Academics
Kentwood High School, offers Advanced Placement classes in US History, European History, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Art, Literature, Statistics, Calculus (AB and BC), Music Theory, Biology, Chemistry, Physics B, Language and Composition, and Psychology. The availability of these classes is contingent upon enough registrations for them. AP Music Theory and AP Statistics in particular deal with this problem.
At Kentwood, freshmen and sophomores are placed into English, Social Studies, and Science classes in which honors students are in the same classes as their non-honors peers, a system known as blended.In theory, this will allow the students who excel to aid their classmates better, although the efficacy of this system has not been proven, and many honors students are frustrated by it.
Foreign Language classes available for students to take are French (4 years), Spanish (4 years), American Sign Language (4 years), Japanese (4 years), and Mandarin Chinese (4 years). Upper level (third or fourth year) French and Spanish classes offer college credit to students who participate in the University of Washington's College in the High School program.
In addition, Kentwood High School was also one of 41 schools in the country named a Grammy Signature in 2004 for their Music Program, which included a check for $1000 USD as a donation to the program. The Kentwood Drama program is also recognized statewide and has received numerous awards and nominations from the 5th Avenue Theatre's High School Musical Theatre Awards.
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