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The Hillside has been buzzing with some exciting facility upgrades and campus improvements. The first big project was to repave all walkways and install five-foot sidewalks across campus. The lower tennis courts have been removed and seeded with grass to create a new open space to be used for special events and student activities. The … Read more

At the end of each year, once all the students have left, the dorm faculty and staff walk through the residential houses to check the condition of the rooms and deal with the remnants left behind. It is during these walks, over the years, that we have noticed a pattern of the most common items … Read more

Every student who attends boarding school goes through periods of missing home. Homesickness can happen at any time; for some, it will set in on the way to school, while for others, it may come up three weeks (or three months) into the school year. Whether the boys admit it or not, it is a … Read more

          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. As a project of the Class of 1967 … Read more

  Earlier this month, our Humanities 4 and SUPA African American Studies (AAS) classes collaborated to read and discuss “A Case for Reparations,” an important article written by Ta-Nehisi Coates about how America needs to reckon with our moral debts as a result of hundreds of years of slavery, Jim Crow, racial segregation, and racism. … Read more

STEM instructor Mr. Joseph Barowski challenges his students to solve advanced math problems to help feed the hungry. Using freerice.com, a website affiliated with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Mr. Barowski’s Math Lab and Advanced Calculus classes are participating in educational math trivia that help our students get smarter while making a difference … Read more

WINTER SPORTS Basketball Coach Chillious and South Kent’s Prep Basketball team are off to an incredibly strong start with an 18-3 overall record. Currently sitting in first place in NEPSAC AAA with an 8-0 record, the team is on a 14-game winning streak since December 7, 2022! The team played in three major events in … Read more

South Kent School Welcomes Three New Assistant Coaches South Kent School (SKS) is excited to welcome three new members to our two-time National Champion hockey program. These hires bring an impressive line-up of talented professionals to South Kent School Hockey, elevating what is already an extremely successful program to even greater heights. “With our new … Read more