Kingswood Oxford welcomes band and orchestra teacher Aaron Barkon to the Upper School and Middle School, where he has already begun making connections with students through US Band, Orchestra, and Jazz Combo, as well as MS Band and Orchestra. Although learning the names of 115 new students and getting to know the faculty has been […]

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 […]

After months of preparation, 14 Kingswood Oxford students traveled to Italy and Greece from June 14 to June 22, visiting historical sites, museums, beaches, and cities throughout both countries. The trip gave students the opportunity to experience places they had learned about in the classroom while also spending time with friends and meeting students from […]

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 […]