"Kents Hill School"
A Laugh Out Loud Olympic Parody
Don’t miss the two part parody “Ribbon: The Thin Red Line Pts 1 & 2″ done by Pete Hodgin, Kents Hill School history teacher.
These videos are Saturday Night Live worthy.
Hodgin hits all the right notes and skewers the seriousness with which some of the more odd sports are presented and brings laughable absurdity to the [...]
Visiting Our Sister School: Kents Hill travels to England
At Kents Hill School (Maine) we have a longstanding sister school relationship with Kent College Pembury in Pembury, near Tunbridge Wells, in Kent, England.
KCP is an all-girls, boarding and day school, elementary through seniors. Each year, KCP sends 2-3 girls to Kents Hill in the winter trimester, and we send 2-3 girls over to [...]
Being Rejected
Being rejected is hard. However the rejection is couched, whether in flowery language, or via George Clooney characters, or with brave reassurances about the competition, the climate, etc., we are ultimately being told that we are not wanted, not needed or not good enough.
It’s been happening a lot lately. With our struggling economy [...]
Mrs. Richardson, do I get points for trying Marmite?
I have been thinking a lot, lately, about the value of trying new things. In my capacity as Director of the International and ESL programs at Kents Hill, I am constantly amazed at the myriad encounters that my ESL and international students have with new things, each and every day. They are bombarded [...]
Read MoreA November Dusting…
How picture perfect New England is this? Enjoy this photo taken today of a light dusting of snow on Kents Hill School’s campus.
Photo credit: Kents Hill School
Read MoreKents Hill Pack Featured in Bark Magazine
What a fun piece. “The Canines of Kents Hill: A convivial pack helps students and staff alike” in September/October issue of Bark chronicles the important role of dogs on campus.
We’ve all known dogs on campuses- the roles they play and their effects on students. In my experiences, the positive contributions of dogs were always [...]
College Counselor and Anxious Mom All Rolled into One
It’s confession time.
Not only am I a college counselor, but I am also the mother of a senior. And this week our daughter wrote to her college counselor and complained about her mother.
Yes, I confess … in my worst moments, I have said and done some of the very same things that I have blithely [...]
Gritti Brings World of Experience to Kents Hill School Football
Steve Gritti’s travels as coach through the professional and collegiate ranks have now brought him to Kents Hill School where he’s taken over as head coach. So how does a coach with professional and collegiate coaching experience come to Kents Hill?
Jim Smucker, Kents Hill AD told the Kennebec Journal (Gritti Brings Intensity to Huskies): [...]
Making Lemonade
Over the summer, articles from prominent national publications have flown across my desk on almost a weekly basis, each in one way or another decrying the state of college admissions, financial aid, college affordability, college testing and more. It can be gut-wrenching, but in the spirit of being handed lemons, it’s also an opportunity to [...]
Read MoreonBoarding Schools Just Got a Little Bit Bigger!
Last year our readership grew immeasurably through the contributions of the Boarding School Mom, Marylou Marcus, Tom O’Dell and Leo Marshall.
This year we’re thrilled to announce that the lineup gets even bigger by expanding our coverage with the addition of voices and views from members of the boarding school community.
A fantastic stable of contributors will [...]
Kents Hill School Student Takes Love of Athletics and Scholarship to Norwich
The Sun Journal (Lewiston, ME) features a conversation (Star athlete, scholar and Seeds of Peace alumi takes taking her drive and talent to Norwich. Her goal: To teach physics) with Kents Hill School (Kents Hill, ME) alumna, Maryke “Rake” Moreau.
Moreau is that rare combination of athleticism and scholarship- a three season varsity athlete (soccer, hockey [...]
Boarding School Photo of the Day: Kents Hill School
Kents Hill School, Kents Hill, ME (Co-ed, Boarding/Day, Grades: 9-12, PG)
Following up on a few of our earlier posts about Kents Hill School, today they’re featured as the Boarding School Photo of the Day.
Below’s a shot from bgarciagil flickr photostream of the school’s main administration building. Underneath the photo is a short video I [...]
Kents Hill School Cuts Ribbon on New Performing Arts Center
Kents Hill School recently cut the ribbon celebrating the conversion and transformation of their former Newton gym into the Performing Arts Center in Newton Hall. A multipurpose gathering and performing arts facility the Center includes the Vivian Russell Theater “where Morning Meeting will be held, visiting lectures and presentations will be hosted, and, of course, [...]
Read MoreKents Hill School Students Explain Why Kents Hill
Just before Christmas, I visited Kents Hill School to sit down with Pete Hodgin to talk about his use of social media in his economics and history courses for AQ’s Boarding School Podcast series. I encourage you to give the two part episode a listen if you haven’t had a chance- (Valuing Social Media in [...]
Read MoreKents Hill Students Push International Awareness and Change
Pushed by students and student members of Amesty International, the Kents Hill School board worked to recognize and understand investments connected to the Sudanese government and, indirectly, its genocidal policies.
Running into investing complexities, students and the board negotiated a compromise upon understanding that withdrawal/divestment would be a slow process. The compromise: the school would set [...]
