<p>Anyone headed to Kents Hill or with recent experience there (i.e., relatively recent alum, faculty or administration)? S headed there this fall and we would welcome any info folks would care to share. We have visited KHS during admissions tour and for the revisit, so we know the campus and we know Maine. </p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>I do not know too much about the school but my son does have a friend there who is enjoying it very much. I thought your child was going to SMS?</p>
<p>Yes, one child is going to SMS – and the other to KHS.</p>
<p>Wow! And I feel overwhelmed with one going…</p>
<p>Kents Hill’s boys varsity lacrosse just won the Maine Assoc. of Independent Schools (MAISAD) lax championship. Ok, we’re not talking Deerfield’s league of lax talent, much less the Maryland schools (e.g., Gilman), but for a school of 220 or so kids in the Maine woods, no small thing. As it turns out, on the same day, the girls’ varsity lax also won the title. And so did girls varsity softball. I don’t know what this will mean for acceptances to the Ivies or SAT scores, but it made this little school proud. Best of all, the boys presented the trophy to an alum who is suffering from ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease).</p>
<p>If anyone else wants honest answers to their questions about KHS they can ask/message me… I’m a graduating senior this year.</p>
<p>A good friends son stayed with us while job hunting, who graduated from Kents Hill, went on to Bowdoin and did very well there. Needless to say he quickly found a job. He is a great guy and we enjoy talking shop with him when he comes over for a home cooked meal.</p>
<p>Anecdotal comment - friends who spend summers in Maine (and have a son at a southern BS) spoke very highly of Kents Hill.</p>
<p>Would love for people here who know the school to chime in & describe what the school is like. I know it is a small school in Maine, coed, 73% boarders. What is the culture/atmosphere of the school and what kinds of kids fit the school?</p>
<p>@2kids: Our son attended for 10th grade, after which he transferred to another BS. KHS was a nurturing, accepting environment, which was just what he went there seeking. Certain faculty members and administrators went above & beyond the call. Our son remains in touch with a number of his former classmates and considers them good friends. As a result, we keep faith with KHS, contributing what little money we can each year, even though our son left. </p>
<p>Factors that contributed to our son’s departure:</p>
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<li> One sport was important to our son, that sport was weak at KHS, and the future looked bleak as he contemplated two more years with few prospects for the challenges he sought in that sport.<br></li>
<li> He felt the quality of the student body was uneven, with some kids talented and doing well, while others appeared academically and emotionally adrift. Because our son had put so much stock in going to boarding school & working hard, it (really) bothered him that some kids did not apply themselves. As a kid who was fighting hard to get away from being identified as a “misfit toy,” this latter condition ate at him.</li>
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<p>Voguefashion, whom I do not know, can offer firsthand observations as a graduating KHS senior. </p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p>Klements,</p>
<p>Did your son return to a day school? Or another BS? LPHS, just curious??? I can understand the part about the athletics, bkz if my son goes to one of the schools that he is currently WL’d at he would be giving up on his sport we believe bkz it is just not competitive. We learned this most of the way through the application process not before.</p>
<p>However, at some of the schools he was rejected at we learned about PG’s and the fact that he would be quite young, therefore just not that competitive. It seems that there may often not be that good a fit if you are in a very competitive club sport that will continue to develop you throughout HS…</p>
<p>flowers: Our son went to another BS. Please PM me for details. Cheers!</p>