Upper School students attended the club assembly and club fair during PLB on Friday, Sept. 28. The assembly portion lasted for the first 30 minutes and the fair took up the second half. During the assembly, leaders from each club gave a brief overview about what their club is about, when the club meets, and […]
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We sincerely believe that KO is a great school: one that strives to help students learn and succeed. Teachers and administrators certainly have students’ interests at heart when they make decisions. However, no individual or institution is perfect, and we don’t believe KO claims to be. As such, in this article, we would like to […]
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It is socially acceptable for women to wear traditionally masculine clothing, and they do. Women wear suits and button down skirts and look amazing. However, it is not acceptable for a man to wear traditionally feminine clothing like dresses, skirts, heeled shoes, or makeup. Why is it normal for women to dress in “masculine” clothing, […]
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The Girls varsity field hockey team hopes to have a strong end of their season after a couple of convincing 3-0 wins against the Hopkins School during Hewett Day on Saturday, Oct. 13 and against The Wilbraham & Monson Academy on Monday, Oct. 15. After the wins, the team suffered a tough 7-2 loss […]
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Varsity volleyball has a 7-3 record, coming off a strong performance against a dominant Pomfret team on Hewett Day and a string of solid wins against Worcester Academy, the School of the Holy Child, and Cheshire Academy. The team lost to Suffield Academy 3-0 on Saturday, Sept. 29 at Suffield. They beat Marianapolis Preparatory School […]
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From the Roaring Twenties to the 21st century, Kingswood Oxford has undergone many rule modifications to keep with the changing times. Let’s take a look. Shortly after its founding in 1916, George Nicolson rooted many of KO’s rules in the English boarding school, Kingswood, that he attended in Bath as a student and teacher. When […]
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Over the past several months, the college advising office has been working on changes to shift the timelines of assigning college advisors and holding VQV sessions earlier compared to previous years. As a part of the new schedule, current juniors attended their first monthly VQV session in September. Director of College Advising Jami Silver said […]
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With the fall play fast approaching, the KO community is gearing up for one of the most unique performances yet. The show, called “Rabbit Hole” will be performed in the Black Box Theater on Nov.15 and 16, and is about a husband and wife named Howie and Becca. It tells the story of how a […]
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For me, Christmas starts in September. I don’t care about Halloween or Thanksgiving, I just want to go straight into Christmas. So, as an early Christmas present to myself, I bought myself makeup. Because what else would I do? A lot of brands release holiday sets or palettes around October, but the pictures are usually […]
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