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South Kent School is pleased to announce the start of the South Kent School Teaching Fellow Residency (SKSTFR), a fellowship program that offers aspiring or early-career educators an opportunity for a hands-on teaching and mentorship experience in an intimate and prestigious boarding school setting.

As South Kent begins its 99th year, the School’s foundational precepts – Simplicity of Life, Self-Reliance, and Directness of Purpose – now stand at the heart of campus, carved in stone and mounted on the rebuilt retaining wall above the Old Building. 

It is important to note that it is perfectly natural and expected for students to experience homesickness when they are away from family, friends, and the comforts of their home spaces and routines.

We have composed the following list of the top nine things your son should not bring with him to the South Kent School dorms.

The Hillside has been buzzing with some exciting facility upgrades and campus improvements.

Led by editors-in-chief Graeme Russell and Drew Jensen and supported by their Faculty Advisor and Humanities 2 teacher Ms. Denise Crlenjak, The Crest: A South Kent Literary & Arts Journal started as an honors project for class but turned into something more.

Prize Day Challenge 2022

On the recommendation of Fifth Former Junkun Zhang, a day student and resident of Kent, who, while volunteering at the Kent Food Bank last summer, recognized that there are a number of people in this town who need the help provided through the food bank, the South Kent School community–students, faculty, staff, and families–rallied together this past weekend in an anti-hunger campaign called South Kent Feeds the Need, with the intent of collecting food and cash donations for the Kent Food Bank.

On the weekend of February 18-20, the students, faculty, and staff of South Kent School will be joining together to take on the challenges of food insecurity and hunger in Connecticut–an initiative we’re calling South Kent Feeds the Need.  The school will be collecting monetary donations and nonperishable food and personal care items to benefit the Kent Food Bank.

For over a decade and a half South Kent School Soccer has been a dominating force in the New England and the national soccer scene, this year has proven to be no different. With their November 21st win over Westminster School in the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) finals, South Kent Soccer secured their tenth New England Championship and their fifth National Championship.