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Kent School

Academics

Academics

The defining characteristic of a Kent education is our commitment to addressing each student as a whole individual with distinct talents, passions, strengths—and tremendous potential.

Kent's curriculum expands your knowledge, deepens your understanding, and cultivates the skills and confidence you will need to contribute to the common good in a future of endless opportunity.

Learning In A Community

Strong relationships form the backbone of the Kent experience. The connections built with teachers, advisors, coaches, dorm parents, and classmates will spark your curiosity and provide a foundation for your lifelong commitment to intellectual and personal exploration.

Partners In Intellectual Exploration

The Kent community is made up of true collaborators: individuals who act upon a shared belief that the most meaningful achievements happen when a group of people works together toward a common goal.

A Rich Array of Opportunities

Distinctive class offerings, group projects, clubs, leadership roles, and more create nearly limitless opportunities to articulate your identity as a learner, a leader, and a citizen within the Kent community.



 


 

Kent School Competencies

Kent School is an intentional community with a central focus on equipping you with the skills that will empower you to make an impact on the broader world. We call these skills the Kent School Competencies, and they are taught in every context of our shared life—in our classrooms, in St. Joseph’s Chapel, on the stage, in our dormitories, on our playing fields, courts, rink, and river.

Graphic of the five Kent School Competencies


 


 

Kent School Schedule

Kent's schedule is designed with balance in mind. Students take, at most, four academic classes each day. This provides a consistent and predictable rhythm for classwork and homework, ensuring students have the time and energy to maximize their learning in and out of the classroom.



 


 

Graduation Requirements

To receive a diploma, a student must meet both the credit and the course requirements for graduation. Kent does not award credit for work done at other schools. The number of credits required for the diploma varies according to the year a student enters Kent:

  • Third Form: 54 credits
  • Fourth Form: 39 credits
  • Fifth Form: 27 credits
  • Sixth Form/PG: 12 credits

Each year-long course counts as three credits. Each term-contained course counts as one credit. Each minor term-contained course counts as half a credit.

The required courses, for which a student must earn credit, are:

  • English — Each year.
  • History — World History taken in the third form year; U.S. History taken in the fourth and fifth form year; term course elective requirement based on year of entry.
  • Mathematics — Geometry and Algebra 2 plus enrollment in math through the fifth form year.
  • Modern or Classical Languages — Through the Kent third-year level.
  • Psychology & Religion — One term-contained course.
  • Science — A minimum of two year-long laboratory sciences.
  • Visual and Performing Arts — One term-contained course in visual arts and one term-contained course in performing arts.

Additionally:

  • All third and fourth form students must take Community Life, a year-long, minor, non-credit course.

  • The course load for students is five major courses per term.

  • Please note that courses in art, theatre, dance, and music taken at a previous school may not be used to satisfy the Kent School requirements.