Kentlake High School

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.HistoryKentlake 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 232000sqft for student use. Under a cooperative agreement with King County Parks, an adjacent 10acre 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.AcademicsKentlake High School offers several Advanced Placement courses to the students. Those courses include Art, Computer Science, English, Calculus, Calculus, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics, Oceanography, Government and Politics, Geology, and Psychology.