Kentwood High School is a

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Covington, Washington Covington is a city in King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington, United States. The population was 20,777 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Prior to the 2010 census, Covington was counted as pa ...

. Kentwood is one of four high schools in the

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. It serves students in grades nine through twelve who live in mainly 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

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(AB and BC),

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, Physics B, Language and Composition,

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for Megaminds. 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 classes and depending upon past grades and test scores. Foreign Language classes available for students to take are French (4 years), Spanish (4 years),

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(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

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'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.

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 *Tennis *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 & 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 Ernest Harold Conwell (born August 17, 1972) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the second round of the 1996 NFL Draft. He played college football at Washington. Conw ...

(1988–1991) - retired tight end who played for the

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and the

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. *

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(née Tamara Wimer) (1988–1991) - Polish pop music star * Matt Hague,

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player (former member of

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40-man roster) * Anthony Hamilton, professional

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fighter in the

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's Heavyweight Division *

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(1996–1999) - fullback for the St. Louis Rams *

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- drummer for

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(2001–2004) - Drafted and played guard for the

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(1999–2002) - retired soccer forward *

Jeff Dye Jeffrey Dye (born February 4, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Early life Dye was born in 1983 in Seattle and raised in Kent, Washington. He attended Kentwood High School in Covington. Dye is of Spanish, French-Canadian, German ...

- comedian/3rd-place finisher on

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(2004–2007) - Season 10

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(2004–2007) - guard for the

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(2018-) catcher for the

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. * Lindsey Moore 2006-2009 - guard for the

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former NFL running back

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* Joshua Smith (2006-2010) NBA player for the Houston Rockets *

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(Andrew Fung & David Fung) - YouTubers * Austin Voth,

pitcher for the

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* Taylor Jones,

player for the

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player for the

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