The best thing about Kents Hill School is the atmosphere that surrounds you. Every teacher, student, coach, faculty and staff member wants to help you as an individual. If you are down one day, someone helps you back up. The smile on one person's face spreads instantly to another’s face. We are all one community, and anyone would do anything for someone else. Kents Hill makes everyone feel at home in the classroom, in the dining hall,
and on the athletic fields.

Natalie Tortorella ‘10

• An independent, coeducational, college preparatory, boarding and day school
• Grades 9-12, plus a postgraduate year option
• 230 students strong, from 50+ Maine communities, 25+ states and 15+ countries
• Class sizes of 6-16; the average class size is 11
• Low student to faculty ratio of 6:1
• 2003 recipient of Siemens Foundation Award for achievement in science and mathematics Advanced Placement programs (one of 12 schools in the nation)
• 2007 faculty recipient of Harvard Singer Prize for Excellence in Secondary School Teaching
• Accredited by NEASC with memberships in the Cum Laude Society, the College Board, NACAC, NEACAC, CASE, ISANNE and MAIS.  Kents Hill just completed its 10 year reaccreditation process with NEASC (2008).

• On a 400-acre campus one hour north of Portland, Maine, with views of Sugarloaf and Mount Washington
• Near Colby, Bates and Bowdoin colleges
• Near two major skiing/snowboarding resorts: Sugarloaf USA and Sunday River
• Close to four international airports: Logan Airport, Boston, Massachusetts (BOS), Manchester, New Hampshire (MHT), Portland Jetport, Portland, Maine (PWM), and Bangor International Airport, Bangor, Maine (BGR)

• Excellent college preparatory academic program, with regular and honors classes in all disciplines, and foundation courses in Spanish and math
• 13 Advanced Placement courses (including studio art, computer science and environmental science)
• Unique Environmental Studies program
• Strong visual and performing arts programs, with the new Performing Arts Center in Newton Hall scheduled for opening in January 2009, the Bass Arts Center and the Williams Woodworking Studio
• Comprehensive ESL and International program
• Excellent Learning Skills program for students with mild to moderate learning differences
• Exchange programs with schools in England and France
• 96 percent matriculation rate to 4-year colleges in the U.S., Canada, and throughout the world. Three percent take gap years or play juniors ice hockey; one percent attend two year colleges.

• Outstanding athletic programs in football (B), soccer (B&G), field hockey (G), mountain biking (B&G), golf (B&G), cross country (B&G), ice hockey (B&G), basketball (B&G), alpine skiing (B&G), competitive snowboarding (B&G), lacrosse (B&G), baseball (B), softball (G) and tennis (B&G)
• O'Connor Alpine Training Center on campus (snow-making and grooming, snowboarding facilities, Slalom, GS and Super G training slope)
• Alfond Athletics Center, featuring an NHL-size hockey rink, basketball court, fitness center and spacious locker rooms
• Excellent athletic fields and tennis courts (indoor and outdoor) including the Harold Alfond Turf Fields, the largest turf field complex in New England.
• 5 miles of wooded trails for cross-country running, hiking, skiing and mountain-biking