Over March break, 14 KO students embarked on a trip to Washington, D.C., and over the six-day trip, students got to visit monuments, meet with the offices of Connecticut’s members of Congress, and discuss current issues with students across the country. The trip was led and extensively planned by history teacher Steph Sperber. The planning […]
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On Friday, Feb. 21, KO seniors gathered in the Leadership Center to celebrate the 100-day countdown to graduation. The Leadership Center was decorated for the special occasion: on the back stairs there was a giant golden “100” sign helping to mark the milestone, and at each table there were celebratory black and red decorations, along […]
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On Friday, Dec. 13, award-winning author Karen Russell visited Kingswood Oxford as the 42nd annual Baird English Symposium speaker. Ms. Russell spoke to both Middle and Upper School students in assemblies, shared lunch with students, and held a Q&A session at the end of the day. Ms. Russell’s literary works dive into the genre of […]
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On Tuesday, Nov. 12, Kingswood Oxford students watched the Speakers’ Forum finals take place in Roberts Theater. Every year, sophomores in their English classes go through an interpretive reading unit, which culminates in a final round with the entire school as the audience. This year’s finalists included sophomore Genesis Frimpong who took home first place, […]
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On Friday, Oct. 11, the Kingswood Oxford Upper School celebrated its revered annual Grandparents and Grandfriends Day, this year sharing the day with another annual tradition at KO: Hewett Day. As a result, grandparents and grandfriends got to enjoy seeing their students in both classroom and athletic environments. The day started with an assembly so […]
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Every school year, there are a few new classes that get added to the Course of Study or a few that dissolve due to lack of interest. However, this year there is a significant addition to KO’s course offerings: the IMPACT Lab program. The slate of new classes in the IMPACT program includes three classes […]
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On Thursday, April 25, juniors Curran Dee and Raine Wang, along with history teacher Peter Jones and history Department Chair David Baker, attended the annual WALKS Essay Dinner at Loomis Chaffee School. The WALKS Essay Dinner is a prize-awarding ceremony and celebratory dinner for students whose writing stood out among their peers and were chosen […]
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On Friday, May 24, the students, faculty, and families of the KO community gathered to celebrate the graduation of Kingswood Oxford’s class of 2024. In his last year before retirement, English teacher David Hild delivered the commencement speech, which focused on the importance of kindness and being a part of a team. The program began […]
Read MoreOn Thursday, Feb. 22, KO students traveled to the New Britain Museum of American Art for a Black History Month field trip. Those who went on the trip departed from KO at 10:00 a.m., getting to experience the art for a couple of hours until they arrived back at KO at 1:30 p.m. The trip […]
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On Monday, Feb. 26, KO hosted its annual Warren Baird Blood Drive in Soby Gym; the blood drive was planned by the Future Medical Professionals Club in partnership with the American Red Cross. The annual drive began after former and longtime English teacher Warren Baird passed away from a blood disorder that required him to […]
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