Kent Denver School
| Kent Denver School | |
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| 4000 E. Quincy Avenue Englewood, CO 80113-4916 United States |
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| Type | College Preparatory |
| Established | 1922 |
| President | Kathryn Ryan |
| Head of school | Todd Horn |
| Grades | 6-12 |
| Enrollment | 657 (220 in the middle school and 437 in the upper school) |
| Campus size | 200 acres (0.81 km2) |
| Color(s) | Dark Blue, Red, and white. |
| Athletics | 3A |
| Athletics conference | Metropolitan League |
| Mascot | Sun Devil |
| Information | 303-770-7660 |
| Website | kentdenver.org |
Kent Denver School is a private, co-educational, non-sectarian college preparatory high school and middle school in Englewood, Colorado. It traces its origin back to the 1922 founding of the Kent School for Girls, and has existed as a co-educational institution since 1974.
The Kent School for Girls was founded by Mary Austin Bogue, Mary Louise Rathvon and Mary Kent Wallace on Sherman Street in Denver in 1922. The Denver Country Day School, an all-men's high school, was founded by Andrews D. Black and Tom Chaffee in 1953, and the two schools relocated to the spacious Blackmer Estate in Cherry Hills Village in the 1960s. The schools operated side-by-side and with joint science classes until they merged at the behest of Andrews Black in 1974. Since then the school has been known as Kent Denver Country Day School, and its current name, Kent Denver School.
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[edit] Campus
Kent Denver is located on the historic Blackmer Estate at Colorado Boulevard and Quincy Avenue in Cherry Hills Village. The 200-acre (0.81 km2) campus is centered on two lakes and bordered by the Highline Canal. The campus houses 43 classrooms in four main building complexes. The old boys' school is now the middle school, housing grades 6 through 8 at the bottom of what is simply known as "The Hill". Likewise, the upper school, grades 9 through 12, are housed in the old girls' school.
Most student life is centered on the Bogue Common Room,a former courtyard that was walled in to create a meeting place with a cafe for the upper school. Until the recent completion of the Student Center for the Arts, most all-upper-school meetings took place here. Adjacent to the common room and the main upper school hallway is the Boettcher Foundation Library. Science classes were held from before the merger to 2001 in the Gates Science Center, situated between the library and the middle school. A significant renovation that year connected the library with the Science Center (known to students simply as "Gates") with new classroom, laboratory and office space. The Gates Science Center is also home to an aquarium, and three computer labs. The new building also houses a sundial tower.
The theatre, music and visual arts departments recently relocated to the Student Center for the Arts, completed in 2006, which houses the 500-seat Anschutz Family Theatre. This is intended to replace El Pomar Hall, which as a converted dining hall was inadequate as a performance space. El Pomar has been renovated, and serves as a smaller, 125-seat performing arts venue.
Kent Denver's commercial music program, in particular, has gained a considerable reputation on the local, regional, and national levels. The program's R&B Ensemble has been recognized by DownBeat Magazine four times in the past five years. In addition, the program's ensembles travel each year to learn more about the musical culture of that city. In the past, the student-musicians have traveled to Memphis, New Orleans, Miami, and New York.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Madeleine Albright – Former US Secretary of State
- Senator C. Thomas Blickensderfer – Former Majority Leader of the Colorado State Senate
- Lara Merriken – Creator of Larabar
- L. E. Modesitt, Jr. – Author
- Kevin Stadler – PGA Golfer
- Brandt Jobe – PGA Golfer
- Davis Lamair – finalist on the 2007 season of "Top Chef"
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