Kentlake High School
| Kentlake High School | |
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| Address | |
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21401 SE Falcon Way Kent, Washington United States |
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| Coordinates | 47°19′53″N 122°03′26″W / 47.33139°N 122.05722°WCoordinates: 47°19′53″N 122°03′26″W / 47.33139°N 122.05722°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Motto | Stilus Fortior Gladio (Latin: The Pen is Mightier than the sword) |
| Established | 1997 |
| School district | Kent School District |
| Principal | Dr. Joe Potts |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1500-1600 (13-14 school year) |
| Campus | Exurban |
| Color(s) | Cardinal, Silver, Black, White |
| Mascot | Falcons |
| Newspaper | The Falcon Flyer |
| Website | www |
Kentlake High School is a public high school, of more than 1,500 students located in Kent, Washington, USA. It is part of the Kent School District. With more than 62.9% of the school being of white descent, Kentlake is one of the least diverse schools in the Kent District.
Kentlake High School was designed by the architectural firm Burr Lawrence Rising and Bates and built in 1997. Built to accommodate 1600 students, the brick-exterior, two story facility has 232,000 square feet (21,600 m2) for student use. Under a cooperative agreement with King County Parks, an adjacent 10-acre (40,000 m2) site provides additional fields for Kentlake's athletic programs.
Kentlake welcomed its first student body, the classes of 1999 and 2000 in grades 10–11, when it opened on September 2, 1997. Kentlake opened to grades 9–12 during the 2004–05 school years. During the 2010-2011 school year, Dr. Joe Potts, former assistant principal of Kentwood High School, replaced Diana Pratt as the principal of Kentlake. The replacement was followed with the hiring of two assistant principals - Dylan Smith and Jordanne Nevin.
Kentlake's graduating class of 2012 consisted of over 400 students. The students graduated from the Showare Center on June 9, 2012. Three speeches have been given by students, and two have been given by faculty (including Dr. Potts). Kentlake choir, orchestra and band have played during the ceremony.
Kentlake High School offers several Advanced Placement (AP) courses to the students. Those courses include Art, Computer Science, English, Calculus (AB), Calculus (BC), Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics, Oceanography, Government and Politics, Geology, and Psychology.
In addition to AP courses, Kentlake also offers students several University of Washington courses - UW Composition, UW Literature, UW Comparative Lit, UW U.S. History, UW Biology: Brain & Addiction, UW Astronomy, UW Oceanography, UW Pre-Calculus, and UW Foundations in Information Technology.
Language courses offered at Kentlake include Japanese, French and Spanish and American Sign Language.
Kentlake offers a variety of clubs and activities to their students. These clubs and activities include:
Kentlake participates in the WIAA 4A division. They have been part of the Cascade Division of the North Puget Sound League since the 2016-17 school year. Their volleyball team has won the 4A state championships three times; in 2000, 2001, and 2002. KL volleyball also reached the state tournament in 2005, 2006, and 2007. The fast-pitch softball team has made it to the quarter finals six times, the semifinals three times, and to the state championship once. Kentlake's baseball team reached the state championship in 2008. Kentlake's girls basketball team reached the state tournament in 2007.
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