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On Friday, Feb. 21, Head of School Thomas Dillow delivered a State of the Union Address to around 150 involved members of the KO community. The goal of this new event was to communicate with parents about what has been happening on campus, the results of the strategic design plan, and other exciting aspects of […]
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On Thursday, Jan. 23, history teacher Stacey Savin and a group of KO students departed from KO to attend the Yale Model United Nations Conference or YMUN. This year, 36 KO students from all forms were in attendance. At YMUN, students participate in a variety of committees and must work together to tackle current issues […]
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To listen to the podcast, click here. On Friday, Dec. 6, Kingswood Oxford released their first ever podcast, “The Wyvern Rundown”. Two KO students, senior Ishaa Sohail and junior Madeline Arcaro, took initiative to create a new form of news in the community as the co-executive producers and directors for “The Wyvern Rundown” . “Madeline […]
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On Wednesday, Oct. 16, the Kingswood Oxford Upper School held their first ever College Advising Day as a way to help seniors finish their college applications on time. Instead of having class while sophomores and juniors took their PSATs, the seniors had a day dedicated entirely to their college application process. Associate Director of College […]
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This past month, a few Kingswood Oxford seniors took the initiative to get in touch with The Children’s Museum, located right next to KO and through negotiation achieved free admissions for all KO students and a closer relationship with KO’s long-standing neighbor. The Children’s Museum is right next to the soccer fields on KO’s campus. […]
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On Thursday Oct. 10, the Kingswood Oxford Upper School hosted the community’s grandparents for the first time in over a decade. The school started the day with an assembly that gave the visitors a chance to see some of the school’s musical groups perform and hear speeches from two of the school’s student leaders. After […]
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This past year, Middle School art teacher Katherine Nicholson and her students have been hard at work creating a faerie house that will go up at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Conn. Every year in the fall, the Florence Griswold Museum holds an outdoor installation called “The Wee Faerie Village.” Artists create faerie […]
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On Friday, April 26, KO held its annual Stroud Science Symposium. This year’s speaker, Dr. Robert Thorson, delivered a speech with the goal to educate the crowd about the science behind climate change and its many causes using a systematic approach. He was chosen as this year’s Stroud Science Symposium speaker by Upper School science […]
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On Wednesday, May 22, the senior prefects performed the annual prefect skit. The skit was a chance for the senior prefects, with the permission of those being portrayed, to poke fun at some of the teachers and staff at KO. This year, the lineup included senior Nicole Genga as history teacher Tricia Watson, senior Nell […]
Read MoreThis year, the Legal Wyverns have made it farther than ever before in the Mock Trial competition. In the past, they have come up against strong teams early in the competition and been eliminated early on in the season. This changed this year when they received a favorable start, that let them build up enough […]
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