Thursday, Sept. 10, marked the first day of classes at Kingswood Oxford School for the 2020-2021 academic year. The school is offering in-person learning and remote learning for the first quarter. While many students and teachers are returning to campus for their classes, some have chosen to learn remotely for the first quarter of the […]
Read MoreIn the month of April, sophomores at Kingswood Oxford get to experience a very important part of the English curriculum: Speakers’ Forum, a competition where each sophomore selects an excerpt of literature to perform an interpretive reading of. English teacher Ron Monroe runs the contest. He explained that the Speakers’ Forum was established in the […]
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On Friday, April 17, Head of School Tom Dillow announced that school would be closed for the remainder of the semester. Despite the challenges of moving the community online, Student Government and school administrators are finding creative ways online to help students connect with each other. English teacher and Student Government Association (SGA) Advisor Mela […]
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On Thursday, March 12, Head of School Tom Dillow announced through a letter to families that Kingswood Oxford school would be closed until April 6. He said that the faculty would have March 23 to prepare for online teaching, and classes would resume online the next day. However, on Friday, March 27, Mr. Dillow announced […]
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On Monday, Feb. 24, Kingswood Oxford hosted the Warren Baird Memorial Blood Drive in the Soby Gym, where volunteers from the community gathered to donate blood. A total of 41 people donated, only six less than their goal. The student chairs also came close to their goal of collecting 80 pints of blood, matching the […]
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On Friday, Feb. 28, eight teams including the Kingswood Oxford Mock Trial team participated in the elite eight in the Civics First CT mock trial competition at the Middletown Superior Court. KO is one of the 10 teams from the previous round at Hartford Superior Court on Friday, Feb. 7, where the defense beat Conard […]
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On Dec. 31, 2019, 10 swimmers and two coaches of the Kingswood Oxford Swimming and Diving team gathered bright and early at Bradley Airport to travel to Orlando, Flo. for their 30th annual training trip. They kicked off the new year by spending six days training hard and had fun together. They returned on Jan. […]
Read MoreOn Monday, Jan. 6, the Kingswood Oxford boys basketball team hosted a 3v3 basketball tournament to raise money for a program in Boston that promotes autism awareness and inclusion in sports. A total of 30 teams played, which consisted of alumni, parents, and both Upper School students and Middle School students, some even from outside […]
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On Sunday Nov. 17, Kingswood Oxford hosted eight schools at the eighth annual Kingswood Oxford Model United Nations Conference, or KOMUN. The conference was led by KO’s Upper School students for middle school students coming from all over Connecticut. Schools that attended included Tolland, Bristow, Smith, Solomon Schecter, Westfield Academy, Killingly, and Kingswood Oxford. Every […]
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On Saturday, Oct. 27, student government ran the first Halloween Stroll in West Hartford Center and attracted over 1,000 kids. In addition to being a great opportunity to promote the Kingswood Oxford community, it also put many smiles on childrens’ faces, as they were handed candy and greeted by KOKO, the school mascot. This idea […]
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