Emma Barringer

Freshman orientation kicks off the school year right

October 8, 2021October 3, 2021Emma Barringer

On Tuesday, Aug. 31, the start of the 2021-2022 school year officially began with the annual freshman orientation, which was held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. for all incoming Form 3 students, their advisors, and their senior prefects. The goal of the event was to allow the freshmen to come together for the first […]

KO hosts alumni Breakfast event

October 8, 2021October 6, 2021Emma Barringer

On Thursday, Sept. 9, Kingswood Oxford hosted the Chips Off The Old Block Breakfast, a longstanding tradition that serves to celebrate new students whose parents or grandparents attended KO. At this very special and commemorative event, the students and their parents or grandparents were able to look at old mementos, including alumni photos and yearbooks. […]

Starnes leaves for Tennessee

June 3, 2021Emma Barringer

During her three years at KO, math teacher Sara Starnes has developed close, meaningful relationships with both students and faculty alike. Her approachable, funny personality has made students feel comfortable in the classroom and excited to learn. Moving into next year, Ms. Starnes will unfortunately be saying farewell to the KO community as she heads […]

The act of giving

February 7, 2020Emma Barringer

A tradition for over 20 years, the Giving Tree has been a helpful and generous event to connect with citizens of Hartford and improve their Christmas holiday. The Giving Tree is a community service project in which students take a tag off a Christmas tree indicating what a child from a Hartford church wants for […]