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Volume: 7  Issue: 13 November 19, 2015

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 Dance Concert Tonight - November 19: Take a Chance, Make a Dance Join us for an hour of dance creativity in Franklin Theater. The Middle School andUpper School Danceflete Ensembles perform tonight, November 19 at 7:00 p.m.    Professional Soccer Player Eric Osswald here on Friday, November 20 Professional soccer player Eric Osswald of theReal Monarchs will visit Waynflete on Friday,November 20. He will meet with 7th/8th gradebasketball players in the gym at 2:45 p.m. andother interested students at 3:15 p.m. in theForum. As goalkeeper with the Xavier UniveristyMusketeers, he set a school record for goalssaved and was named Big East Goalkeeper of theYear.  Help Haiti Pies - Just Two Days Left to Order!

Please place your order for pies by Friday,November 19 and support Help Haiti's efforts to bringrelief to children in Haiti. The Middle School activityraises money for two organizations—Pwoje Espwa(Project Hope), an orphanage and school onsouthwestern Haiti, and Konbit Sante, a Portland-based health care partnership in Cap Haitian, Haiti. Apple and pumpkin pies are $12.00 each or three for$30.00. Please email Jim Millard

(jmillard@waynflete.org) to place an order. Holiday Cheer with Waynflete Gear!

 New items continue to arrive every day. Stop by to see the new swagat the Waynflete Gear Store.  Each week, we are promoting one itemat 20% off. This week it is the new Waynflete "braid hat". The Store is located in the Arts Center near the Gallery. Look forsigns. Regular Store hours:Mondays 8:00–10:00 a.m.Wednesdays 10:30–1:00 p.m. 

In This Issue

All School NewsNews From the Lower SchoolNews From the Middle SchoolNews From the Upper SchoolNews From EnrichmentNews From Academic SupportNews From AthleticsNews From the ParentsAssociationFrom the Archives 

Featured News

Warm Clothing Drive a HugeSuccess A Member of the Cast Refkects onLegally Blonde, the Musical The Cast and Crew of THERIMERS OF ELDRITCH Fall Varsity Sports Wrap Up Acadia Weinberg '16 Featured onMPBN's "Voices of Giving" 

Upcoming Events

Upper and Middle School DanceConcert: Take a Chance, Make aDance11/19/20157:00 PMJoin us for an hour of dancecreativity in Franklin Theater. TheMiddle School and Upper SchoolDanceflete Ensembles will performon November 19 at 7:00 p.m. Location: Franklin TheaterThanksgiving Break starts atend of day (Afterschool to 6:00p.m.)11/24/2015Classes resume

The Store will also be open:Thursday, December 2 at 5:00p.m. before the Middle School DramaPerformanceDecember 8 and 9 at 6:00 p.m. before theMusic RecitalsAll day during school hours, FridayDecember 18  Announcing the New Online Gear Store! In addition to the Gear Store oncampus, we now have a Online GearStore featuring as even wider variety ofapparel and accessories!  Orders must beplaced by December 1 to receive items in time for the holidays.  Student Picture Retake Day is Tuesday, November 24 Students (and faculty/staff) have the opportunity for a retake on Tuesday,November 24. To sign up, please contact the division assistant(Diane, Amy or Holly) or contact Diane Godsoe with any questions. Click here forthe instructions from Coffee Pond.  Thanksgiving Food Drive - Bring Your Donations by November 24

 We are in the final week of our all-school Thanksgiving Food Drive.Collection boxes are located inhomestations/ homerooms. OnTuesday, November 24, we will cometogether as a community, share ourgratitude, and hear from the WaysideFood Programs staff. The sixth gradewill sort and deliver the food thatafternoon. 

This year the priority is healthy kids food including protein sources (beans, peanutbutter, and tuna), boxed pasta, and grains (rice, quinoa, lentils).  Student Government has issued a challenge to the entire school— for every poundof food collected, they will contribute 10 cents to Wayside. Last year, wecollected about 2400 pounds of food and we are hoping to gather even more thisyear.  Important Health Reminder We continue to have cases of head lice at Waynflete. Schools throughout thegreater Portland region are experiencing similar outbreaks. We ask everyone tocheck their child’s head—whether you think they have lice or not— so that we canprevent more cases on campus. For more information about how to detect and treat head lice, please checkthe CDC website.  Questions? Please call Waynflete’s Health Coordinator, BlancheBelliveau, at 774-5721 ext. 1216.  Admission Event - December 3 Prospective students and parents interested in Grades 6–11 are invited to spend anevening with Waynflete faculty and students to learn more about our inquiry-basedapproach to education.

