On Thursday, Feb. 8, the entire junior class met in Tomasso Hall for a reveal of the 2024-2025 Baird English Symposium author. Next year’s Symposium teacher Cameron Biondi was excited to share that novelist and short story writer Karen Russell will be the subject of the Symposium class during the upcoming fall semester. In this […]
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On Friday, Jan. 12, award-winning author Ibi Zoboi visited Kingswood Oxford School as the 41st annual Baird English Symposium speaker. Ms. Zoboi spoke to all Upper and Middle School students in assemblies and took part in a separate Q&A session that day in addition to dining with Symposium students on Thursday evening. Ms. Zoboi has […]
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Junior Claire Palmer has had a successful fall season on the girls varsity cross country team. She was the recipient of this year’s Most Valuable Runner award and has produced consistent results, placing in the top five in almost every race this season. Since late October, Palmer has been racing in postseason meets, competing strongly […]
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On Thursday, Oct. 26, KO juniors and U.S. History teachers took a field trip to Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Mass., to spend a day in the 1830s. The experience complemented the recent curriculum on culture and life in colonial and early American history. When students arrived, they met briefly in the Friends Meeting House […]
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On Thursday, Oct. 5, sophomore students gathered for an exciting class breakfast in the Conklin Library. Planned by Form Four Dean Tricia Watson, School Librarian Nancy Solomon, sophomore Student Government representatives, and Parent Association leaders Monica Gold (parent of Adam Gold ’26) and Jodie Sprague (parent of Gordon Beck ’26), the event kicked off the […]
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On Monday, Sept. 11, Head of the Upper School Lisa Loeb hosted a special assembly to commemorate the fatal acts of terrorism that had happened 22 years ago on that day. Mrs. Loeb opened the assembly by explaining the events that took place and cost the lives of over 3000 innocent people. Nineteen al-Qaeda members […]
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As part of KO tradition, Middle School students recently left campus for a few days on team-building and orientation trips in their respective forms. Sixth-grade returned to Camp Jewell in Colebrook, Conn. Seventh-graders made their way to Fairlee, Vt.’s Camp Hulbert, while eighth-graders left for Snow Pond Center for the Arts in Sidney, Maine. On […]
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The ethical challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) are significant and multifaceted. One key concern is the potential for biased or misleading content generated by AI algorithms, which may perpetuate stereotypes, misinformation, or discrimination. Additionally, with the issue of AI-generated content, ownership and plagiarism arises, as AI systems can replicate existing articles without proper attribution. These […]
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On Sunday, April 30, KO’s Power of Women group hosted four female speakers for the fifth annual Spring Forum. Senior POW executive committee chairs Alyssa Temkin, Maggie Dwyer, and Tess Chapman led the engaging discussion with the help of Director of Leadership Giving and KO Power of Women Advisor Jayne Rotter. The panelists were Angela […]
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On Wednesday, March 29, KO welcomed around 60 students and their families to campus for the Upper School’s annual Accepted Students Day. A similar event was held on Tuesday, April 4, at the Middle School. When admitted students received their admissions decision on March 10, an invitation to this event was included in the welcome […]
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