What better place than Kents Hill School for students to study the environment?

With mountains to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and with lakes bordering both sides of the 600 acre wooded campus, students at Kents Hill School are poised and eager to learn about their natural environment. In addition, the nearby colleges of Colby, Bates and Bowdoin as well as the state capital, Augusta, provide unique local and state resources for classes, speakers and programs.

Responsible stewards of our natural heritage...
Kents Hill's distinctive Environmental Studies Program requires every student to complete one environmental studies course, as part of the school's mission to make each student aware of his responsibility as a steward of his environment. Students can take classes in the following areas:

AP Environmental Science 
Environmental Art and Design        
Environmental Resource Use
Environmental Ethics                    
Conservation Biology
Literature of Place                        
Lake Ecology
Field Biology                                
Environmental Wood Sculpture
Environmental Literature

 

Going Green ... The school is in the process of building a comprehensive residential component to the program, including a complete recycling program.  The Williams Woodworking Studio and Reed Hall, our newest buildings, were built using green technologies, and an exploratory committee has been formed to investigate if the next building to be renovated, Newton Hall, can be heated using geothermal technologies.