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Students Present Year-Long Research at Bioethics and Academic Symposium

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. 

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Primary School Students Are Celebrated as Young Authors

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. 

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Eighth-Graders Visit Washington, D.C., with an Eye on Ethics

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.

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Beverly Jeanne Welsh Scholarship Applications Available for Summit Young Women

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.

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Second-Graders Step Back in Time at the Museum of Natural History

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.

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