Kent School - Facilities

Facilities

Kent is situated on 1,200 acres (4.9 km2) between the Appalachian Trail and Housatonic River. The picturesque New England landscape surrounds the campus' Georgian brick buildings, arranged comfortably along the river bank.

Residential Buildings: North Dorm, Borsdorff Hall (Middle North), Middle Dorm South, Case Dorm, Dining Hall Dorm, Field Dorm, and Hoerle Hall (a new state-of-the-art dorm)

Instructional Buildings: Foley Hall, Dickinson Science Center, Schoolhouse, Mattoon Language Center, Field Building, 50,000-volume John Gray Park Library, Mattison Auditorium, St. Joseph's Chapel, Music Studios, Art Studios

Athletics: Magowan Field House (Basketball, Weight Rooms, Pool), Fitness Center, Brainard Squash Courts, Indoor Tennis Building (4 courts), Springs Center (Nadal Hockey Rink), Sill Boathouse, Waring Partridge Rowing Center, Southfields Facility, Kent Stables, 9 Playing Fields, 13 Outdoor Tennis Courts, Cross-Country Course.

In 1995, Kent partnered with Microsoft, Toshiba and 29 other pioneer schools creating the Anytime Anywhere Learning program.Traditions and Innovations This program equips Kent students with laptop computers for use in every classroom on campus. Since 2002, these have been Tablet PCs. In addition, all of the classrooms and dorm rooms, as well as the library and administrative offices, have access to the Internet and the School network. All dorm rooms are equipped with individual data and voice connections which provide phone, Internet, and intranet access for each student. All of the academic areas, dorm common rooms and many public areas provide secure wireless as well.