MISSION: KENT PLACE EMPOWERS
42 Norwood Avenue
Summit, NJ 07901
CEEB: 311425 www.kentplace.org
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Dr. Jennifer Galambos
ASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOL
Julie Gentile
DIRECTOR OF THE UPPER SCHOOL
Dr. Evelyn Hanna
DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE ADVISING
Jennifer Simpson simpsonj@kentplace.org
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE ADVISING
Anne Marie Ferriere ferrierea@kentplace.org
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE ADVISING
Latoya Gadsden gadsdenl@kentplace.org
An independent, nonsectarian K–12 school for girls in Summit, New Jersey, Kent Place is a highly selective college preparatory school with a strong national reputation for providing a dynamic education and leadership development through its comprehensive curriculum. Kent Place also has a coeducational Preschool.
Kent Place School is accredited by the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. KPS is an honor code school.
KPS BY THE NUMBERS
students in preschool to grade 12
of students enroll in at least one AP course
54% of students identify as students of color
154 students in the Middle School
117 teachers, counselors, & administrators
317 students in the Upper School
10% faculty & administrators hold a doctorate
OUR COMMUNITY
STUDENT BODY
28% Black/African American 10% Hispanic/Latinx 6% Middle Eastern 1%
Multiracial 9% Other or prefer not to respond 4%
54% of students identify as people of color
of faculty and staff identify as people of color 40% of students intend to continue studies in the STEM fields (national average for girls is 25%) 72% of Upper School students participate in athletics 86% of Upper School students participate in the arts White/Caucasian 42%
KENT PLACE SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY
We believe the best education for girls and young women takes place in an environment in which all students discover their strengths and are empowered to see themselves as leaders. We believe that girls achieve their best potential in an environment that prioritizes interdisciplinary learning; that is proactive, responsive, and flexible; and that promotes self-confidence, self-advocacy, and healthy risk-taking. We strive to meet the intellectual, emotional, and social needs of our students through a dynamic curriculum that promotes curiosity, creativity, and a growing sense of self-discipline.
We energize students with a challenging and relevant course of study in an environment attuned to best practices that inspire girls. We know that students learn best when curricula, pedagogy, and content honor their identity and support them as they grow in that identity. We are striving to build an inclusive, anti-bias community in all aspects of our program. We are a community of enthusiastic and motivated learners and educators who value fair-mindedness, mutual concern, and honesty.
Our curricula and programs are rich in opportunities for students to develop ethical decision-making, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills. We promote integrity, initiative, and inclusion throughout the schooling years in our conversations, actions, reflective moments, and commitment toward understanding and including different perspectives. Our students take on increasingly profound leadership opportunities that foster collaboration, initiative, and self-awareness and cultivate compassion and empathy.
We believe the lessons and values encouraged by our multitalented faculty prepare every student to be an active contributor to the world beyond Kent Place.
PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE
This portrait outlines 10 goals we strive for as we shape our students’ educational experiences. In our rapidly changing world, as our young women’s needs evolve, we revisit our aspirations for them.
• She will have a breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding in all disciplines.
• She will be able to express herself with confidence and a sense of purpose in written, oral, and digital forms.
• She will be able to apply quantitative, scientific, and technological methods to gather and evaluate data that will inform her opinions and decisions about historical and contemporary issues.
• She will be proficient in more than one language.
• She will have developed an ethical framework and learned how to navigate complex ethical dilemmas.
• She will have developed, practiced, and showcased her own unique leadership style, advocacy skills, and voice.
• She will have developed cultural competency in either travel, service, communication, or another form that will expand her global presence and make a positive impact.
• She will recognize the value of artistic expression as an essential part of contemporary life.
• She will value involvement and action utilizing creativity, collaboration, problem-solving, invention, and innovation.
• She will have established a plan for lifelong health, wellness, and fitness.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Students are required to take five classes a trimester, four of which must be academic core courses (English, Math, History, World Languages, and Science). KPS requires 60 credits for graduation; one trimester = 1 credit.
12 English 9–12
9 Mathematics
9 World Language (completion of third year)
9 Science (three years of laboratory Science)
9 History (minimum of three years)
ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS
5 Visual and/or Performing Arts
5–9 Electives
1 Computer Science
1 Ethics
Non-credit Requirements
Leadership
Health and Physical Education
Academic Distinctions are awarded to seniors at Commencement. The only exception is the Cum Laude Society, which occasionally inducts outstanding juniors.
