School News

Kent Place’s Middle and Upper Schools, in partnership with the Community Life and Well-Being Office, recently welcomed Monique Vogelsang to campus for two assemblies, both centered on identity, belonging, and the power of the stories we tell.

Kent Place welcomed Coach Joseph Cardinale this week to sit down with the winter track team to talk about the engine behind the athlete: the mind. A former collegiate standout and championship-winning varsity baseball coach with more than 200 career wins, Coach Cardinale is dedicated to leadership and mental performance. 

The Upper School Performing Arts Department is pleased to present its winter production, Our Town, on Friday, February 27, and Saturday, February 28, at 7:30 p.m.

Our Dragons are breathing fire! Both the Junior Varsity and the Varsity teams are dominating the basketball court.

Kent Place celebrated National Girls and Women in Sports Day with enthusiasm on February 4. Every year, all three divisions recognize our amazing athletes of the past, present, and future. 

Last week proved to be one of the most successful stretches of the season for Kent Place Varsity Swimming. The team competed at both the NJISAA Tournament and the Union County Championships, yielding 28 new personal bests.

The Middle School STEM team delivered an outstanding performance at the Union College Regional Science Olympiad Tournament, earning an impressive third place overall out of 14 teams.

The journey from high school athletics to the collegiate stage has often been described as a complex maze. To help our student-athletes navigate this landscape, a distinguished group of experts and Kent Place alumnae recently gathered for an insightful Athletic Recruiting Panel.

Kent Place is proud to announce that senior Olivia Zhang has been named a 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar for her study titled Adipocyte-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Reprogram Tumor Cells and Drive Stemness in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.

Kent Place Upper School theater students recently traveled to Montclair State University to compete in the annual high school theater festival hosted by the Speech and Theater Association of New Jersey. 

On January 7, Kent Place fifth-graders blasted off into an unforgettable adventure during their visit to the Buehler Challenger and Science Center — where their science lessons suddenly felt thrillingly real.

Music took center stage at Kent Place as students across all divisions ushered in the winter season with a series of joyful concerts and time-honored traditions, bringing the Kent Place community together in celebration.

Kent Place is pleased to congratulate eighth-grader Aadya Kumar on her exciting national honor: First Place in the Grades 6–8 category of the 2025 National Chemistry Week Illustrated Poem Contest.

Bella Builione ’28 was recently invited to attend the U-16 Junior Women’s National Team Selection Camp at the University of North Carolina, which will be held in Charlotte January 9–11, 2026. We asked Bella about her experience so far. 

Kent Place sent a cohort of 16 to this year’s Widening the Lens Conference, hosted by The Farbrook School. Walidah Justice, Chief Community Life and Well-Being Officer, along with Sophie Ewart ’26 and Vivienne Vengroff ’27, each participated on panels.

Kent Place welcomed families, students, faculty, and staff to campus on the evening of December 3 for its beloved Celebrate the Season event — an annual gathering that brings the community together in the spirit of tradition and holiday cheer.

Last season, the Dragons boasted many notable performances across all sports. Varsity Basketball had its best season in years, fencing won gold for sabre at the District 5 tournament, ice hockey won the Cohen Division, squash went to its second Nationals in Philadelphia, swimming placed third in the Union County Championships, and a number of athletes achieved personal bests in winter track.

As the fall season winds down, we celebrate a series of outstanding achievements by our Dragons.

Kent Place welcomed more than 300 visitors to campus on Friday, November 21, all of them excited to spend the morning with their loved ones. The occasion was Grandparents and Special Friends Day, the school’s traditional (and beloved!) kickoff to the Thanksgiving holiday.