Kensington Intermediate Senior High School | |
Address: | 19 Victoria Street East |
City: | Kensington |
Province: | Prince Edward Island |
Postcode: | C0B 1M0 |
Country: | Canada |
Coordinates: | 46.4407°N -63.6288°W |
Schooltype: | Public High school |
Motto: | "Stamus Pro Veritate" |
Motto Translation: | We stand for the truth |
Schoolboard: | Public Schools Branch |
Principal: | Donald Mulligan |
Grades Label: | Grades |
Grades: | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Enrollment: | ~400 |
Language: | English |
Colours: | green & white |
Mascot: | george woods |
Team Name: | Torchmen, Torchettes |
Kensington Intermediate Senior High School, is a Canadian secondary school in Kensington, Prince Edward Island.
Opened in 1955, it was a very small school until it received a $6.7 million grant and 40000square feet were added. Today it hosts grades 7 through 12, dividing the junior students into grades 7-9 and the senior students into grades 10–12, and has both an English program and late French Immersion program. The KISH school mascot is a torch, and the school motto is "Stamus Pro Veritate". KISH contains an industrial arts room, home economics room, library, gymnasium, 3 computer labs, cafeteria, and a stage. On school property there are also three tennis courts, a softball diamond, 2 soccer / rugby fields and a sports track. There are many extracurricular activities offered to students, such as Student Council, Band, Drama, Peer Tutoring, Student Police, and a wide range of sports such as volleyball, rugby, soccer, basketball, badminton, cross country and track and field. A very successful Canadian Travel and Tourism Diploma and Agriculture Certificate program are offered to senior high students as an extra-curricular program with curriculum links to a number of courses. KISH also has an annual show called the Green and White Revue, which features talent from the student body.
In 2013, the school became a focus of media attention after the principal at the time pleaded guilty to luring an underage student at the school.[1] He was sentenced to three months in jail.[2]