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Meet South Kent School's 10th Head of School Brian D. Sullivan
It is my honor and privilege to serve as the tenth Head of School at South Kent. Since I arrived at the School in December 2021, I realized very quickly what a special place and community we have here on the Hillside. We have always been, and will always be, a community guided by our Trinity of Values – Simplicity of Life, Self-Reliance, and Directness of Purpose – and for 100 years, we’ve been inspired by our Mission to teach, care for, and develop young men into thriving and engaged citizens of the world.
As a Junior in high school, I was offered a life-changing opportunity to attend boarding school and experience firsthand how a prep school education can help you grow as an academic and a person. I came from a family of educators, and after graduating from college and growing a successful career in finance, I felt called to the education field to give back in the way that my family, teachers, and school mentors had done for me. I taught, coached, advised, and served in many different leadership roles within the boarding school industry, and I am thankful to find myself in a role where I, along with my South Kent colleagues, can continue to make an impact on the next generation of learners.
In the next several months, I hope to continue to meet and hear from our community as we travel around the country, celebrating 100 years of South Kent School. I am grateful for the opportunity to share my vision for making South Kent an industry leader in small-school, all-boy education, which includes a forward-thinking education model that combines 21st-century innovation with the School’s longstanding traditions and values. As I begin my tenure, thank you for entrusting me to serve as your next Head of School. I look forward to building on the great work we have already accomplished together and leading South Kent in the next successful chapter of our School's history.
Brian D. Sullivan
Head of School
May 2022 Newsletter
May 1st, 2022
Unsurprisingly for 2022, we had an outbreak of positive cases of COVID in the 48 hours before Prize Day and had to change all of our plans. We condensed three disparate ceremonies into one, under a tent leased 48 hours before the ceremony and in 48-degree weather and 30 mph winds.
April 2022 Newsletter
April 1st, 2022
After a weeklong spring break, we returned to campus on March 6 and started the last four-week academic Quarter. It seems hard to believe that we are now less than six weeks from Prize Day.
March 2022 Newsletter
March 2nd, 2022
We are coming to the end of a fairly typical February in New England where temperatures vary by 50 degrees from one day to the next and there is lots of ice, snow and rain.
January 2022 Newsletter
January 10th, 2022
The students have all returned to campus, and we have begun the third academic quarter. We are all excited to be underway again.
December 2021 Newsletter
December 10th, 2021
Holiday greetings from the Hillside! We all enjoyed a respite for Thanksgiving and are looking forward to a longer break December 17 - January 9. Before we left, the Prep Soccer Team won their tenth New England Championship and fifth National Championship! This, plus the ongoing hockey seasons an...
November 2021 Newsletter
November 8th, 2021
The weekend of October 16th and 17th marked the end of the first academic quarter as well as Fall Family Weekend to which we welcomed the boys’ families to campus for a few days of presentations, meetings and conferences before we all took a break from the routines of classes and games for a long weekend.
October 2021 Newsletter
October 7th, 2021
I cannot remember a better opening of school in my entire career as an educator; there is a wonderful feeling on campus this fall.
September 2021 Newsletter
September 2nd, 2021
Our young men arrived on Wednesday morning and registration was a seamless affair despite near record breaking heat. We officially opened the school year on Wednesday afternoon where I delivered the message, below, to the student body assembled for the first time in the Chapel.
August 2021 Newsletter
August 6th, 2021
Today, we work to retain the principles, positive traditions, and values that have always buttressed an SKS education, while trying to meet the demands of the rapidly changing world for which we are preparing our boys.
July 2021 Newsletter
July 7th, 2021
Greetings from what has been a temporarily quiet Hillside, as we spanned the weeks between Prize Day and summer camps. Bruce Carlson and our amazing facilities crew are patching, repairing, cleaning and otherwise preparing for our summer camp rentals and the next school year, and our grounds are truly stunning!
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