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The Portfolio Prep art class, taught by creative arts teachers Scott McDonald and Greg Scranton, allows form five and six students the freedom to pursue different mediums of art. In addition, all of the finished pieces from the year are documented so they can be sent to colleges. Over the past five years, the class […]
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On Tuesday, March 5, the English 4 Honors students performed their adaptations of “Macbeth” in the Black Box Theatre. This is the first time that English teachers Catherine Schieffelin and William Martino ave organized this project. The inspiration came from a previous school Ms. Schieffelin once taught at, where all the seniors would read “Hamlet” […]
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Senior Coltrane Joseph is a skilled saxophone player in the KO Jazz Band. He has been playing the saxophone for ten years and is even named after John Coltrane, the famous American saxophone player. Every year, the jazz band takes a trip to Boston to compete in the Berklee Jazz Competition hosted by the Berklee […]
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As you may recall, in the January 2019 issue for the KO News, I wrote an article broadly describing the popularity of various genres of music, songs, and artists listened to on the KO campus and compiled a playlist for both newly released hits and great throwbacks. (If you’d still like to hear it, it […]
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Talented sophomore Sydney Dwyer has portrayed her artistic expertise in many different ways at KO. Sydney said that she’s always been interested in art, but in eighth grade she actually tried to draw something seriously and it came out surprisingly well. Earlier this year, Sydney took drawing with creative arts teacher Scott McDonald and now […]
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Head of creative arts department Todd Millen has been teaching music here at KO for several years now, but his passion for music began when he played the trombone in the fifth grade. He said he realized he was really good at it and had a lot of fun. He then did his first music […]
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History teacher and Crimson 7 director David Baker has been singing his whole life and continues to pursue this passion at KO. Mr. Baker began singing choir in elementary school and started studying classical voice lessons in the ninth grade. He also started a capella in the ninth grade at Conard High School and sang in […]
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The After School Art Program is a new class that lets students explore and expand their artistic creativity. This is the first year of the program, and sophomores through seniors are allowed to participate. The program was designed to give students the freedom to take their art wherever they want it to go in a […]
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As seniors start receiving acceptance letters and committing to schools, they are also getting excited about the college years to come; for some of our seniors, this means pursuing their passions in singing! For example, senior Olivia Coxon, who has been singing in various a capella groups at KO since eighth grade, will be attending […]
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The KO art department has selected junior Nick Stolfi as February’s Artist of the Month. You may know that Nick loves to play football and guitar, but what you probably didn’t realize is that he is also a passionate artist. Nick said the visual arts have always been a major part of his life. “I’ve […]
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