KENT, Conn.—The South Kent School community invites Paul Abbott’s extended South Kent family to join it on the Hillside in celebrating his life and legacy on Saturday, Aug. 29, at 10 a.m. at St. Michael’s Chapel A reception will follow.
Abbott, 86, a longtime resident of Kent, passed away June 4. He was an educator playing many different roles at South Kent School before retiring in 2014 after 49 years of dedicated service.
Paul brought his wife and their infant daughter to the South Kent School in South Kent in the late summer of 1965. He was on duty for morning chapel services all the way to call in at the end of the evening. He knew when the boys needed tough love or a peanut butter sandwich.
He sympathized with the boys when they were sent home and rejoiced with them on small and great achievements. He taught with great energy and love and lived both by the Millbrook School motto “Not for One’s Self, But for All” and South Kent School’s Trinity of Values: “Simplicity of Life, Self Reliance, and Directness of Purpose.”
Following the example of his father at Millbrook School, Paul epitomized the best of boarding schoolteachers, wearing many hats with distinction. He was a master science teacher, served as Dean of Students, college guidance counselor, advisor, coach, business manager, the Ambassador Program director and was the senior master at the end of his career.
He also served on Kent’s Inlands Wetlands Commission, the Zoning Board and on the Kent Center School Scholarship Committee.
Please email RSVP@southkentschool.org if planning to attend.
