South Kent School, a private all-boys
boarding school
A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. They have existed for many centuries, and now extend acr ...
in
South Kent, Connecticut
South Kent is a village located in Litchfield County, Connecticut, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States, alongside the border with New York (state), New York, and within and part of Kent, Connecticut, Kent, Connecticut. South Kent has its ...
, United States, is located on a campus in western
Litchfield County. It is sited on Spooner Hill east of
Bull's Bridge
Bull's Bridge is a single-lane vehicular wooden covered bridge across the Housatonic River in the town of Kent, Connecticut, close to the state border with New York. The first instance of a bridge at this location was constructed by Jacob and ...
, overlooking the former
Housatonic Valley rail-line, Hatch Pond, and the 'whistle-stop' South Kent station, and is itself overlooked by Bull Mountain.
The school has an operating budget of approximately $14 million and a staff of less than 100. From its inception, South Kent School was intended to offer a service-oriented education "at minimum cost for boys of ability and character, who presumably on graduation must be self-supporting. " Its motto is "''Simplicity of life, Self-reliance, and Directness of purpose''".
History
The hamlet of South Kent emerged in the mid-1700s on the "main road over Spooner Hill to Bull's Bridge", where Jacob Bull established an iron foundry; by 1800, an ironworks and forge were also set up near the outlet from Hatch Pond. When railroads came up the valley in the 1840s, efficient competition from western foundries shuttered the Connecticut iron industry. By 1920, the area's population was half its Revolution-era level, and farm properties were available inexpensively.
The school was founded in 1923 as a joint venture between Reverend
Frederick Herbert Sill
Frederick Herbert Sill (1874 – July 17, 1952) was an American Episcopalian priest and educator. He was the founder of Kent School, a private boarding school in Kent, Connecticut.
Biography
Sill was born in New York City to Jane and Thomas He ...
, headmaster of
Kent School
Kent School is a private college-preparatory day and boarding school in Kent, Connecticut. Founded in 1906, it is affiliated with the Episcopal Church. It educates around 520 boys and girls in grades 9–12.
Kent was one of the first schools ...
, and two of his recent graduates, Samuel Slater Bartlett and Richard M. Cuyler. The Straight farm was purchased from members of the Judd family, and additions to the farmhouse were made to house a chapel, twenty-four students, and faculty. From the start, students provided labor for daily cleaning, maintenance, and unskilled construction. Over the years, several buildings were added to the Straight property, and additional acreage was acquired. Most recently, the defunct farm on the north end of Hatch Pond was purchased.
Sam Bartlett became the first
headmaster
A headmaster/headmistress, head teacher, head, school administrator, principal or school director (sometimes another title is used) is the staff member of a school with the greatest responsibility for the management of the school.
Role
While s ...
, serving for 45 years. Bartlett was followed as headmaster by conservationist L. Wynne Wister (1955–69), then George M. Bartlett (son of the first headmaster) through 1989. Peter Arango had a brief tenure, then Noble Richards '49 was headmaster until 1996. He was succeeded by John S. Farber (96-00), John C. Farr '58 (retired in 2003), then by Andrew J. Vadnais through 2018, then followed by Lawrence A. Smith '73. An independent board of trustees governs the school. South Kent School's most current head of school is Brian D. Sullivan.
Admissions
Enrollment at the beginning of the 2022–23 school year was 150 young men worldwide in four "forms" (or grades). International students from twenty nations and U.S. students from nineteen states across America are represented.
Curriculum
South Kent is a ''college-preparatory'' school; the course of study is designed with the intent that every student will continue his education at a higher-level institution.
In 2017–18, the school had 35 faculty members who offered 48 courses in 2 primary divisions, math/science, and humanities. The school year is divided into fall, winter, and spring. Students typically enroll in five major academic courses each term. Accelerated courses, including advanced placement, are offered in more than a dozen subjects (several in conjunction with Syracuse University).
English as a second language
ESL is a program for international students to improve or reinforce written and oral English skills. The focus is on structure, comprehension, and conversation. Nearly half of South Kent graduates have been non-native English speakers in recent years.
Center for Innovation
Due in part to its rural setting, the school has established a learning track focused on environmental management and entrepreneurship. Technologies range from historic architecture and building techniques to robotics and software design.
Extracurricular activities
Athletics
Facilities available to students include The
Admiral James &
Sybil Stockdale
Sybil Elizabeth Stockdale (; November 25, 1924 – October 10, 2015) was an American campaigner for families of Americans missing in South East Asia.
Sybil was the founder and first national coordinator of the National League of Families of ...
Arena for hockey, the Joseph J. Brown gymnasium, the Alumni Boathouse on Hatch Pond for rowing, the Anne H. Funnell cross-country trail, the hard court tennis courts, a weight-training facility, numerous athletics fields, and the adjacent
Tom Fazio
Thomas Fazio (born February 10, 1945) is an American golf course architect.
