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Vision Statement
Excellence in scholarship and character is the goal of a Kent Denver education. We seek to build a caring, diverse community of responsible citizens. To that end, the school provides a challenging college preparatory curriculum and sets high ethical standards.
Students and Faculty
There are 664 students at Kent Denver (227 in the middle school, and 437 in the upper school). The school has 85 full- and part-time faculty, 58 of whom have advanced degrees.
History
Kent Denver School continues the proud traditions of the Kent School for Girls founded in 1922 and the Denver Country Day School founded for boys in 1953.
Kent School for Girls was founded by three determined and talented educators—Mary Kent Wallace, Mary Louise Rathvon and Mary Austin Bogue—to “further the development of character, the ultimate purpose of a true education.” The first campus was located on Sherman Street and the second on South University Boulevard at Hampden. Andrews D. Black and Tom Chaffee purchased the Brown Homestead at University and Dartmouth to house the Denver Country Day School, which fulfilled “the task of leadership in a world where mediocrity seems too often to be the accepted standard in scholarship, in cultural attainments, and in sportsmanship.”
Both schools prospered and outgrew their respective campuses, and each relocated to the spacious Blackmer Estate in the late 1960s. The schools united in 1974 to form Kent Denver School.
Testing and College Placement
Among Kent Denver students, the average SAT scores are: 619—Critical Reading, 628—Math, and 623—Writing. Average ACT score is 27.4.
Kent Denver graduates currently attend many of the country's leading colleges and universities, with the highest number of matriculations over the past five years at Colby, Colgate, Colorado College, Dartmouth, Middlebury, Southern Methodist, Stanford, University of Colorado, University of Denver, University of Pennsylvania, Puget Sound, University of San Diego, University of Southern California, Vanderbilt, Washington University,and Yale.
Campus
The Kent Denver campus encompasses 200 acres, including two lakes. The five academic buildings house 43 classrooms and labs, a theater, and six studios for music, dance and art. Two gymnasiums, a fitness and sports medicine center, seven tennis courts, and 20 acres of playing fields complement the athletic program. The campus is fully wired for electronic communication and includes three computer labs.
Accreditation
Kent Denver is accredited by the Association of Colorado Independent Schools, which is recognized by the National Association of Independent Schools and the State of Colorado.
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