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Kentwood High School (Washington)

Public secondary school in Covington, Washington, United States

Summary

Public secondary school in Covington, Washington, United States

Field	Value
name	Kentwood High School
motto	Successfully Preparing All Students For Their Futures
established	1981
type	Public secondary
affiliation	WIAA 4A Division
principal	Samantha Ketover
head_name	Second Master
head_name2	Assistant Headmaster
ratio	23.47
teaching_staff	84.72 (FTE)
enrollment	1,988 (2023–2024)
grades	9–12
streetaddress	25800 164th Ave SE
city	Covington
state	Washington
zipcode	98042
country	USA
district	Kent School District
campus	Suburban
colors	Silver, black, white and Kelly green

mascot	Conqueror
free_label	Emblem
website

Kentwood High School is a high school in Covington, Washington, United States. Kentwood is one of four high schools in the Kent School District. It serves students in grades 9 through 12 who mainly live in the east central region of the district. Its main feeder schools are Mattson and Meridian Middle Schools.

Kentwood is one of Washington's largest high schools; its enrollment of more than 2,000 students even exceeds the enrollment of most other 4A high schools in the state. Kentwood High School's mascot is the Conquerors, or the "Conks."

Academics

Kentwood High School offers Advanced Placement classes in World History, US History, European History, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Art, Literature, Statistics, Calculus (AB and BC), Music Theory, Biology, Chemistry, Physics B, Language and Composition, Psychology, and Government for Megaminds. The availability of these classes is contingent upon enough registrations for each. AP Music Theory and AP Statistics in particular deal with this problem.

At Kentwood, freshmen and sophomores are placed into English and social studies classes, depending upon past grades and test scores.

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 UW 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.

Sports

Kentwood's sports teams compete in the Cascade Division of the North Puget Sound League since the 2016-17 school year.

Boys

Football
Cross Country
Golf
Basketball
Swim and Dive
Wrestling
Baseball
Track and Field
Soccer
Judo

Girls

Volleyball
Cross Country
Swim and Dive
Golf
Soccer
Gymnastics
Basketball
Wrestling
Softball
Track and Field
Tennis
Judo
Cheerleading
Dazzlers Dance Team

Kentwood students can also participate in district-wide Kent Crusaders Rugby and Kentwood Water Polo.

Kentwood Football won the Washington State 4A Championship in both 2001 and 2002.

In addition, Kentwood also has an outstanding swim team that continues to make excellent progress each year, with a swimmer breaking a state record during the 2018–2019 season.

Notable alumni

Ernie Conwell (1988–1991) - retired tight end who played for the St. Louis Rams and the New Orleans Saints
Isis Gee (née Tamara Wimer) (1988–1991) - Polish pop music star
Matt Hague - MLB player (former member of Toronto Blue Jays 40-man roster)
Anthony Hamilton - professional MMA fighter in the UFC's Heavyweight Division
Mike Karney (1996–1999) - fullback for the St. Louis Rams
Jeremiah Green - drummer for Modest Mouse (See We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank)
Rodney Stuckey (2001–2004) - drafted and played guard for the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers
Cam Weaver (1999–2002) - retired soccer forward
Jeff Dye - comedian/3rd-place finisher on Last Comic Standing
Stefano Langone (2004–2007) - Season 10 American Idol contestant
Courtney Vandersloot (2004–2007) - guard for the New York Liberty
Reese McGuire (2018–) - MLB catcher for the Boston Red Sox
Lindsey Moore (2006–2009) - guard for the Minnesota Lynx
Demitrius Bronson - former NFL running back Seattle Seahawks
Joshua Smith (2006–2010) - NBA player for the Houston Rockets
The Fung Brothers (Andrew Fung & David Fung) - YouTubers
Austin Voth - MLB pitcher for the Seattle Mariners
Taylor Jones - MLB player for the San Francisco Giants
Mathew Barzal - NHL player for the New York Islanders

References

"Kentwood High School". National Center for Education Statistics.
"Kentwood High School".
Tina Potterf. (May 14, 2004). "Grammy grants will make music at local schools". Seattle Times.
"NPSL 4A Home Page".
"North Puget Sound League reforms after 26-year hiatus - Kent Reporter".
"Kentwood Conquerors Varsity Boys Football".
(28 November 2012). "Ready to Rumble: Redmond's Hamilton wants to grab CageSport heavyweight title - Redmond Reporter".
"Demetrius Bronson". Seattle Seahawks.
(16 July 2018). "Kentwood High grad Voth makes MLB debut".
(7 February 2012). "Conquerors win division crown | Boys basketball".

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