South Kent High School (CT)
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South Kent High School is a private boarding school for boys in the picturesque hamlet of South Kent, Connecticut. The school is located on 500 acre campus in the hills of Litchfield County, about 45 minutes west of Hartford, CT. The school was founded in 1923 as a joint venture between Reverend Frederick Herbert Sill, headmaster of Kent School, and two of his recent graduates, Samuel Slater Bartlett and Richard M. Cuyler. The current headmaster is Mr. Andrew J. Vadnais, a Williams College graduate.
Total enrollment is about 140 students. About 20% of the student body are from foreign countries, including Austria, Bermuda, United Kingdom, Korea, Japan, Montenegro, Nigeria, Senegal, Serbia, Taiwan, Turkey, and Ukraine.
South Kent offers a wide variety of sports in the fall, winter, and spring seasons. Students can participate in various skill levels of 12 sports, including Baseball, Basketball, Crew, Cross-Country, Football, Golf, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, and Tennis. The school is best known for it's Basketball and Ice Hockey programs which are annually among the best prep-school programs in New England.
Notable Alumni
- Andray Blatche - NBA Player.
- Dorell Wright - Miami Heat, NBA