Fazio graduated in 1962 from Lansdale Catholic High School and was inducted into its hall of fame in 2007. He began his career in golf course design with his family's f ...
-designed Bulls Bridge Golf Club.
Publications
*The Pigtail: a student publication issued three to five times yearly. The name of the paper is a reference to the nickname of the hamlet of South Kent as "Pigtail Corners" or simply "Pigtail". A slogan at the school for many years was "Pigtail Against the World".
*The Hillside: the South Kent School alum magazine is published twice annually.
*Cardinal News Network: a student-produced online publication that is updated continually. Cardinal News Network features the videos and stories created by students in the Digital Communications classes.
Notable SKS people
Over one hundred years, the school has been home to fewer than 3,000 students, resident faculty and their families, and several other notables.
*
Edmund Fuller
Edmund Maybank Fuller (3 March 1914 – 29 January 2001) was an American educator, editor, novelist, historian, and literary critic.
Career
Fuller directed plays at Longwood Gardens, taught playwriting at the New School for Social Research, an ...
, historian, editor, novelist; chairman of SKS English department 1971-78.
*
Florence Maybrick
Florence Elizabeth Chandler Maybrick (3 September 1862 – 23 October 1941) was an American woman convicted in the United Kingdom of murdering her husband, cotton merchant James Maybrick.
Early life
Florence Maybrick was born Florence Elizabe ...
, a notorious convicted murderess, is buried in the school cemetery.
*
Martin H. M. Schreiber, photographer, did not graduate but retains his affiliation with the school and the class of 1965.
* Admiral
James Stockdale
James Bond Stockdale (December 23, 1923 – July 5, 2005) was a United States Navy Vice admiral (United States), vice admiral and United States naval aviator, aviator who was awarded the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War, during which he was a pr ...
, (Medal of Honor recipient, P.O.W., Vice-Presidential Candidate) & Mrs.
Sybil Stockdale
Sybil Elizabeth Stockdale (; November 25, 1924 – October 10, 2015) was an American campaigner for families of Americans missing in South East Asia.
Sybil was the founder and first national coordinator of the National League of Families of ...
- parents of three SKS alumni. The ice-hockey facility is named in their honor.
Distinguished alumni
*
Jim Bellows
James Gilbert Bellows (November 12, 1922 – March 6, 2009) was an American journalist of the 20th century. Bellows has been credited with the inspiration and nurture of many leading writers of the New Journalism during the 1960s and 1970s. ...
(SKS 1940), Editor of the
New York Herald-Tribune
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; major figure in
the New Journalism
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.
*
John Berryman
John Allyn McAlpin Berryman (born John Allyn Smith, Jr.; October 25, 1914 – January 7, 1972) was an American poet and scholar. He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and is considered a key figure in th ...
(SKS 1932), Poet, (1965
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for ''"
77 Dream Songs"'', 1969
Bollingen
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Geography
The village is located along the northern shore of the upper Lake Zürich (''Obersee'') between Jona and Schmerikon. Bollingen ...
&
National Book Award
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for ''"
His Toy, His Dream, His Rest"'')
*
Gordon Clapp
Gordon Clapp (born September 24, 1948) is an American actor best known for playing Det. Greg Medavoy for all 12 seasons of the television series ''NYPD Blue'', winning an Emmy Award in 1998.
Early life and education
Clapp was born in North Con ...
(SKS 1967), Emmy-Award-winning actor and Tony Award nominee, best known for his role as Detective Medavoy on
NYPD Blue
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* Guy Winston de Gaillard de la Valdene (SKS 1963), author, filmmaker, only son of WW1 air-ace
Comte Jean de la Valdene, a scion of the
Guest/Churchill family, an heir to the
Phipps industrial fortune.
*
Durand Echeverria (SKS 1931), historian,
Fulbright
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and
Guggenheim fellow, National Humanities Foundation awardee.
*
William S Farish III (SKS 1958), US Ambassador to the UK 2001-2004
*
Charles Coulston Gillispie
Charles Coulston Gillispie (; August 6, 1918 – October 6, 2015) was an American historian of science. He was the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History of Science at Princeton University, and was credited with building Princeton's history of scie ...
(SKS 1935), Dayton-Stockton Professor of History Emeritus at Princeton University, seminal science historian
*
Donald Purple Hart (SKS 1955), former bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii
*
Sukehiro Hasegawa
is a Japanese academic, educator, author and administrator. He served as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Timor-Leste and head of peacekeeping and peacebuilding missions, UNMISET, UNOTIL and UNMIT fro ...
(SKS 1962), U.N Administrator, led peacekeeping operations in Somalia, Rwanda, and East Timor
*
Robert M. Laughlin (SKS 1952) Anthropologist, linguist, curator at the
Smithsonian.
