An inside look at the Waynflete experience
It was a big week for Waynflete students in grades 7–12! After careful consideration, and in line with CDC guidelines, we increased the percentage of students attending classes in person from 50 to 75 percent. (Students in preschool–grade 6 have all been on campus throughout the school year.)
It was wonderful to see more faces on campus—and they brought beautiful weather with them. Looking forward to 100 percent in September!
Waynflete hosted its third annual Chamber Music Festival on Sunday, March 7. This event was a big milestone for the school—the performance by the Upper School Chamber Ensemble was the the first live musical performance in Franklin Theater since January 2020!
Congratulations to organizer Andy Happel as well as all those who participated.
Barack Obama recently spent an hour online with students from The Telling Room in Portland. The former president discussed writing, storytelling, and his recently published memoir, “A Promised Land.”
Khalil Kilani ’21 introduced the Telling Room program to President Obama.
With support from the Winter Break Community Engagement Fund (established by the McKeen Center for the Common Good), Bowdoin senior Mohamed Kilani has been interning at Waynflete over the past few weeks.
Mo is pursuing a double major in Hispanic studies and education and has been assisting Waynflete Spanish teachers in their online and in-person classes. A former art educator at Chewonki, Mo is also serving as Waynflete’s artist-in-residence at the school’s remote hub location at One Canal Plaza. After seeking input from hub students, Mo created a mural with four hands spelling out the word “love.”
Read an article on Mo from Bowdoin.edu
Meet Mo in a Zoom call hosted by Waynflete’s Boni Kabongo
On February 11, Head of School Geoff Wagg gave a virtual State of the School address to the Waynflete community from the Klingenstein Library in the Lower School. Geoff reviewed the past year, outlined the elements that will help shape the future, and discussed the issues we must grapple with in preparation for the next academic year.