For this issue of the KO News, I decided to write about the major events known to have happened on one day in all of human history. So, I randomly chose Nov. 5, which fell on a Monday this year. Fun fact: November 5 is the 309th day of the year, which means there are […]
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About 10 million people in the United States are hard of hearing and about 1 million of them are functionally deaf; meanwhile, it is estimated that only 2 million Americans actually sign in American Sign Language (ASL). Junior Maggie Eberle is currently learning to become one of those 2 million people, and is taking the […]
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New Chinese teacher Jeff Gurganus is full of character and ready to teach Middle Schoolers some characters at KO. Mr. Gurganus graduated from Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, receiving his B.A. in Chinese. Mr. Gurganus is teaching an Upper Prep tech class and Chinese A, B, and C in the Middle School. He said […]
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This year, KO alumnus Ryan Brodeur ’01 is rejoining the community as an Upper School French teacher. He can be found teaching in Upper Roberts, in Room 215. After graduating from Kingswood Oxford, Mr. Brodeur majored in French and minored in Italian at Trinity College in Hartford and later went to Boston College where he received […]
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You can always count on seeing Upper School French teacher Jen Weeks and Middle School history teacher Jim Weeks’ bright smiles around campus or in their classrooms: at least, you can for the next few remaining days of the year. Mr. and Mrs. Weeks will be embarking on a permanent move to Canada after this […]
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Down in the quiet basement of Nicholson Building lies a large ceramic wyvern statue upon a table leading to the entrance of Archives, a space rich with the history of Kingswood Oxford, ever since Mary Martin founded Oxford School back in 1909. Archives is where all the school’s memorabilia, including special documents, newspapers, and artifacts, […]
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Another spring break has passed here at KO. Once again we’re in the monotonous fourth quarter, as we begin to prepare for finals but mostly just anticipate the last day of school when we are finally freed from the routine and stress of the school year. It seems like the people most ready to leave, […]
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