School News

On Friday, June 2, Kent Place School held its annual awards ceremony in the Upper School. Listed below are all Upper School awards and recipients, selected by Upper School faculty and staff.

Kent Place School is pleased to announce that eleven members of the graduating Class of 2023 were recruited to play college sports.

Congratulations to the Class of 2023! Below is a list of the class's college destinations.

Seventh and eighth-grade theater students have been hard at work this trimester, and they are thrilled to present their musical, Matilda Jr., based on the award-winning book by Roald Dahl. The production will be presented in the Hyde and Watson Theater at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, June 2, and at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 3.

On May 16, the Upper School community, including students, faculty, staff, alumnae, and parents gathered to learn from and celebrate the academic work of Kent Place’s 2023 Bioethics Project, Student-Designed Research, and Independent Study scholars. Those in attendance rotated between nine spaces in the Upper School where the scholars led groups through workshops designed to showcase their individual projects. 

Kent Place’s young authors collaborated in a weeklong celebration to showcase their original writing and improve reading, interpersonal, and oral-presentation skills — all while building community. Students from Junior Pre-Kindergarten (JPK) through Grade Five paired up to read, listen, discuss their inspiration and how they went about the actual writing, and learn from each other during this annual event. 

On April 27, eighth-graders traveled to Washington, D.C., for an overnight trip as their next step toward becoming ethical leaders. The itinerary was organized by Alicia Rodriguez, Economics and Financial Literacy Coordinator and Middle School math teacher, to ensure that students would experience the nation’s capital through a lens of ethics, learn how historical leaders leaned on their ethical values when making decisions, and understand the advantages of tradeoffs — that is, giving up one thing in return for another, or making a compromise.

The third floor of the Middle School has been transformed into workshops, and sixth-graders are becoming entrepreneurs as they prepare for the annual TREP$ Marketplace. The market will open to the Kent Place community for shopping in the Field House on May 11, 2:30–4:00 p.m.

Four outstanding Kent Place graduates have been honored with prestigious awards, and will be recognized during Kent Place School’s Alumnae Weekend at the Welcome Brunch and Alumnae Association Awards on Saturday, April 29. Read on to find out more about these incredible alumnae and their distinguished honors.

Kent Place Performing Arts is pleased to present “An Evening of Dance,” on Friday, April 28. The performance will be held in the Hyde and Watson Theater and begins at 7:00 p.m. This annual tradition showcases the yearlong creativity of Kent Place’s Chamber Dancers and Dance Ensemble — both composed of Upper School students.

Now that the honors and awards from this year’s winter athletics season have been announced, we’re delighted to take a moment to recognize our athletes and teams.

In late March, an impressive panel of women joined Kent Place Upper School students for a talk about their experiences pursuing a career in STEM. The panelists discussed their education and career paths, answered questions, and offered advice.

Applications for the Beverly Jeanne Welsh Scholarship Fund will be available through the guidance offices at Kent Place School, Oak Knoll School and Summit High School beginning April 3. The Welsh Scholarship is open to young women who demonstrate financial need, who are permanent residents of Summit, NJ, and who currently attend or have graduated from one of these Summit high schools. It is available to students who will either enter college this fall, are currently enrolled as undergraduates, or who have completed an undergraduate degree and are seeking assistance for graduate or professional study.

For the first time since 2019, global learning trips have resumed, and two groups of students and their faculty chaperones traveled overseas for a weeklong adventure during Spring Break.

Kent Place second-graders have been studying the people, animals, and geographies of our world’s continents — as they are today and from many years ago — as part of their science and social studies curricula, and this week they went on an exciting field trip that would bring their lessons to life. Equipped with their backpacks, notebooks, and adventurous spirits, the girls visited the Museum of Natural History, in New York City.

The Kent Place Athletic Department is piloting a new spring athletics team — Girls Flag Football — and all Upper School students have an opportunity to try out.

Students in all three divisions have been excited to be taking part in activities during National Engineers Week, February 19–25. Founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers in 1951, National Engineers Week highlights careers in engineering and technology and encourages every child to have an engineering experience. 

Senior Lindsay Hausman was the first student-athlete from Kent Place to qualify for and compete in the Millrose Games.

Sisters Catherine Torres ’19 and Pilar Torres ’22 accomplished incredible things together at Kent Place, and continue to amaze at Williams College. Catherine and Pilar are shining examples of what it means to be a Dragon: hardworking teammates who lead by example. 

In honor and celebration of Black History Month, the Kent Place community came together for “A Night at the Apollo,” hosted by Kent Place’s Diversity and Equity Parent Group (DEPG).