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March (2010)
Some exciting news on a couple of our recent alumni - Bianca Bogda '09, Melissa Rundlett '08, Emily Goff '07 and Sarah Scardino '07, who play for Norwich University women's hockey team, will be playing in the women's DIII Frozen Four against Elmira College on Friday, March 19th, at the Lund Athletic Center, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN. Wish them luck!
UPDATE: The Norwich Cadets suffered a 7-2 loss to No. 1-ranked Amherst College in the national title game on Saturday, March 20th at the Don Roberts Ice Rink on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College. 3/18/2010 December (2009)
William J. Brennan, class of 1970, has been named President of Maine Maritime Academy. Mr. Brennan has a long career in environmental policy, serving both the state of Maine and the nation. The press release from Maine Maritime Academy states, "He has served as the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, as Administrator of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a $4 billion federal agency with 12,500 employees, and as Commissioner of the Maine Department of Marine Resources, a cabinet-level state agency. In addition, Brennan served for several years as the Director of the U. S. Climate Change Science Program, managing the government-supported research of 13 federal agencies and White House Offices. He began his career at sea in the merchant marine, working in both the deck and engine departments, and as a fisherman in Maine's commercial fisheries. 12/7/2009 June
Any Kents Hill teacher who taught the Howe Boys have stories of Geoff and Mike’s exploits and often express amazement that their mother, Dee Dee Wheelock ‘64, survived it all. Their curiosity about how things work lead to a high school hobby in radio controlled cars which evolved into an interest in a certain yellow muscle car that could be heard roaring up and down route 17 once the boys had their driver’s licenses. Both of these high school hobbies, along with the Howe Boy’s innate curiosity and knack for figuring mechanical things out, have lead to Geoff and Mike’s Ripsaw being named Invention of the Year by Popular Science magazine.
6/1/2009 April
The former Newton Gymnasium reopened today as the Performing Arts Center in Newton Hall. After months of work, the old gym has been turned into a performing arts center that includes the Vivian Russell Theater where Morning Meeting will be held, visiting lectures and presentations will be hosted, and, of course, Kents Hill’s theater troupe and musical groups will perform.
4/21/2009 July (2006)
After their 10 years on the Hill, the school reluctantly said goodbye to Associate Headmaster for Development Jeffrey Hicks and his wife Marie, chair of the Modern Languages Department. In late June, Jeff and Marie moved to their home on Cape Cod, to begin a well-deserved retirement. 7/27/2006 May
Kents Hill School is pleased to announce that Dr. Saeb Erakat has agreed to be the Commencement Speaker at Kents Hill School's 182nd Commencement on June 3, 2006. Dr. Erakat, parent of Ali '06, is currently the Chief Palestinian Negotiator and Head of the Negotiations Affairs Department in Palestine. He was also elected to the Legislative Council in the last election.
5/18/2006 Alumnus Val Barnaby '02 has signed a free agent contract with the Detroit Lions of the NFL. Barnaby, a senior at Rutgers University, graduated from Kents Hill as a post-graduate in 2002. While at Kents Hill, he was selected as the team MVP and was recognized as one of the top players in the NEPSAC (New England Prep School Athletic Conference).
5/16/2006 "It's the beginning," said one senior solemnly as she looked at her new alumni keychain, engraved with her name and her class, a gift from the Kents Hill Alumni Association to each member of the Class of 2006 at the recent Alumni Induction Dinner.
5/12/2006 Last week, during their May visit, the Board of Trustees were able to take a first walk through Reed Hall, now halfway through construction. Slated to open next October, Reed Hall will house 44 female students and 3 faculty families. Thanks to the generosity of many donors, along with Trustees Helen Reed '70 and Ted Alfond '64, who each donated $1.5 million to the project, Reed Hall will be one of the premiere residence halls at Kents Hill School.
5/12/2006 March
As spring vacation approached, many minds turned to thoughts of sun, beaches, travel abroad and, of course, some R&R. But one group of Kents Hill faculty and students were thinking about hammers and nails, turning their thoughts to Slidell, Louisiana, where they were headed to help rebuild homes and community spaces devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
3/31/2006 Kents Hill is coming off a very successful winter athletics season, one which saw numerous teams make the playoffs and win conference titles. Both the Varsity and Junior Varsity Boys Ski programs took home the MAISAD Championship titles, defeating quality programs such as CVA, Gould, Hebron, and Bridgton. The Girls Varsity program came in a strong second. In addition to the team success, skiers Pete Seibert '06 and Kate Sawicz '07 won individual MAISAD titles. John Okie '06, a member of the Kents Hill Snowboarding team, also brought home an individual MAISAD title.
3/30/2006 January
Following the tragic death in November of 14-year-old Marlee Johnston, Ted Johnston and his wife Marlene Thibodeau have established a scholarship fund at Kents Hill School in their daughter’s memory. Marlee had been intending to enroll at the school in September. Her brother, Alec, is currently a senior here.
