Principal's Welcome
Dear Students, Parents, Community Members and Friends,
Welcome to Kettering High School!
We are excited to embark upon this school year. Waterford is a community that values high expectations, growth, engaged educational partnership and supporting what’s best for our learners.
Kettering has been my home since 2021. It is a privilege to serve as your principal and I’m excited to see what we will accomplish together next.
Our team is excited to lead your educational journey, along multiple pathways.
We believe in a Growth Mindset, value creativity, reward hard work and celebrate determination. We are proud to provide you a talented and dedicated crew of classroom leaders and a staff who serve with compassion and strive to meet the needs of all learners.
We encourage you to seek challenges within our rigorous curriculum, find opportunities for engagement in the arts, join our outstanding student leadership programs, seek off-campus extension opportunities and to become a Captain on the field.
Together, we look forward to helping you achieve your goals, build Captain PRIDE, and find lasting success.
This year, we will be adding three areas of increased focus:
- Proactive communication with families
- Increasing student accountability with attendance and timeliness.
- Increasing student engagement
No matter your role in the community, you play an important part in our success.
Let us know how we’re doing. Connect with our teachers, reach out via email, give me a call, or set up an appointment to meet. If Wilson, our Yellow Labrador Retriever therapy dog, isn’t working with a student, you may be able to make a new best friend with the help of a Milkbone.
We welcome the opportunity to work in partnership with you in your education – and look forward to exceeding our shared expectations!
It’s a GREAT day to be a Captain!
Kind regards,
Ben Harwood
Principal
248-309-1160 (cell)
248-673-1326 (office)
