Cici Chagnon

Kravetz exits stage left

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021Cici Chagnon

If you’ve ever sat in an assembly, attended a KO theater event, or checked out a video on the KO Youtube account, you might not have realized that Technical Director of Theater Mark Kravetz had a hand in creating the final product seen before you. While tech crew and filmmaking students have been lucky enough […]

A Wyvern’s Tale The KOmpetition is over: The KO News is the best

March 4, 2021March 2, 2021Cici Chagnon

Here it is, my final Wyvern’s Tale. I could write a whole college essay on what I’ve learned from the KO News (and I did) but there are some things that college admissions offices might not appreciate as much. So here are some things everyone should know about the KO News: 1. We love puns. […]

A Wyvern’s Tale: Let’s make 2021 decent

January 28, 2021January 27, 2021Cici Chagnon

First semester? Gone. 45th U.S. president? Also gone. COVID-19 positivity rate in Connecticut? Gone…down to just under five percent. 2021 is starting off strong, I hope. With these little victories, it would almost be easy to forget the insurrection at our Capitol just under a month ago or the new variants of COVID-19 looming over […]

The Final KOuntdown

December 9, 2020December 8, 2020Cici Chagnon

It’s official, we made it to December! Soon we’ll be on winter break, getting ready for 2021 and hoping that the door hits 2020 hard on its long-anticipated way out. As I’m sure many of us recall, most students and faculty placed their bets back in August and September that we wouldn’t make it past […]

A Wyvern’s Tale: We Need To Make Being On Campus Worth It

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020Cici Chagnon

Looking at the calendar to see that we’re nearing two months of having been back in school, it doesn’t feel like two months at all. In my mind, orientation was yesterday and graduation is tomorrow. Plugging through first quarter due date by due date, especially in a time as abnormal as this, any sense of […]

AP Tests put a strain on families during global crisis

June 1, 2020May 30, 2020Cici Chagnon

Sitting in the inboxes of AP students at the very beginning of quarantine was an email from the College Board. According to the College Board, students across the country had been surveyed, and results suggested AP tests should still be offered despite the swiftly spreading pandemic. Most students probably scratched their heads when reading this—whomever […]

A Wyvern’s Tale: KO maintains sense of community

June 1, 2020October 21, 2020Cici Chagnon

The end of the school year. A time filled with traditions: graduation, sports banquets, assemblies. For seniors, it’s the last final bit of a year filled with finalities. For juniors, it’s the end to a year of rigor, looking ahead to the height of the college process. Sophomores abandon their status as underclassmen; freshmen can […]

Lynd and Garrison take on the Appalachian trail

June 1, 2020May 31, 2020Cici Chagnon

Starting at Bear Mountain, the tallest peak in the state, 52 miles of Appalachian trail and about 14 miles of elevation gain lie ahead. This is how science teachers Noah Lynd and Josh Garrison spent their Sunday on May 3. The goal: to run all 52 miles of the Connecticut section of the trail in […]

Quigley brings insights on ‘Lolita’ to Form Five English

May 9, 2020May 7, 2020Cici Chagnon

Before March break, English teacher Heidi Hojnicki’s two Form Five AP Language classes studied “Lolita” by Vladimir Nabakov. On April 8, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., both the H and G period classes were lucky enough to host Jenny Minton Quigley via Zoom call. Ms. Quigley works in publishing and is currently working on her […]

A Wyvern’s Tale: projects are more than just the next best thing to tests

May 6, 2020May 5, 2020Cici Chagnon

In the past few weeks, our lives have been a rollercoaster of life-style adjustments and wanting to fast-forward through this whole ordeal. As I edit articles to go on the web, this certainly isn’t what I expected for my first issues as Editor-in-Chief. Leaving for March break nearly two months ago, the idea that we […]