Citizenship Committee, or CitCo is seemingly a mystery to many students at KO, a looming figure, or a secret society created to maintain discipline and order. CitCo is sadly neither of those, but a group of students and faculty built to teach students.If a student breaks a core value of KO, the two main ones […]
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“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.”-John Adams Plastered on the walls of the Robert’s leadership center in Seaverns, this quote however, is neither by John Quincy Adams, nor by anyone for that matter! Used by Ivanka Trump in her 2017 novel, “Women […]
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Commencement is one of if not the most memorable days of any school year, and behind the actual graduation ceremony where the seniors shake every faculty member’s hand, the most memorable part is certainly the speech made by a faculty member. This speech always resonated with me personally and is a fond memory every year. […]
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Fewer than 100 days ago, Donald Trump was inaugurated into office as the 47th president of the United States, and in the days since then, he has broken the record for most executive orders in the first 100 days, with 137 having been made at the time this article is being written. His most significant […]
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One of the distinctive changes brought by the KO leadership in the 2024-2025 school year has been its new signature program: the IMPACT Lab courses. In both the Middle School and Upper School, KO has taken a new approach to classes and has tackled the issue of what should drive a class. The IMPACT courses […]
Read MoreAt Kingswood Oxford, students and teachers attempt to cross the boundaries of traditional classroom learning and study the community around them. Already, classes take day trips to make connections with class learning. For example, the We the People IMPACT class took a trip to a Connecticut courthouse to understand the process of jury selection, while […]
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Following KO’s midsemester on Oct. 25, students are preparing to see their quarter grades and comments from their teachers. This is meant to be a snapshot of a student’s progress in the first two months of school. While this report isn’t sent to any colleges for Forms 3 to 5, the midsemester proves to be […]
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The implications of generative artificial intelligence (AI) are beginning to emerge throughout the world today. From optimization strategies to machine learning models, AI is rapidly changing people’s day-to-day lives. One area where generative AI has had a profound impact is in education. It is important to note that AI has been used in the medical […]
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