At 6:00 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, the eighth-grade Mock Trial team loaded into a KO school van. After a two-hour study hall, the Mock Trial students were ready to get going. Their destination was Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. The Harvard Mock Trial Conference is usually meant for high schoolers, but the Middle School Wyverns […]
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On Friday, Jan.11, Spanish teacher Lynn Schork’s Spanish 5AP class held their own version of the TV show ‘Shark Tank.’ Ms. Schork created, what her students like to call, Schork Tank when the TV Show first aired and it has developed into a very realistic project. “I have really tweaked and changed it into a […]
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by Conor Caneday ’21 and Sean James ’19 Sophomore Isabel Berckemeyer is the girls player of the month for her dominance on the squash court. Berckemeyer has been one of the top contributors and key players for the squash team during the past two seasons. In the first part of the season, Berckemeyer went on […]
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by Nick Traver ’20 Head Coach Alex Kraus is most commonly known as the human genius, comic book fanatic who teaches chemistry and physics; however, what many people probably don’t know is that Coach Kraus is the coach of both the boys track and field team and the boys swimming and diving team, the latter […]
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Enriching class discussion, Holocaust survivor Rabbi Philip Lazowski attended KO’s International Human Rights class on Jan. 15, at 2:00 p.m. As a witness of the atrocities of the Holocaust, Rabbi Lazowski will never forget what he lived through as a boy. In 2014, he shared his stories at an assembly to the entire KO student […]
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by Keegan McMahon ’21 The boys and girls swimming and diving teams are keeping pace in the pool as they approach the middle of the season; they are led by senior captains Thomas Betts and Ellis Winfree and junior captain Esha Shrivastav. The boys have their minds set on winning New Englands with a record […]
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On Monday, Jan. 28, Broadway and film actress Deidre Goodwin visited KO to share her experiences in the acting industry. She addressed the entirety of the student body during an assembly from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. and then conducted a three hour masterclass with the cast of the winter musical “Chicago.” Deidre Goodwin is […]
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On Friday, Jan. 25, from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. students and parents attended the Summer Programs & Career Exploration (SPACE) Fair in Mead Dining Hall to learn about and explore the various summer opportunities offered from a multitude of local and national organizations. More than 15 vendors greeted the student body, offering a variety […]
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by Conor Caneday ’21 The girls varsity squash team started out the season with a 4-0 record, beating teams such as The Ethel Walker School with an impressive score of 6-1, and sweeping Suffield academy, Millbrook School, and Canterbury School with a 7-0 score. It wasn’t until back to back losses against Choate Rosemary Hall […]
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by Sean James ’19 and Lian Wolman ’20 The varsity boys basketball team is 9-6 and is ready to make the final push for the playoffs. The boys basketball team ended 2018 with a 5-1 record, taking a tough but hard fought loss in the championship game of the Kingswood Oxford Invitational Tournament. Head Coach […]
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