From Thursday, Jan. 18, to Sunday, Jan. 21, Kingswood Oxford’s competitive Model United Nations club attended Yale University’s 50th anniversary conference. The university brought together a record number of delegates, over 2,000 individuals from 45 countries. While only marking the conference’s second year back in person since the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of participants continued […]
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On Wednesday, Oct. 11, the College Counseling Office held its fourth annual Application Day for seniors. All classes were canceled in order to dedicate an entire day to preparing and polishing college applications. The day began at 8:30 a.m. with breakfast in the library and an announcement from the College Counseling team, outlining the day. […]
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On Thursday, Sept. 21, the Kingswood Oxford faculty hosted families at this year’s annual Curriculum Night. With new leadership from Head of the Upper School Lisa Loeb, the event upheld many of its memorable qualities, while also updating with reviews from past years. One of the most notable alterations was the change of the […]
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From 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. on April 1, Kingswood Oxford hosted the junior prom, “The Red Carpet,” in the dining hall. Dressed to impress, Form 5 students and their dates took pictures, danced, and ate some great food.Between professional, iPhone, and candid photos, moments were captured on the senior green before the night kicked […]
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On Saturday, Feb. 18, the Kingswood Oxford hockey team took on King School at South Windsor Arena, enduring a tough loss but never losing faith. The event served to honor Ryan Gordon and Ryan’s Circle of Giving, which raises funds with the Community Foundation of Middlesex County. Ryan was born with VATER Syndrome, a birth […]
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From Jan. 19-22, KO’s Model United Nations group attended Yale’s 49th YMUN (Yale Model UN) conference. KO’s 36 members competed with schools from across the globe, participated in committee discussions, wrote resolutions on global issues, and made new friends. Since this year was the first time returning to an in-person format, it was projected that […]
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As the senior Symposium class anticipates the arrival of this year’s Symposium author, Tayari Jones, the students are tasked with the creation of their first passion project. This challenges them with the task of designing a piece that both encapsulates a work of Ms. Jones’ that they choose, while using their own creative talents as […]
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Fall Fest, held on Oct. 28, served as an opportunity to bring together the whole community with a series of themed activities. Fall festivities began even earlier, on Oct. 20 with the Form 5 breakfast. Volunteers brought in apple cider, bagels, donuts, and more, giving the juniors a social hour to enjoy before their classes. […]
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On Thursday, Oct. 27, the junior class took a trip to Old Sturbridge Village in order to step into the lives of the early 19th century Americans who they are learning about in their U.S. history classes. The trip offered ample opportunities to explore the village and interact with people doing common jobs and living […]
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Going into the 2022-2023 school year, Kingswood Oxford has returned to its more traditional style of dress code while also adding some more relaxed changes to KO’s daily routine. Though KO has made an effort to relax the dress code while also keeping the traditional dress code, this has caused some debate amongst both students […]
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