By Josie Baber ‘29 Unlike most teens this summer, junior Hunter James spent a portion of her summer sailing instead of sleeping and diving instead of dozing.  This summer, Hunter experienced an unforgettable 21-day trip with Sail Caribbean, a teen summer camp that takes place entirely on sailboats in the British Virgin Islands. Previous summers, […]

With a 6-1 record so far this season, the varsity volleyball team has made it clear that they are looking to accomplish something bigger this year.  According to Head Coach Joe Sobowicz, the team is one of the most talented volleyball teams Kingswood Oxford has had in a long time. However, he believes that talent […]

This summer, instead of just relaxing and forgetting about what the upcoming school year has to bring, two members of the Kingswood Oxford community decided to step out of their comfort zones and explore something new. Thanks to the Patricia Rossoff Endowment Fellowship for Media Arts and the Courtney Denow Scholarship, junior Racheal Segal and […]

On Friday, Sept. 11, KO held its annual Service Learning Day. Whether you’re a freshman just getting back from Camp Meriwood, a sophomore whose morning was spent helping with hydroponic gardens, a junior who spent the day team bonding, or a senior who either helped move furniture, prepare meals, teach children, or help on a […]

As surprising as it sounds, I had never tried matcha until a few weeks ago, when I took a short trip to the recently opened matcha cafe, Bliss Matcha, in West Hartford Center.  Amid all of the chaos and construction on the streets and sidewalks of West Hartford, if you pass by the welcoming, sunny, […]

The Kingswood Oxford Middle School concert band went on a field trip to the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. on a morning in early November. All 28 students in the band attended the field trip. The trip was three hours long, as there was a one-hour bus ride to and back […]