Author: Alyssa Pilecki

“Sleigh bells ring, are you listening/ In the lane, snow is glistening/ A beautiful sight/ We’re happy tonight/ Walking in a winter wonderland,” croons popular singer Michael Bublé. Even though it does not quite look like a “winter wonderland” currently, with the hectic schedules and busy lives we all have, the KO community is definitely […]

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 […]

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 […]

Kingswood Oxford happily welcomes new science teacher and coach Amanda Pasko. Ms. Pasko studied kinesiology and sports medicine at Rice University in Houston, Texas. She said it was a nice change in the scenery and pace of life from her hometown just outside of Boston, where she attended an independent high school similar to Kingswood Oxford. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

by Alyssa Pilecki ’20- It is common knowledge by now that Head of School Dennis Bisgaard is leaving Kingswood Oxford after 12 dedicated years of leading the community, and that Tom Dillow will become our next Head of School. But what exactly does being a Head of School entail? What do they need to do […]