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On Sunday, April 11, the second KO Power of Women forum, featuring four remarkable professional women, was held via Zoom. “We hosted four incredible panelists who share a passion for leadership and women’s empowerment,” Director of Leadership Giving and KO Power of Women Advisor Jane Rotter said. The four panelists included Taryn Braz ’14, the […]
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A fundraiser in support of the organization Hope for Human Rights was held from Tuesday, March 30 to Wednesday, March 31, organized and led by juniors Charlotte Mandell and Olivia Reynolds, and freshman Maggie Poulin. Hope for Human Rights was founded by Charlotte’s friend Maya Palanki, a junior at Conard High School. This organization was […]
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Seventeen seniors were inducted into the KO chapter of the Cum Laude Society on Friday, Jan. 29 during an Upper School assembly that members of the KO Community watched on Zoom during advisee group. This year, the induction ceremony and dinner for students and families took place virtually. The following seniors were inducted: Matt Bzowyckyj, […]
Read MoreOn Wednesday, Jan. 6, rioters who supported former President Donald Trump’s attempts to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election stormed the United States Capitol. After breaking through multiple Capitol police perimeters, they occupied, vandalized, and ransacked parts of the building for several hours. The following day, Head of School Tom Dillow addressed the […]
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Witness Stones is a project employed by many schools to honor and commemorate the memory of enslaved people. Kingswood Oxford are participating in this project again, and all students in regular US history get to take part. “Only by coming to terms with history can we free ourselves to create a more just world,” Drew […]
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Due to all the new COVID protocols put in place, KO has started a Micro School, a program for KO faculty children to come for the day to engage in a wide variety of activities. One very fun activity has been the Public Speaking Class coming to read books to those in the Micro School. […]
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As COVID-19 continues to spread nationwide, it has had a significant negative impact on many organizations and institutions. Chase Collegiate School, a pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade school located in Waterbury, sent an email to its community saying that it was closing for the year; this email came only twelve days before the school year began. Although […]
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Although coronavirus moved classes to a virtual setting and prevented the traditional graduation on the Senior Green from happening, KO was still able to hold a socially distanced Commencement Ceremony for the Class of 2020 on campus on June 7. The events from graduation were as follows: the seniors, with their families and decorated cars, […]
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“I have learned so much from him,” Upper School Administrative Coordinator Lindsay Perkins said as she reflected on Dean of Students Will Gilyard, who will be leaving KO at the end of the school year. “It is a huge loss. There are huge shoes to be filled, and I think that the way he inspires […]
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There are many things in life that are just hard, but imagine having to live with a rare, life-threatening genetic disease that is still unknown by many. Having Glycogen Storage Disease has shaped me into who I am, taught me a lot, and forced me to put things into perspective. There are many challenges, but […]
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