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Junior Sydney Dwyer has grown to be a talented and creative artist at KO. She first became interested in art in Middle School, and although she does not have a favorite artist, she is captivated by realistic drawings. As a sophomore, Sydney took a drawing class with art teacher Katie Burnett. One of her pieces […]
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Senior Alma Clark recently made an impression on the KO community by playing her trumpet in front of the whole upper school as a member of the Jazz Band. She first started playing the trumpet in sixth grade. “I played for a little while then after some time I joined my middle school jazz band, […]
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Junior Christina Lu has made an impression on the KO community by presenting her after-dinner speeches about child labor and telling us about upcoming Forensic Union meetings. Little did you know that Christina has always had a secret interest in art. Although she has not consistently taken art classes through middle school or high school, […]
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Since sixth grade, senior Spencer Schaller has been a key part of many choirs at KO. Spencer first started singing in kindergarten and began taking choir seriously around fourth or fifth grade. At that time, he joined a choir group outside of school and sang in competitions. When Spencer came to KO in sixth grade, […]
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On Saturday, Oct. 15, Choral Director Steve Mitchell helped organize and run the annual Night Fall event. The evening featured music, dance, theater, spoken word, and Anne Cubberly’s signature giant puppets. The evening started at 6:00 pm and the performance was held in Hartford at Colt Park. Mr. Mitchell is one of the co-founders and […]
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For senior Rohan Naik, playing the violin has become part of his identity. When Rohan was six, he started taking violin lessons. He joined the school orchestra for the first time when he was in sixth grade and has been a member of musical groups ever since. Now, he plays in some of the most […]
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At KO, 70% of students visit Paraguay as part of the Team Tobati community service trip. Most students document their trip using cellphone cameras or digital cameras, but senior Taline Norsigian decided to raise the bar and experiment with a film camera. She tried out both black and white and colored film in her 35mm […]
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At the beginning of the third quarter every year, all seniors begin the process of writing a thesis by exploring a literary area of interest, coming up with an original thesis, and then writing a 15-20 page paper incorporating secondary criticism. After the theses are finished, the senior thesis English teachers read the nominated essays […]
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The Portfolio Prep art class, taught by creative arts teachers Scott McDonald and Greg Scranton, allows form five and six students the freedom to pursue different mediums of art. In addition, all of the finished pieces from the year are documented so they can be sent to colleges. Over the past five years, the class […]
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Senior Coltrane Joseph is a skilled saxophone player in the KO Jazz Band. He has been playing the saxophone for ten years and is even named after John Coltrane, the famous American saxophone player. Every year, the jazz band takes a trip to Boston to compete in the Berklee Jazz Competition hosted by the Berklee […]
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