Kent School Viewbook
Our admissions viewbook offers a window into daily life at Kent—inside and outside the classroom. Here you’ll find stories of academic curiosity, creativity, athletic spirit, and student life, all shaped by Kent’s close-knit community and rich traditions. It’s designed to help you imagine yourself here: learning with dedicated faculty, exploring new passions, and building connections that last a lifetime.
Explore the digital viewbook, or flip through and download the PDF version—both available below.
Welcome to Kent School
I hope as you learn more about Kent School, you will be able to see yourself as a member of our extraordinary community. It is a community filled with opportunities for your growth—the refinement of a talent you have already discovered or a passion that you cannot yet even imagine.
You will be guided on your Kent journey by a remarkably dedicated and talented faculty, and by Kent’s enduring values: respect for the dignity of every human being and a lived commitment to promoting the common good. These values have been the bedrock of the Kent experience since the School’s founding.
The following visual is intended to show you what life is like at Kent School, and also to tell you about our highest aspirations for you and your life after you graduate. Above all, this book is offered as a heartfelt invitation to explore all the possibilities that a Kent School education can provide you as a scholar, artist, or athlete, but most importantly as a complete human being.
I very much hope you will accept my personal invitation to visit Kent School in person to witness, firsthand, this special community in action. I look forward to welcoming you and your family.
Sincerely,
Michael G. Hirschfeld
Head of School
A Radical WelcomeEchoing the Episcopal Church's ethos of radical welcome, Kent values and celebrates the dignity of every human being and the generous array of backgrounds, beliefs, life experiences, and perspectives that enrich our community.
Kent School purposefully embraces equity and inclusion in all realms of our shared life. We identify injustice in order to make our community more just and loving so that students will do the same in the world beyond Kent School.
A Lasting ImpactThe countless opportunities at Kent School are purposefully organized around the skills and habits of mind that will empower you to contribute to the common good. We call these skills and habits 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, and beyond.
A Pathway to Endless Opportunities Kent education 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 opportunities.
Whether in an introductory course or the most advanced class, the academic experience at Kent is characterized by open inquiry and rich discussions that incorporate multiple perspectives. Rooted in the Kent Competencies, Kent’s engaging, varied, and demanding curriculum meets your intellectual curiosity with complex topics and nuanced work, ensuring a high level of engagement and agency in your learning.
A Place to ConnectThe deepest and most transformative learning occurs not from textbooks or commonly available media, but from being in community with one another. The connectedness of the Kent community provides powerful learning opportunities in every setting on campus. The Kent community is composed of true collaborators who act upon a belief that the most meaningful achievements require a group of people working together toward a shared goal. The relationships you will form with your teachers, advisors, coaches, dorm parents, classmates, and teammates will spark your intellectual, social, ethical, and spiritual growth.
A Home Away from HomeResidential life at Kent fosters an atmosphere in which the campus becomes a home and the community becomes a family. When you live where you learn, everything becomes a classroom. As a result, your time in the dormitories is an essential component of your intellectual, social, ethical, and spiritual growth.
A Place to Grow
Kent’s intentional pairing of small-school feel with large-school resources allows everyone to know everyone, meaning you will never be far from someone whose perspectives and life experiences will forever change yours.
You will form deep connections with faculty dorm parents, advisors, student dorm leaders, peer tutors, and others who will have a profound impact on your lived experience at Kent. The wide array of activities across campus and in each dormitory ensures you will create lasting bonds and memories as you develop into a conscientious neighbor and citizen.
A Team-Oriented CultureA Kent education 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 opportunities.
Whether in an introductory course or the most advanced class, the academic experience at Kent is characterized by open inquiry and rich discussions that incorporate multiple perspectives. Rooted in the Kent Competencies, Kent’s engaging, varied, and demanding curriculum meets your intellectual curiosity with complex topics and nuanced work, ensuring a high level of engagement and agency in your learning.
Athletics at Kent emphasize the continuous skill development, hard work, perseverance, sportsmanship, and love of healthy competition you will carry with you for your entire life.
A Place to CompeteWhen you wear a Kent uniform, you will continue in a long line of athletes who understand that true athletic excellence is not simply about winning, but is about honor, commitment, and fair play. By focusing on preparation, mental performance, leadership, communication, team chemistry, and personal development, you will be propelled to grow as a student-athlete and as a person. As you push yourself, embrace competition, and help shape the culture of your teams, you will celebrate victories, learn from defeats, and create memories that last a lifetime.
Exploring the Arts
Kent’s vibrant artistic community promotes the discovery, technical expertise, and self-expression that fuels a lifelong appreciation for the arts.
You will be guided and supported through the creative process by the professional artists of Kent’s faculty, who develop your technique as you tap into your inner artist through a rich offering of visual and performing arts courses.
A Place to CreateKent’s artistic culture celebrates creative risk-taking and embracing every moment as a learning opportunity. You will refine your creative identity and define your voice as you expand your creative palette, expose yourself to new approaches, and immerse yourself in Kent’s artistic community. From the darkroom to the bright, open studios and beautiful performing spaces, the artistic facilities at Kent inspire you to connect with audiences through heartfelt expression.
A Path Forward
From your initial interactions with Kent's College Counseling Office in your first year on campus, you will be empowered and supported to determine the right path for your life after Kent.
Through a carefully designed process that emphasizes personal reflection, targeted research, and skill development, you will identify the colleges and universities that best fit your talents and ambitions. As you refine your applications, prepare for interviews, and evaluate your options, your college counselor will serve as your guide, your cheerleader, and your advocate.
A Place in the WorldKent students are sought after by colleges and universities across the globe because of the strength of a Kent education and the personalized, purposeful college counseling approach.
When students leave Kent, they are prepared to contribute to the common good in the world
We are guided by our motto - Simplicity of Life, Directness of Purpose, Self-Reliance - to educate our students intellectually, ethically, and spiritually so that they will be prepared to contribute to the common good in the world beyond Kent School.