*
Keith "Bang Bang" McCurdy (SKS ''(DNG'' 2004, Honorary diploma 2015), celebrity tattoo artist
* Sean McFate (SKS 1988), author of
The New Rules of War, political scientist at the
RAND Corporation
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and a Senior Fellow at the
Atlantic Council
The Atlantic Council is an American think tank in the field of international affairs, favoring Atlanticism, founded in 1961. It manages sixteen regional centers and functional programs related to international security and global economic prosp ...
.
*
E. H. Beresford 'Chip' Monck (SKS 1958), lighting designer and stage manager, announcer for the 1969
Woodstock Festival
The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held from August 15 to 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, southwest of the town of Woodstock, New York, Woodstock. Billed as "a ...
*
Robert B. Oakley
Robert Bigger Oakley (March 12, 1931 – December 10, 2014) was an American diplomat whose 34-year career (1957–1991) as a Foreign Service Officer included appointments as United States Ambassador to Zaire, Somalia, and Pakistan and, in the ear ...
(SKS 1948), former US Ambassador to Pakistan, Somalia, and Zaire
*
Neal Peirce
Neal Rippey Peirce (January 5, 1932 – December 27, 2019) was an American journalist and columnist, and the author of several books about American politics. He was the political editor of the ''Congressional Quarterly'' from 1960 to 1969, and a c ...
(SKS 1950), Political columnist & editor: ''
Congressional Quarterly
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,
National Journal
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,
The Washington Post Writers Group
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''
*
Charles Reid (SKS 1955), watercolorist
*
Jonathan Richards (SKS 1958), novelist, actor, film critic, & political cartoonist
*
Rt. Rev Samuel Rodman (SKS 1977), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina
*
Martin Russ (SKS 1949), writer documenting the experience of U.S. combatants in the Korean War.
*
Rathvon M. Tompkins (SKS 1931), Major General, USMC; commanded 3rd Marine Division in Vietnam 1967-71.
Athletes
Father Sill wrote in his proposal for the founding of
Kent School
Kent School is a private college-preparatory day and boarding school in Kent, Connecticut. Founded in 1906, it is affiliated with the Episcopal Church. It educates around 520 boys and girls in grades 9–12.
Kent was one of the first schools ...
that it would ''" provide...for boys of ability and character, who presumably on graduation must be self-supporting...Simplicity, self-reliance and directness...."'' Seventeen years later, he and his partners in the South Kent venture adopted the final phrase as the new school's motto.
In the early 2000s, Headmaster Vadnais and the Board recognized that young athletes with professional aspirations fit Father Sill's description, and many were likely to see high school as their final educational endeavor. The number of notable athletes who have graduated from South Kent has burgeoned during the 21st century. Alumni athletes who have proven outstanding include:
*
Andray Blatche
Andray Maurice Blatche (born August 22, 1986) is an American-Filipino former professional basketball player. He played nine seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) between 2005 and 2014 before playing overseas. He played high school ...
(SKS 2005), Former NBA basketball player
*
Detre Bell (SKS 2015), Professional soccer player (Bermuda).
*
Tahj Bell
Tahj-Michael Bell (born May 12, 1991) is a Bermudian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
In August 2013, Bell made his debut for English non-league side Hitchin Town.[Gilbert Brown
Gilbert Jesse Brown (born February 22, 1971) is an American former professional American football, football nose tackle who played for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (1993–99, 2001–03), Brown played 125 Packers games ...]
(SKS 2006), basketball player for
Ironi Nahariya
Ironi Nahariya Basketball Club () known for sponsorship reasons as Ironi Rain Nahariya () is a professional basketball club based in city of Nahariya in northern Israel. The team plays in the Liga Leumit (the second tier of Israeli basketball) and ...
of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...
*
Jean-Pierre Brunet (SKS 1948), two time
U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The U.S. Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition organized by U.S. Figure Skating to crown the national champions of the United States. The first U.S. Championships were held in 1914 in New Haven, Connecticut, a ...
pairs champion (1945 and 1946).
*
Matthew Bryan-Amaning
Matthew Osei Bryan-Amaning (born 9 May 1988) is a British-Ghanaian professional basketball player, who played for AS Douanes of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He has represented the Great Britain national team in international competitio ...
(SKS 2007), Professional basketball player (Great Britain)
*
Jackie Carmichael
Jackie Carmichael (born January 2, 1990) is an American professional basketball player who last played for KK Igokea, Igokea of the Adriatic League (ABA) and the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian League. He was a standout ...
(SKS 2009), Professional basketball player
*
Choi Jin-soo (SKS 2008), Collegiate basketball player
*
Paul Cummins (SKS 2003), Professional basketball player (Ireland).
