Kent Island High School (KIHS) is a

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Stevensville, Maryland Stevensville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States, and is the county's most populous Place (United States Census Bureau), place among both CDPs and Municipality, municip ...

, United States that first opened in 1998 to accommodate the growing population of

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. The school takes its name from

Kent Island Kent Island is the largest island in the Chesapeake Bay and a historic place in Maryland. To the east, a narrow channel known as the Kent Narrows barely separates the island from the Delmarva Peninsula, and on the other side, the island is sepa ...

, the location of the school (and the entire

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of Stevensville). The school is often seen as the successor to Stevensville High School, which closed in 1966, and was renovated and reopened as Stevensville Middle School. The two schools have similar

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and

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s (SHS's colors and mascot were blue and gold and the Pirates, compared to navy blue and silver and the Buccaneers of KIHS). Between 1966 and 1998, residents of Kent Island attended

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. Grades 10-12 are located at Kent Island High School, while 9th graders instead attend at an annex of the high school located at Matapeake Middle School. Kent Island High School's sports teams are members of the Bayside conference and 2A East region in Maryland.

History

A fire broke out in a boys' bathroom at Kent Island High School on 26 September 2012. Nearly twenty-five volunteer firefighters, of the Kent Island Volunteer Fire Department, responded to the blaze; a police investigation valued damages to approximately $5,000.

Athletics

*Fall sports ** Cheerleading ** Cross Country ** Dance ** Equestrian ** Field Hockey ** Football ** Golf ** Sailing ** Soccer (men's and women's) ** Volleyball *Winter sports ** Basketball (men's and women's) ** Ice Hockey ** Indoor Track ** Swimming ** Wrestling *Spring sports ** Baseball ** Corollary tennis ** Lacrosse (men's and women's) ** Sailing ** Softball ** Tennis ** Track and Field

References

External links

Official websiteaerial view of the school
{{authority control Kent Island, Maryland Public high schools in Maryland Educational institutions established in 1998 Schools in Queen Anne's County, Maryland 1998 establishments in Maryland