This year, the Legal Wyverns 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 momentum […]
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On Sunday, Feb. 10, the Kingswood Oxford Forensic Union team competed in and hosted the annual public speaking and debate tournament at KO. The team from KO was composed of four members, and their performance in their individual events landed Kingswood Oxford in second place overall. Six schools competed this year, which was more […]
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This past month, the Kingswood Oxford Mock Trial team, the Legal Wyverns, won trial after trial, and worked their way to the semi-finals. On Friday, Feb. 8, the Legal Wyverns participated in the second round of the Mock Trial Competition at Quinnipiac Law School. They were placed in a preliminary trial by random draw after […]
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On Friday, Jan.11, Spanish teacher Lynn Schork’s Spanish 5AP class held their own version of the TV show ‘Shark Tank.’ Ms. Schork created, what her students like to call, Schork Tank when the TV Show first aired and it has developed into a very realistic project. “I have really tweaked and changed it into a […]
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On Thursday, Jan. 20, KO students attended Yale’s annual Model United Nations conference. Model UN advisor Stacey Savin brought along 37 students who participated in various committees. “Yale hosts a 4 day conference every single year, and the Yale students run the whole show,” said Ms. Savin. “1600 students attend from all over the world. […]
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On Nov. 27, at Danbury Superior Court, the Kingswood Oxford Mock Trial team, the Legal Wyverns, partook in the regional rounds of the annual Connecticut High School Mock Trial Tournament sponsored by Civics First, Inc. The team won trials as both plantiff and defense, sending them on to the next round. Every year, 13 […]
Read MoreOn Monday, Nov. 19, Billy Grant III and Billy Grant IV visited KO to talk to students in the Roberts Center for Leadership as a part of the Lunch and Lead program. This discussion was meant to give students a chance to learn from Billy Grant III and Billy Grant IV’s respective career paths. Billy […]
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On Thursday, Oct. 25, the juniors enjoyed a form brunch which was held at 8:30 a.m., before school. In the past, they had been during advisee periods and in the library compared to the cafeteria, where this brunch was held. The goal of the brunch was to be a fun event that students would attend. […]
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On Wednesday, Oct. 24, three members of Forensic Union, senior Dan Carroll, senior Katie Brough, and junior Elan Stadelman, and Forensic Union coach Heather Wayne headed to Toronto, Canada for the International Independent Schools Public Speaking Competition (IISPC) which began on Oct. 25. The IISPC is an annual competition held for students from all […]
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On Saturday Oct. 13, from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m., Kingswood Oxford held the annual homecoming dance, which was a chance for the Upper School to celebrate and party together. KO’s Spirit week always occurs the week before the dance, so Upper School students spend a week celebrating before the culminating event on Saturday night. […]
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