Middle and Upper School ReceptionThursday, December 3, 6:00–8:00 p.m.

11/30/2015LS Class Parent Meeting12/2/20158:30 AM to 9:30 AMClass Parents meet with BenLocation: Brock Conference RoomMS drama club performance12/2/20156:00 PM to 9:00 PMLocation: Franklin TheaterMiddle and Upper SchoolAdmission Reception12/3/20156:00 PM to 8:00 PMSpend an evening withWaynflete faculty andstudents to learn more aboutour inquiry-based approachto education.Location: Arts CenterGallery Reception12/4/20155:00 PM to 8:00 PMFirst Friday reception with theartist for "Americans who Tell theTruth"Location: Arc Hallway

Downloads and Links

Veracross Parent Portal Online Gear Store Admission

Make a Gift Order Your 2016 Yearbook

Interested families should contact Shelley

Hodges at admissionoffice@waynflete.org or

207.774.5721 ext. 1224.

 

 

Portraits of Courageous Citizenship Gallery

Show Opens December 4

 

Please join artist

Robert Shetterly in

the Art Gallery on Friday, December 4 from 5:00 –

8:00 p.m. at the opening reception for Portraitsof Courageous Citizenship. The exhibit, which draws

from Shetterly’s “Americans Who Tell The Truth”

collection, features portraits and narratives that

highlight citizens who courageously address issues of

social, environmental, and economic fairness. This

special event is part of Portland’s First Friday Art Walk.

 

 

 

Music, Light, and Marshmallows on December 4

 

During the First Friday Art Walk on Friday,

December 4, Waynflete Upper School

Chorus will join Portland’s Poet Laureate

Gibson Fay-LeBlanc and young authors

from The Telling Room to share season-

inspired songs and poems— and s’mores

from The Marshmallow Cart— in

anticipation of the lighting of the 100-year-

old copper beech tree, a Portland winter

tradition. Bundle up and come support our

singers as we meet in the Joan B. Burns

Garden on High Street at the Portland

Museum of Art at 6:00 p.m.

 

 

Coming Soon- the New and Improved Waynflete Website!

 

We are putting the final touches on the new Waynflete website! Stay tuned, more

information to follow.

News From the Lower School

 

Lower School blog: Updated daily – be sure to check it out!

 

 

Lower School Class Web

Pages

 

Click the links below to access

program-specific information

about your child’s learning

experience.

Early Childhood Class

Page

K-1 Class Page

2-3 Class Page

4-5 Class Page 

 

Family Pachanga

 

Thanks to everyone who joined us for Family Pachanga on Wednesday, November

18. Please note that our next Family Pachanga is scheduled for Wednesday,

March 2, 2016. We hope that you can make it!

News From the Middle School

School to Collect iPads Over Thanksgiving and December Break

 

The sixth- and seventh-grade teaching teams are

both enjoying and learning from the iPad program this

year. In an effort to balance screen time with family

time, we have decided that students will leave their

school-issued iPads at school over school vacations

beinning with Thanksgiving Break. Since it is our

policy not to assign homework over vacations,

students will not need to use their iPads for academic

purposes during that time.

Advisors will collect iPads on Tuesday, November 24 and return them to students

on Monday, November 30. If your child needs their iPad over vacation for any

school/academic-related purpose, please contact their advisor. Advisors will be in

touch if students are behind on academic work and need to get caught up over the

break.

 

News From the Upper School

 

Upper School NOW!

 

To keep up-to-date on all that's new and

happening in the Upper School, visit US NOW.

 

 

News From Athletics

 

Parents Athletic Council (PAC) Meeting November 30

 

All parents with an interest in supporting the athletics program are invited to attend

the Parents Athletic Council Meeting on Monday, November 30 from 10:30–11:30

a.m. in the Brock Conference Room.  

 

 

Looking for Concept2 Rowing Machines

 

The Waynflete crew team is looking for good

condition Concept2 rowing machines, Model C

or D.  The team would appreciate a donation if

you no longer need yours or alternatively

would appreciate a loaner for the winter crew

program.  Contact head coach CC Stockly

(ccstockly@gmail.com) with donations or

questions.

 

From the Archives

by Chuck Rand

 Participants in the Cape Cod Mini Week Laboratory, March 1984

From an article written by Chris Carroll and Kevin Heffernan in The WaynfleteNews, Spring 1984, page 6, "The subject was a hands-on study of someenvironmental  issues that have shaped the sandy peninsula into what it is today.We studied whaling and the whaling industry, land conservation, the Cape's marinebiological interests, and the interesting conflict between O.R.V. (off road vehicle)users and conservationists over the use of the beaches and dune lands."

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