On Monday, April 20, the Student Government Association (SGA) announced the results of their election for the Executive Committee. These elections appointed junior Eden Nenshati as school speaker, junior Sadie Margolis as secretary, and junior Henry Mandell as treasurer, all elected among well-qualified candidates. Runners-up for speaker this year were juniors Sloan Duvall and Mike […]
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On Friday, April 17, Head of School Tom Dillow announced that school would be closed for the remainder of the semester. Despite the challenges of moving the community online, Student Government and school administrators are finding creative ways online to help students connect with each other. English teacher and Student Government Association (SGA) Advisor Mela […]
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Imagine this: you have just finished high school and are ready to take your next step in life. For most KO graduates, this means going to college somewhere in the United States, but not for Ben Poulios ’19 and Ben Small ’19. They decided that moving away from home to a new state wasn’t far […]
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“This is like stupid, totally stupid and irrelevant, but I have a distinct memory of a story about a pirate,” junior Cici Chagnon said when reminiscing on the start of her writing career in first grade. “I don’t remember the plot or why I wrote it, but my first-grade teacher made this little ‘inspiration bag’ […]
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Due to the COVID-19 crisis, Kingswood Oxford made the choice to remain online for the remainder of the semester. KO students have all become accustomed to the new way of life with online school, but what about students at other Founders League institutions? Hotchkiss, Miss Porter’s School, Avon Old Farms, Choate Rosemary Hall, and Loomis […]
Read MoreSince Connecticut’s partial lockdown in March due to growing COVID-19 concerns, tensions have been on the rise; however, the global pandemic has had even greater consequences on our community’s international students. Since 2014, Kingswood Oxford has had a long-standing tradition of accepting students from across the globe. Most recently, international students have come from China, […]
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In order to combat the spread of COVID-19, President Trump issued a travel ban between the United States and most European countries on March 11, causing great concern for American citizens in Europe at the time. Junior Pablo Rollan and his brother, freshman Andres Rollan, were visiting family in Spain when they heard the news. […]
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“On Feb. 25, with the first case in Italy, in the city of Codogno, we realized that the virus was now close to us,” my cousins Laura and Dario Genovese, who are residents of Sicily, Italy, said. This was the moment that the Genoveses realized that they too could be affected by the virus, and […]
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What do you usually do on the weekends? Shop, hang out with friends, eat out at restaurants? Since the coronavirus outbreak, the answer for most people is simply staying at home and practicing social distancing. Those residing in China, however, are experiencing a tighter lockdown, as the nation has been taking strong measures to control […]
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We are all staying home with our families, social distancing, and completing school at home. However, while we are at home, essential workers are out on the frontlines away from their families and working harder than ever to make sure we are all safe and healthy. Dr. Sara Blomstrom is an emergency room doctor at […]
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