Developing goals is a part of human nature. We yearn for self-improvement, achievement, and progress, which is why we constantly create new resolutions. Goals propel us forward and give us hope. However, while setting goals may be the easy part, maintaining them is often much more demanding than many can handle. Maintaining long-term objectives is […]
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The varsity field hockey team is looking to build and improve to ultimately finish the season with a better record than last year. This season began a bit unconventionally. The team’s first scrimmage and first game were both canceled due to poor weather. The first official game was on Monday, Sept. 18, against a formidable […]
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With over a month of preparation and preseason, the KO Esports team begins their regular season this week. Led by junior Co-captain Drake Fernald and senior Co-captain Alexa Prahl, the team is focused on rebuilding after losing many seniors last year. “We have a lot of new freshmen and upperclassmen, all of whom are really […]
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On June 18, 2023, an OceanGate submarine named Titan lost contact with its support vessel around an hour and 45 minutes into its dive. Onboard were five people—four of whom were billionaires. These passengers were OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, British businessman Hamish Harding, former French naval officer Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, and Dawood’s […]
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From time to time, there are TV shows that capture the joys and challenges of adolescence, though they are few and far between. “Derry Girls” and “Sex Education” are two shows that offer unique perspectives on what it’s like to be a teen. While they are set in different time periods and locations, both shows […]
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After joining the staff this September, Middle School orchestra teacher Elise D’Addio is dedicated to bringing together a community of KO’s youngest musicians. Ms. D’Addio comes from a family of musicians, which inspired her to enter a musical career. Her musical experience started at the age of five when she learned to play the cello, […]
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Kingswood Oxford is delighted to welcome a new addition to the community, Associate Director of Admissions Danielle Burtman! While Ms. Burtman is new to working at KO, she is already familiar with the community, being a proud KO parent. Ms. Burtman grew up not far from KO, in Glastonbury, and went on to attend Boston […]
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Joining us at the beginning of the school year is Middle School and Upper School Latin intern James Ishiguro. Mr. Ishiguro attended Colby College for his undergraduate degree where he studied classics, which covers both Latin and Greek. He later continued his studies, gaining his master’s degree in classics at Trinity College Dublin. After beginning […]
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A library is the staple of any educational institution; that is a fact that has endured and continues to endure throughout time. However, as time passes, a library’s function and presentation changes with it. Librarian Nancy Solomon first began working at KO in 1996, after being hired by history teacher Ted Levine who, at the […]
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This fall KO is excited to welcome a new addition to the math team, Upper School teacher Michael Greenwald. Mr. Greenwald attended Wesleyan University for his undergraduate degree, where he studied in the College of Social Studies which covered philosophy, government, history, and economics. “I did a minor in math and computer science, and that […]
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