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The Kingswood Oxford community welcomes a new, energetic, positive and encouraging math teacher to our campus. This teacher’s name is Sara Starnes, who is also an advisor and assistant coach for junior varsity soccer. Ms. Starnes earned her graduate degree at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania and went straight into teaching from there. Her teaching experience […]
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The boys and girls cross country teams have had strong starts to their seasons. Although the teams have only competed in a couple of meets, both teams are ready to leap into the busy season. In the beginning of the season, when both teams had to deal with the summer heat, they were also trying […]
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I’m a weak person, but I’m not that weak of a person, and the fact that I couldn’t open one of the lipsticks in the Ofra x NikkieTutorials set should have been a clear giveaway that I would hate it, but it was not. I bought this set with really high hopes. I have both […]
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Over the summer, I worked as camp counselor at a camp for kids in kindergarten through eighth grade. Have you ever noticed that little kids aren’t the best at judging ages? Well, I was sitting at lunch one day with a few of my campers, when one of the girls asked me what college I […]
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The boys soccer team opened their season at home in a scrimmage against Conard High School on Thursday, Aug. 31. Head Coach Hikmet Aslan said the goal for this game was to get a gauge on the skillset and condition level of his players, especially his younger players. This year’s team has 13 new players […]
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The ABC network produces and airs a television show called “The Bachelor,” where one man goes into a house and meets 32 different women, eliminating them weekly based on the weakness of their relationship. This continues until he is down to one woman to propose to, and if all things go well, eventually marry (which […]
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Netflix has been rising in the ranks of content producers lately with the likes of “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” and “The Great British Baking Show,” among other successful recent Netflix originals. However, I would argue that the best thing on Netflix right now is the show “Queer Eye.” The show revolves around […]
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On Sept. 8, 2018, Wyvern 36 Robotics held their first annual Electric Car Show. The event promoted discussion around electric vehicles and sustainable energy in West Hartford. Â Robotics Coach Kathleen DiSanto, senior Matt Safalow, and senior Ben Poulios planned and organized the event. Matt said he started talking about the event in May with Ms. […]
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Theater Director Kyle Reynolds enters KO with flare and passion to teach students to become activists and explorers. “What I love most about teaching is watching the light bulb go off and students really realizing the core of what you’re trying to teach,” Mr. Reynolds said. By building a personal connection to each student, Mr. Reynolds said […]
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Over the past couple of years, Camp KO has transformed into a vibrant and thriving institute. They have added more and more camps and opened the program up to an even bigger audience. This past year, they had 619 campers over the summer, and even more during the programs that run during the school year. […]
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