Phuc is a looping path on which he find metaphors and parallels for his own experiences as an immigrant, language learner, and Star Wars fan. He loves to draw connections between the disparate parts of his learning and experience, no matter how far apart and unlikely they are, and today, he shares with students a connection between the invention of the dictionary, language acquisition as an immigrant, and the adverb “hopefully.”
EC Anthill Video
EC teacher Bob Mills and senior Arianna Giguere Looking On
Parent Follow-Up Letter to the “Speak About It” Presentation
Dear parents,
Thank you for attending the parent presentation at Waynflete yesterday evening! It was really wonderful getting to speak with all of you both during and after the program. Thank you for your attention, sincerity, and thoughtful, challenging questions. I hope that the information I shared was helpful and that it will continue to serve you well over the months and years to come.
Our parent program is a fairly new venture here at Speak About It, and we would appreciate your feedback on how it went. Click here to take a brief survey and share your thoughts. It shouldn’t take more than five minutes, and you are welcome to share as much or as little as you like. Anything you have to contribute is valued and greatly appreciated!
As promised, I’d like to share some books and websites where you can get more information about the topics we discussed yesterday evening. Some are specifically geared toward parents, while others may also be useful for your children should you choose to share them. Also, here is a link to the PDF copy of the handout some of you received yesterday evening which reviews the topics we discussed.
Books:
- For Goodness Sex: Changing the Way We Talk to Teens About Sexuality, Values, and Healthby Al Vernacchio
- Sexploitation: Helping Kids Develop Healthy Sexuality in a Porn-Driven Worldby Cindy Pierce
- Talk to Me First: Everything You Need to Know to Become Your Kids’ “Go-To” Person about Sexby Deborah Roffman
- E.X.: The All-You-Need-To-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You Through High School and Collegeby Heather Corinna (A new, updated edition will be released in July 2016)
- Challenging Casanova: Beyond the Stereotype of the Promiscuous Young Maleby Andrew Smiler, Ph.D.
Online Resources:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Parent and Guardian Resources
- Advocates for Youth: Parents’ Sex Ed Center
- Planned Parenthood’s Guide to Talking to Kids about Sex and Sexuality
- Org: An excellent resource on healthy relationships, teen dating violence, and sexual assault for teens, parents, and educators.
- com: An engaging and comprehensive source of sexual health information geared toward teens and twenty-somethings.
- Go Ask Alice!: This project of Columbia University’s School of Public Health provides answers to questions asked by teens about a wide variety of topics, including sexual health.
Once again, I’d like to thank you for attending the program last night. If you have any remaining questions from the presentation, please feel free to either reply to this email or give me a call during normal business hours at the phone number listed at the bottom of this message. I’m more than happy to be a resource for you as you continue on your journey of raising sexually healthy kids!
My colleagues and I sincerely enjoyed our time visiting Waynflete. Thank you for welcoming us into your community, listening to what we had to say, and allowing us the true privilege of speaking with your children about these critically important issues.
Best regards,
Kaylee Wolfe
Speak About It, Inc. – Program Coordinator
P.O. Box 4408
Portland, ME 04101
216-470-3828
www.SpeakAboutItOnline.com
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Film Screening on Thursday, February 25: The Hunting Grounds. Click here for more information.
Kaylee Wofle talks with Waynflete parents at Speak About It presentation
