CONGRATULATIONS! At a recent awards luncheon, the Hockey Night in Boston organization recognized the Kents Hill Varsity Ice Hockey team as the New England Division II NEPSIHA School Champions. Coach Larry Cockrell won the Coach of the Year Award, senior Josh Goellner won MVP and senior Brad Richard was given a special Achievement Award for Dedication & Leadership.
A WHOLE LOT OF DIGGING GOING ON ... work continues apace on the additional locker rooms for the Alfond Center as well as the new turf field complex, scheduled to be completed by midsummer.
ART & CULTURE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL ... Visual Arts Chair Mrs. Wheelden took six of her Art History students to Italy over March break, while Spanish teacher Jennifer Crane visited Spain with students. Read all about these trips in the stories below.
TEAM SLIDELL RETURNS TO SLIDELL, LOUISIANA, ... to work on homes still devastated by Hurricanes Rita and Katrina. 24 members of Kents Hill School and the Readfield United Methodist Church spent a week of March vacation drywalling, roofing and more. To read all about it, see the news story below.
CONGRATULATIONS BOYS VARSITY ICE HOCKEY - NEPSAC DIVISION II ICE HOCKEY CHAMPIONS 2008! The Boys Varsity Ice Hockey team defeated New Hampton in a close 2-1 game to win the NEPSAC Championship, after defeating Hebron Academy the day before.
CONGRATULATIONS BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL & BOYS AND GIRLS VARSITY SKIING - MAISAD CHAMPIONS 2008!
MARCH IN MADRID - THE PLACE TO BE
Written by: Jennifer Crane, Spanish
4/9/2008
March in Spain - the only place to be! We had a marvellous time touring the sights of Toledo, Madrid, and Segovia, and soaking up the sunny Spanish culture.
This trip was unique as we combined our small Kents Hill group of travelers with another small group, lead by my sister Sarah Crane, from Moultonborough Academy in New Hampshire. Our two groups met in New York at JFK airport, exchanged brief introductions and than spent the next eight days together taking in the sights of Madrid, Toledo and Segovia, Spain.
WINTER ACADEMIC DOLDRUMS? NOT AT KENTS HILL ...
3/28/2008
During the winter trimester classes, students are assigned a variety of alternative assessments in lieu of traditional exams. Although these projects bring their own stresses - PowerPoint woes, public speaking challenges, and writer's block, they culminate in some unusual, creative and really interesting ideas, projects and papers. Here is just a sampling of what Kents Hill students spent their time this winter accomplishing:
ART HISTORY ON THE SPOT IN ITALY
3/27/2008
Visual Arts Chair Babs Wheelden has always worked hard to make the Art History class appreciate the beauty of our world art heritage, using slides, models, local field trips and more. So she was not surprised when she was approached by a group of art history students in the fall who requested that she help them see real art - in Italy - over March break. So, at the beginning of March break, she and 7 students jetted off to Milan, Verona, Venice, Florence and Rome to tour Italy's artistic treasures.
5/9/08
AP Exams
U.S. History - 8am European History - noon Studio Art portfolios due
