Student Programs

Kent ISD offers a range of programs and resources for students including career exploration and training, early college, online high school courses and much more.

High School Programs

Kent Career Tech Center Get ready to experience an entirely different way of learning. We offer real life, real learning in 20+ programs with free college credit, all taught by teachers who have worked in that field. By integrating the learning environment with real-world applications, we arm students with knowledge and experience they can apply directly to college and career. The Tech Center
Kent Innovation High Innovation High focuses on project-based learning and collaboration between students and teachers and the community. This school demonstrates some of the best thinking in the country about teaching and learning. Innovation High also serves as a learning "lab" for teachers and administrators who want to innovate in their own schools. Kent Innovation High
Kent Transition Center Kent Transition Center is a unique high school program offering hands-on learning and career exploration. The program helps at-risk students or those with special needs learn what it means to be successful employees and gain valuable skills they can use at work and in life. Kent Transition Center
Launch U This new hands-on early college program was created in collaboration with Grand Rapids Community College. Beginning in 10th grade, students who love to take things apart and understand the mechanical world can begin a career path providing industry connections, skill certificates and a tuition-free Associate Degree in just one year after high school. Launch U
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MySchool@Kent MySchool@Kent combines interesting, online learning, with the best part of school - the caring relationships. In addition to online studies, students experience just-in-time learning and tutoring in our learning labs, in a comfortable, café-style environment. My School at Kent

Career Readiness

Groundhog Shadow Day
Groundhog Shadow Day Spend a day with a professional mentor in the job of YOUR choice! WHEN: March 13, 2020, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm. Groundhog Shadow Day
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Health Career Immersion Program ​This health care job shadow experience allows students to explore a wide variety of health careers by observing health professionals Open to high school seniors. WHEN: 5 hours per week for either the Fall or Spring semester Health Career Immersion Program
MFG Day. Opening Doors & minds
MFG Day Held annually on the first Friday in October, Manufacturing Day helps show the reality of modern manufacturing careers by encouraging thousands of companies and educational institutions around the nation to open their doors to students, parents, teachers and community leaders. Get involved in West Michigan! Manufacturing Day
Mi Career Quest
Mi Career Quest Nearly 9,000 students and educators joined us at the Devos place for this incredible day of career exploration. Planning is underway for Spring 2020 and we would LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN! MI Career Quest
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Talk & Tour Career Series Held in the evenings, 7th-12th grade students and their families learn about in-demand careers in a variety of industries during tours and moderated panels hosted at local businesses. Talk and Tour Series

Adult Education

GED, Career Technical Education, English Language We help adults build brighter futures by helping them get their high school equivalency (GED), gain English Language and through Career and Technical Education (CTE). There are multiple with morning, afternoon and evening sessions to meet the needs of students and their work and family schedules. Adult Education

More Great Opportunities for Students

Academically Talented Youth Program (ATYP) ATYP is an highly accelerated Math or Language Arts program designed for students who need to learn at greater depth, complexity and at a much faster pace than the sending school is able to provide. Open to public, non-public, charter and home school students who meet the criteria, usually starting the three year sequence in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade. ATYP Math Jr. is open to 5th or 6th graders who meet the criteria and are invited to apply by their school principal. Academically Talented Youth Program
Close Up High school students can make a once in a lifetime trip to Washington, D.C. to see government in action through the Close Up program. Scholarships available. Close Up
Spelling Bee Students in grades 3-8, from schools in Allegan, Barry, Kent, Muskegon, Newaygo, and Ottawa counties compete in school, then regional spelling bees culminating in The Greater Grand Rapids Spelling Bee in March. The winner of The Greater Grand Rapids Bee goes on to compete at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Spelling Bee
Summer Camps Kent ISD's Kent Career Tech Center is excited to offer a variety of Summer camps in 2019. Camps are for students entering 7th - 9th grades in fall 2019, and are held at Kent Career Tech Center from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm. Check out all the camps here. Summer Camps
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