On Thursday, May 9, 14 seniors commemorated their seven years at KO by attending a special “seven year senior” evening event at KO. Organized by Dean of the Middle School Kathy Dunn, seniors reminisced about their middle school days, conversed with their favorite KO faculty members, and celebrated graduation with their peers. “The seniors can […]
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By Niki Taylor This article contains major spoilers for Avengers: Endgame. Beware. After 11 years of box office hits and a culmination of now 22 movies, Marvel Studios has hit another home-run with its latest release Avengers: Endgame. With a staggering 2.2 billion dollars in just the first week and a half of its release, […]
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Kingswood Oxford, as much as we like to pretend it is completely unified, has a divide when it comes to politics. As a private school in Connecticut, we lean towards more democratic and liberal political views due to our location and our upbringings. We’ve created an accepting community for those from all different religious and […]
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As it comes to the conclusion of another school year, the dreaded finals week is coming up. Throughout this week, the long extravaganza of test after test can seem daunting to any student, but the schedule KO uses does actually help relieve some of the stress kids feel during this time. Finals occur on the […]
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Batter up! The varsity baseball team has swung into another season filled with several learning curves and wins. The team is led by seniors Eryk Jones, Jack Johnson, Josh Leshem, Evan Moore, Aidan Shea, and Connor Patenaude and Head Coach Steve Cannata. As the team closes their spring season, they have a strong record of […]
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On Monday, April 2 from 5:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., the Baird Journalism Dinner was held in the Conklin Library. This year’s speaker, Alex Kasprak’ 04, is a writer for Snopes, a website dedicated to investigation and debunking misinformation. The event was attended by faculty, KO News staff, and journalism students, and was opened by […]
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The most overwhelmingly beautiful moments music teacher Richard Chiarappa has experienced have been standing atop the rostrum, waving his baton excitedly through the air. When asked what he envisions while conducting and playing music, he immediately begins to express the feeling of the sounds in his heartbeat, so peaceful and moving. “When you are standing […]
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Although the Winter Musical has come and gone, the theater department continues to razzle dazzle the KO community by providing new opportunities for students interested in the performing arts. Just this past month, Broadway star, Ben Fankhauser, visited campus to teach a master class. Born in Switzerland and raised in Ohio, Mr. Fankhauser fell in love […]
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The Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Contest takes place every year in which both Upper and Middle School students can participate. Any student can take part in the contest by submitting up to three poems. Three student poems will be selected from the Upper School as winners and three students from the Middle School. Each winner receives […]
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Junior year is already stressful enough as it is: you have hours of homework to do after school, your classes demand more thought and effort, you either have a test, paper, project, or lab due each week, you have to play sports and contribute to clubs, and it seems as if it’ll never end! As […]
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