1/31/2006 On Saturday, January 14th, faculty and students gathered for Diversity Day, organized by Community Life Director, Peter Hodgin. Diversity Day was preceeded by a wonderful evening spent with Odaiko New England. a Japanese Taiko drumming group who performed in the Hawley Gymnasium on Friday night. 1/18/2006 December (2005)
On Saturday, December 10th, students and faculty gathered for Community Life Day, one of our Saturday morning theme days. Director of Community Life, Peter Hodgin delivered a presentation on "Public Media and Personal Responsibility," highlighting each person's responsibility to treat people with kindness and respect when using the internet and other communications technologies. 12/12/2005 November
Kents Hill was defeated by a strong Groton Academy team in the NEPSAC Championship game on Sunday, November 20th.
Kents Hill lost the coin toss and were forced to play against a strong wind in the first half. This made it difficult for the team to move the ball to the opponents end of the field.
11/25/2005 October
Kents Hill was awarded the Spring 2005 Sportsmanship Banner for the MAISAD conference. This award is one that Kents Hill is always very honored to receive and we are proud of all of our spring coaches and athletes who helped to earn the Spring Sportsmanship Award for the school. 10/25/2005 Neither the driving rain nor the gusty wind could dampen spirits during Fall Family Weekend - a weekend filled with the Viva Kents Hill Auction, Parent Conferences, Trustee meetings, SAT's, the Fall Play, the Donahue House Dedication and Groundbreaking for Reed Hall. 10/11/2005 September
Yan Hong Ma, who became China's first world champion in gymnastics in 1979 and who captured an Olympic gold medal in 1984 on the uneven bars in gymnastics, addressed the school during Morning Meeting on Monday. She spoke movingly of her role in bringing world recognition to China, as well as helping China emerge onto the world stage. 9/19/2005 August
Phase One of the campus construction plan began this week with a $3/4m upgrade to the infrastructure of the school. Phase One will culminate in the building of the new girls' dormitory, Reed Hall, which will open in late 2007.
"This part is not very 'sexy'," commented Brian Marston, Director of Plant and Facilities, "but it's essential to the future building plans of the school." 8/17/2005 July
Kents Hill teacher and alumna, Elizabeth Winter ’98, came close to being injured while riding a train on the London Underground at the time of the subway and bus bombings of July 7th, 2005. Headed back to Oxford on the morning of July 7th, where she is attending Middlebury's Bread Loaf School of English in Oxford, she was on a train between Notting Hill Gate and Bayswater stations.
7/25/2005 May
54 seniors and postgraduates were inducted into the Alumni Association by Alumni Board President, Caroline Dunn '58, at an elegant dinner in the Liz Cross Mellen Lodge this week. Keynote speaker, Dr. Richard Davidson, Kents Hill Trustee and former Chair of the English Department, spoke eloquently about what it means to be an alum, urging the seniors to give back to the school their gift of their attention, concentration and thought, to be part of the conversation about the future of the school. 5/18/2005 During the Trustee Dinner in May, at the Liz Cross Mellen Ski Lodge, the Board of Trustees honored alumnus Jim Stanley '34 for his lifelong devotion to Kents Hill School by announcing his election as an Honorary Life Trustee of Kents Hill School. Planned Giving Director, Bill Dunham '59 characterized Stanley as "a prince of a guy, modest and generous, who has given 60 years of service to Kents Hill School." 5/11/2005 Stu Tedrick '02 recently returned to campus to lecture in the Environmental Studies Department about his work to document and film the hazing of buffalo by the Montana Department of Livestock in Montana. Tedrick, currently on a leave of absence fron Antioch College, works as Volunteer Coordinator in the Buffalo Field Campaign at Yellowstone National Park. 5/11/2005 Lt. Colonel John Jansen, Class of 1980, recently returned from a 12 month deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as Commander of the 133rd Engineer Battalion of the Maine National Guard, was the Keynote Speaker at Spring Convocation. 5/2/2005 April
Jaguar scientist, and Wildlife Conservation Society Director of Foundation Relations, Dr. Linde E.T. Ostro, anchored Environmental Day with a lecture about her role in the jaguar conservation program in the Cockscomb Sanctuary in Belize, Central America. 4/11/2005 Parlez-vous francais? During March, four students travelled to Dijon, France, on an exchange with our sister school, Lycee Notre Dame. For two weeks they stayed with French families, going to school every day, and spending weekends and nights at home with their French families. 4/5/2005 March
During the recent March vacation, 7 students, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Pearson and Mr. Hodgin, fled the March Maine mud for the islands, temples, sunsets and sights of sunny Greece.
3/30/2005 February
It may have been cold outside, but inside Masterman Union the show was hot! Featured at the January Coffeehouse were two alumni groups: Tenth Planet, with Andrew Tukey '03 on drums and Tyler Quist '02 on guitar, entertained a full house with their own unique blend of funk originals. Then, after a short interval, singer Graham Isaacson '02 and his band delighted everyone with numbers from his recently released CD "Nine Days." 2/2/2005 January
Recently, Micah Morrison '75 wrote a moving and heartfelt article for PARADE magazine, entitled "Give the Gift of Life" in which he highlighted the plight of those who are currently awaiting organ donations.
One of stories he told was that of Peter Issenberg '76, who, with his wife (Sheila "Simmie" Issenberg nee Cassatt '76) and their two daughters, is desperately awaiting a kidney. 1/15/2005
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