*
Nemanja Đurišić
Nemanja Đurišić (born February 23, 1992) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player for Kumamoto Volters of the B.League. Đurišić is also currently a member of the Montenegrin national team and during his college years he played for th ...
(SKS 2011), Professional basketball player (Poland).
*
Joel Farabee
Joel Farabee (born February 25, 2000) is an American professional ice hockey left winger for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). Farabee was drafted in the first round, 14th overall at the 2018 NHL entry draft by the Philade ...
(SA.SKS 2018), Professional hockey player with the
NHL
The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia. The Flyers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The team play ...
.
*
Mike Garzi (SKS 2009), MLS soccer player (retired).
*
Shayne Gostisbehere
Shayne Gostisbehere ( ; born April 20, 1993), nicknamed "Ghost", is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Gostisbehere was born in Pembroke Pines, Florida, and began play ...
, (SKS 2011),
Philadelphia Flyers
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, NHL
*
Maurice Harkless, (SKS 2011), NBA player
*
Abdoulaye Harouna (SKS 2014), Nigerian basketball player
*
David Hicks
David Matthew Hicks (born 7 August 1975) is an Australian who attended al-Qaeda's Al Farouq training camp in Afghanistan. Hicks traveled to Pakistan after converting to Islam to learn more about the faith, eventually leading to his time in th ...
(SKS 2007), basketball player for
Ironi Nahariya
Ironi Nahariya Basketball Club () known for sponsorship reasons as Ironi Rain Nahariya () is a professional basketball club based in city of Nahariya in northern Israel. The team plays in the Liga Leumit (the second tier of Israeli basketball) and ...
of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...
*
Elijah Hughes
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Early life
Hughes was born in Poughk ...
(SKS 2016), NBA basketball player for
Portland Trail Blazers
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.
*
Ricky Ledo
Ricardo Julio Ledo (born September 10, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Beirut Club of the Lebanese Basketball League. He committed to play for the Providence Friars, but the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( ...
(SKS 2012), Former NBA basketball player
*
Jack McClinton
Jack Paul McClinton (born January 19, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. McClinton played shooting guard for the University of Miami Hurricanes men's basketball team.
He was selected in the second round by the San Anto ...
(SKS 2004), Former NBA basketball player
*
Wade Megan (SKS 2009), Former professional hockey player with the
NHL
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St. Louis Blues
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.
*
Jermaine 'Stretch' Middleton (SKS 2004),
Harlem Globetrotters
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*
Tre Ming (SKS 2012), Professional soccer player Bermuda).
*
Brian Mueller (SKS 1991), Professional hockey coach and player, 2-time college All-American
*
Narito Namizato (SKS 2009), Professional basketball player (Japan).
*
Fabio Pereira (SKS 2010), MLS soccer player (retired).
*
Mathias Emilio Pettersen (SA.SKS 2018), Professional hockey player with the
NHL
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Calgary Flames
The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary. The Flames compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. The ...
.
*
Shane Pinto
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(SKS 2017), professional hockey player with the
NHL
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Ottawa Senators
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.
*
Myles Powell (SKS 2016), basketball player for the
Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball
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team. 2020 Big East Player of the Year. 2019-2020 Consensus First Team All-American.
*
Pete Raymond
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(SKS 1964), US Olympic rower 1968 and (silver-medal) 1972
*
Russell Smith (SKS 2010), currently plays in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
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, former
Memphis Grizzlies
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, NBA; Louisville Cardinals Men's Basketball (2013 Big East All-Conference) 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Championship)
*
Daichi Taniguchi (SKS 2010), Professional basketball player (Japan).
*
Isaiah Thomas (SKS 2008), NBA (2016 & 2017 All-Star, 2017 All NBA)
*
Dorell Wright
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(SKS 2004), NBA player, broadcaster
Several notable athletes attended South Kent but graduated elsewhere; among them
Nik Stauskas
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,
Dion Waiters
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,
Tremont Waters
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, and
Andrew Peeke.
Accreditations and associations
South Kent School is accredited by the
New England Association of Schools and Colleges
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and has held membership in District III of the
Cum Laude Society
The Cum Laude Society is an international organization that honors academic achievement at secondary institutions, similar to the Phi Beta Kappa, which honors academic achievements at the university level.
History
The Cum Laude Society was fo ...
for more than eighty years.
South Kent competes athletically as a member of the
New England Preparatory School Athletic Council
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and the Hudson Valley Athletic League and adheres to all league guidelines. Students can participate in post-season tournaments and compete for league and New England titles.
The school also maintains membership in the
National Association of Independent Schools
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, the
National Association of Episcopal Schools
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Membership is restricted to schools owned, opera ...
, the
Secondary School Admission Test Board
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, the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools, The Association of Boarding Schools, the International Coalition of Boys Schools and the
National Association for College Admission Counseling
National may refer to:
Common uses
* Nation or country
** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, c ...
.
References
External links
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