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On Sunday, Feb. 6, Kingswood Oxford’s Forensic Union team gathered on campus to host their annual public speaking tournament. This public speaking event was the second virtual tournament that KO’s Forensic Union team has hosted due to COVID-19-related safety precautions. Around 60 students in total attended, hailing from nine different New England Independent schools: Hotchkiss, […]
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On Thursday, Jan. 7, 2022, this year’s Baird Symposium author – renowned poet and author Tracy K. Smith – was scheduled to make her arrival on the Kingswood Oxford campus, but unfortunately, due to COVID-19-related concerns, her visit had to been postponed to Tuesday, Feb. 8. Smith is the 39th Baird Symposium author since the […]
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On Friday, Nov. 19, the highly-anticipated third annual Choreographer Showcase made its debut, premiering during the school day at 2:00 p.m. in Roberts Theater. A special schedule allowed for the entire Upper School as well as Form 2 students to attend. “The energy in the theater that afternoon was absolutely electric,” Director of Theater Kyle […]
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On Monday, Sept. 27 at 10:00 a.m., the AP Art History class traveled across the street to the Delamar Hotel to see an art exhibit by Jennifer Wen Ma. Ma is a visual artist from Beijing who is currently living in New York. She is a contemporary artist who works in mediums such as photography, […]
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On Thursday, Sept. 2 at 9:00 a.m., Upper and Middle School students and faculty gathered together in the Hoffman Field House for Kingswood Oxford’s annual Convocation. In addition to the excitement that comes with the start of a new school year, this year’s Convocation was a particularly special one as the entire Kingswood Oxford community […]
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On Friday, May 28, faculty, friends, and family came together on the senior green to celebrate the Class of 2021 at the 109th Commencement Ceremony, where English teacher Heather Wayne gave the address. At 10:30 a.m., administrators and faculty members made their way to their seats in front of the stage as the St. Patrick’s […]
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KO’s Lunch and Lead program has encouraged leadership within its members through student-organized guest speaker events. The group continued this initiative on March 21, 2021, when Scott Pioli joined the KO community via Zoom to share insight from his career experience. Scott Pioli is an American football executive who most recently worked as the Assistant […]
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Senior Jane Liang has essential documenting KO in photos for the KO News over the past two and a half years. She joined the KO News staff her sophomore year, beginning as an associate photo editor and went on to become the Head Photo Editor. Her responsibilities during her time as a part of the […]
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Senior Sloan Duvall has contributed to the KO News in a multitude of ways over the past four years. She has worn many hats over the course of her time at KO as a web editor, associate news editor, and this year, Head of Features and Head of Promotions and Public Relations. Sloan originally was […]
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Senior Jane Liang has essential documenting KO in photos for the KO News over the past two and a half years. She joined the KO News staff her sophomore year, beginning as an associate photo editor and went on to become the Head Photo Editor. Her responsibilities during her time as a part of the […]
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