ICYMI: Your Guide to the Fall 2024 Issue of Kent Place Magazine

By now, you’ve received the fall 2024 issue of Kent Place magazine, which is filled with stories that provide a window into our classrooms, a chance for our community to meet our brave and brilliant students, an opportunity to celebrate our remarkable alumnae, a means to explore what makes Kent Place, Kent Place, and so much more.

Haven’t had a chance to dive in just yet? Don’t fret! We’ve put together a guide to help you navigate this issue. No matter how much time you have to enjoy it, you’re sure to be amazed.

If you’ve got 15 minutes . . .

Explore our feature stories. Read about How We Build Leaders from Day One on page 28. With Kent Place’s new definition of leadership, along with tools such as the Leadership Adventure Backpack, even our youngest students discover they can make an impact. You can also dive into Choices and Voices, which explores Kent Place’s rite of passage for juniors — the Cumulative Humanities Project. Read about the yearlong projects of five students from the Class of 2025 and six alumnae, starting on page 32.

If you’ve got 10 minutes . . .

Flip through pages 4–23 of the Commons Room to learn about our incredible students and everything they’ve been up to in and out of the classroom, on the fields, on the stage, and more. Read about 20 Middle Schoolers’ Voyage of Discovery and Conservation in the Galápagos, or take a look at how students are Severing the Cord with their cell phones. Read what Julissa Beltrán ’25, Sophia Gandhi ’25, and Abby Weldon ’25 are up to in the classrooms and beyond, or learn how the Athletics Department partners with the College Advising Office to help student-athletes pave The Path to Collegiate Athletic Success. Step onto the Hyde and Watson Stage as Upper School dancers Celebrate a Tradition — and Community in Evening of Dance, watch Third-Graders Bring Biographies to Life, and learn about how students Staged Combat for the Upper School’s winter play.

If you’ve got 5 minutes . . .

Check in with our recent graduates and keep pace with our extraordinary alumnae. Buzz into the Future with the graduating Class of 2024 on page 24. Read about Full Circle moments when alumnae connect and inspire on campus (page 43), or take flight with Captain Samantha (Kiernan) Bradford ’92 to learn about her experiences as a commercial airline pilot (page 44). On page 46, meet Jess Myers ’09, an assistant professor at Syracuse University’s School of Architecture, and hear from Amy (Wanggaard) Hausmann ’86, executive director of the Maine Arts Commission, on page 64. Are you a Kent Place alumna? Find out what your classmates are up to in the Class Notes, starting on page 54.

If you’ve got 1 minute . . .

Get in touch with us! Did you read a particularly inspiring or meaningful story? We’d love to hear what resonated with you. Send us an email at communications@kentplace.org. Want to keep up with daily student life at Kent Place? Follow us on Instagram: Kent Place School, Kent Place Athletics, and Kent Place Arts.