HONOR SOCIETIES: Cum Laude Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Science National Honor Society, National Chinese Honor Society, Société Honoraire de Français, National Junior Classical League Society, Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica
GRADE SCALE
A+ 97–100
A 93–96
A- 90–92
B+ 87–89
B 83–86
B- 80–82
C+ 77–79
C 73–76
A cumulative grade-point average is not calculated. Kent Place does not rank its students.
CURRICULUM HIGHLIGHTS AND COURSES
60–62
In addition to Advanced Placement classes, all Upper School courses in core academic subjects are at the honors level. On-site, Kent Place offers five courses that extend beyond the AP level and more through One Schoolhouse: Girls’ Courses. KPS demonstrates its commitment to providing lifelong learning experiences and leadership development within and beyond the school through its signature programs, such as the Girls’ Leadership Institute, the Ethics Institute at Kent Place School, Economic & Financial Literacy, and STEM. Classes successfully completed through One Schoolhouse: Girls’ and Coed Courses, a consortium founded in 2009, earn KPS credit.
During their 11th-grade year, all students carry out sustained research in an interdisciplinary assignment called the Cumulative Humanities Project (CHP). This project provides students the opportunity to engage with a topic of their choice over time, gain college-level research and writing skills, and present to an audience in a seminar-style Academic Symposium.
LEADERSHIP CURRICULUM: Learn. Live. Lead. Kent Place students experience an integrated approach to the development of leadership skills. Part of a missionbased priority to “empower girls to advance the world,” our leadership curriculum comprises the areas of ethics, DEIB, health and wellness, IMPACT/PREPARE self-defense training, and Project Adventure. Collaboration, social-emotional intelligence, ethical decision-making, and cultural competence are Kent Place leadership competencies that our program bolsters in every student.
UPPER SCHOOL COURSE OF STUDY
THE CLASS OF 2024 (80 STUDENTS)
ACT SCORES
SAT SCORES
HONORS
• KPS earned a score of 95% on the College Board’s AP Excellence and Equity report for the Class of 2024.
• 489 AP exams were taken in 24 subjects by the Class of 2024.
• 94% of students earned a 3 or higher on at least one exam in their junior year.
Detailed and updated course information is available in the Kent Place Course of Study and on our website, www.kentplace.org/academics .
ENGLISH
Selected World Literature
Selected British Literature
Selected American Literature
Seniors choose three trimester electives: Conscience and Consequence; Women in Literature; Displacements: The Latinx Experience; Dramatic Literature; Contemporary Fiction; Voices of the Black Diaspora; The Books They Told You Not to Read; Medicine and Literature; Literature of Creativity; Advanced Fiction
Writing Workshop; Revisionist Literature; Short Story; Supernatural Literature; Poetry; Local Literature: New York & New Jersey; Women’s Studies; Identity and Graphic Novels
AP English Language and Composition
AP English Literature and Composition
Media Literacy
HISTORY/SOCIAL SCIENCE
History 9: Global Perspectives
History 10
History 11: 1812-Present
Black Studies
Contemporary History
AP Macroeconomics
AP U.S. Government and Politics: U.S./Topics in Law
AP World History
MATHEMATICS
Math 1
Math 2
Math 2 & 3
Math 3
Math 3 & 4
Math 4
Statistics
Calculus
AP Statistics
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
Research in Advanced Mathematics*
Linear Algebra**
Multivariable Calculus*
Intro to Cryptography
WORLD LANGUAGES
Chinese I, II, III, IV, V
French I, II, III, IV, V, VI*
Latin I, II, III, IV/V
Spanish I, II, III, IV, V, VI*
AP Chinese Language
AP French Language
AP Latin
AP Spanish Language
AP Spanish Literature
SCIENCE
Biology
Chemistry
Human Anatomy and Physiology
The Design & Innovation of Medicine
Visual Representation of Medicine
Marketing Medicine to the World Physics
Student-designed Research*
Bioethics Project*
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Environmental Science
AP Physics 1
AP Physics C**
MUSIC
KP Singers (auditioned)
Chamber Singers (auditioned)
Listening to Music, Music Theory
I, II (trimester courses)
Chorale
Orchestra
Chamber Orchestra
Instrumental Instruction
AP Music Theory
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
App Development
Introduction to Computer Programming (trimester)
Advanced Computer Programming
*Courses beyond the AP level offered on-site
**One Schoolhouse: Girls’ and Coed Courses
AP Computer Science Principles (3 trimester classes below)
App Development I: User Experience
App Development II: Ethical Entrepreneurship
Computer Science: Global Impacts
AP Computer Science A (full year)
Engineering and the Arts (trimester)
Engineering and the Lived Experience (trimester)
Engineering, Ethics, and Entertainment (trimester)
Advanced Engineering Design
Introduction to Cryptography
DANCE
Foundations of Dance Technique (trimester)
Fundamentals of Dance Technique
Dance Ensemble (intermediate-level)
Chamber Dancers (advanced-level)
THEATER
Acting Workshop
Acting Seminar (full year)
Performance Company (full year) Courses are supplemented by a series of productions.
