Over 50 years ago Westminster, Avon Old Farms, Loomis, Kingswood Oxford, and Suffield Academy created a league with various academic competitions. A few years ago, all but one of the competitions were abolished, and the WALKS essay competition for AP U.S. History (APUSH) continued on. Every year these five schools pick two winners to advance […]
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KO’s college advising office went online on Tuesday, March 24, as Connecticut legislation forced the KO community to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Despite this drastic change in lifestyle, KO’s college advisors have managed to maintain a close eye over students and their application processes. Instead of holding biweekly college VQV […]
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Seniors Alma Clark and Ethan Pinkes won the school’s top citizenship awards at Tuesday’s Prize Assembly. Alma won The Gold Seal, the highest citizenship award the school can bestow, given to a girl in the Sixth Form for outstanding qualities of character. Ethan won The Primus Medal, presented by Edith Greenough Lewis and the highest […]
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For years, students have been taking sit-down final exams at the end of each school year. As a result of remote learning, these exams have been cancelled for this year, and teachers have had to come up with alternative solutions for assignments. Often, English classes write essays or have final Harknesses instead of an exam […]
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Many people know Kaitlin Bennett as the Kent State “gun girl,” but recently she had made a name for herself in the world of so-called “activism.” Kaitlin Bennett is one of the most ignorant, inconsiderate and immature political influencers in 2020. Allowing someone like her to continue to spread homophobic, racist, sexist, and inaccurate information […]
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One prominent question about college sports is: Should college athletes be paid by the NCAA for their name and likeness? Many college athletes have started to take different routes to the NBA, such as the NBL and the G-League where they can earn a paycheck. The NCAA has started to wake up and begin to […]
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On Dec. 31, 2019, the first case of coronavirus was reported in Wuhan, China. With no information on the disease including its mortality rate, whether it was contagious, and who was most at risk, the rest of the world wasn’t too concerned about an outbreak occurring anywhere else. It wasn’t until the pandemic spread to […]
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There are many things in life that are just hard, but imagine having to live with a rare, life-threatening genetic disease that is still unknown by many. Having Glycogen Storage Disease has shaped me into who I am, taught me a lot, and forced me to put things into perspective. There are many challenges, but […]
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Over the past few years, symbols of “Southern pride” from the Civil War have become a controversial topic in the media. A particularly sore subject is whether we should fly, or even have the right to fly, the Confederate flag. Our right to fly the Confederate flag is protected under the First Amendment. Every American […]
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I’m assuming we’ve all received a participation trophy at some point in our lives, whether it was for sports, a spelling bee, or a science fair. Nowadays, trophies line shelves in kids’ rooms or are just thrown out. This is because the trophies don’t mean anything two years down the road when you realize everyone […]
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