VISUAL ARTS
Studio Art
Portfolio
Art History
AP Art History
AP Portfolio
Trimester courses: Visual
Art Workshop, Architecture, Animation, Drawing, 2D Design I, 2D Design II, Engineering and the Arts, Ethics and the Visual Arts, 3-D Design/Sculpture, Ceramics, Graphic Design, Film Art I, II, Photography I and II
CLASS OF 2024 - WHERE THEY ATTEND (80 STUDENTS TOTAL)
American University
Amherst College
Barnard College
Bates College
Boston College (7)
California Institute of Technology
Case Western Reserve University
Colgate University (2)
College of Charleston
College of William & Mary
Cornell University (4)
Dartmouth College (2)
Emory University
Georgetown University
Howard University
Johns Hopkins University (3)
Lehigh University (2)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Northeastern University (2)
Oberlin College
Pace University
Princeton University
Providence College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rutgers University, New Brunswick (3)
Southern Methodist University
Stony Brook University
Swarthmore College
CLASS OF 2024 - WHERE THEY WERE ACCEPTED
University of Alabama*
American University*
American University of Paris
Amherst College
Auburn University
Bard College
Barnard College*
Bates College
Binghamton University
Boston College*
Boston University*
Brandeis University*
Brown University
Bucknell University*
California Institute of Technology
University of California-Berkeley*
University of California-Davis*
University of California-Irvine*
University of California-Los Angeles*
University of California-San Diego*
University of California-Santa Barbara*
University of California-Santa Cruz*
Carnegie Mellon University*
Case Western Reserve University*
Chapman University
University of Chicago
Clark University*
Clemson University*
Colby College
Colgate University*
College of Charleston*
University of Colorado Boulder*
Colorado College*
University of Connecticut
Cornell University*
Dartmouth College*
University of Delaware*
Denison University
Drew University*
*Multiple graduates accepted
Drexel University*
Duke University
Durham University
Elon University*
Emerson College*
Emory University*
Fairfield University*
Fairleigh Dickinson University
University of Florida*
Fordham University*
George Washington University*
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology*
University of Georgia*
Gettysburg College*
Hamilton College
Harvey Mudd College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges*
Hofstra University
College of the Holy Cross
Howard University*
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*
Indiana University-Bloomington*
Ithaca College*
James Madison University
Johns Hopkins University*
Kean University*
Kentucky Wesleyan College
Lafayette College*
Lehigh University*
Louisiana State University*
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University Maryland
University of Maryland-College Park*
Marymount Manhattan College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Miami University, Oxford
University of Miami*
Syracuse University
Tufts University (4)
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Georgia
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
University of Notre Dame
University of Pennsylvania (6)
University of Richmond
University of Southern California (2)
University of St Andrews (2)
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor*
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Monmouth University
Montclair State University*
Muhlenberg College
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New York University
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill*
Northeastern University*
Northwestern University*
University of Notre Dame
Oberlin College*
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Occidental College*
Ohio State University*
Pace University*
Emory University-Oxford College*
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State
Main Campus*
University of Pennsylvania*
Pepperdine University
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus*
Princeton University
Providence College*
Purdue University*
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*
University of Richmond*
Rochester Institute of Technology
University of Rochester*
Rutgers University-Camden*
Rutgers University-New Brunswick*
Rutgers University-Newark*
Santa Clara University*
Savannah College of Art and Design
Scripps College
Seton Hall University*
Skidmore College
University of Virginia
University of Wisconsin, Madison (2)
Vassar College
Villanova University
Wake Forest University (4)
Wesleyan University
Williams College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
University of South Carolina-Columbia
University of South Florida
University of Southern California*
Southern Methodist University*
Spelman College
St. John’s University-New York
St. Lawrence University
Stevens Institute of Technology
Stony Brook University
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University*
Temple University*
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Texas Christian University
University of Texas-Austin
University of Toronto*
Trinity College*
Tufts University*
Tulane University of Louisiana
Union College (NY)
University of St Andrews*
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College*
University of Vermont*
Villanova University*
Virginia Tech*
University of Virginia*
Wake Forest University*
Washington University in St Louis
Wesleyan University*
Western Carolina University
William & Mary*
William Paterson University
Williams College*
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Yale University