Like many other seniors, the college application process is not one I have been enjoying. The entire admissions process is one that causes anxiety and is dehumanizing to an extent. It boils years and years of hard work, dedication, success, and failures down to numbers and statistics. College admissions officers are supposed to understand who […]
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Many of KO’s practices encourage students to advocate for themselves. Whether it’s meeting with an advisor or teacher in order to work through a problem, or voicing your opinion to the student government, self-advocacy is a major part of being a student here. The paper is yet another platform for students to voice their opinions. […]
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At Kingswood Oxford, like at many other independent schools around New England, a sports requirement takes the place of physical education [gym] classes. While this alternative has seemed to work well for many years, enabling students to explore new sports and helping KO field competitive teams, issues arise when there are disparities between athletic teams; […]
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This Wyvern’s Tale is going to be very different from my last one because right now there are crucial political issues going on that need to be talked about. I did promise that at some point I would return to my roots of political writing, and here we are with yet another pressing issue in […]
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At Kingswood Oxford, the Dean of Students is an asset to the community – someone who both serves to support students when needed as well as discipline them in certain situations. The Dean of Students is responsible for many aspects of KO life: providing students with opportunities to learn and grow and giving students the occasion […]
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I can honestly say that I never thought I would be sitting here, writing my first Wyvern’s Tale as editor-in-chief of the KO News. But now that I am writing this, I don’t think I am able to do justice to how excited I am about having this opportunity. When I took my first journalism […]
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As the KO community heads into March, it seems that things may finally be looking up. With masks coming off, a return to “normal” times, and the promise of an eventful spring, perhaps we have finally turned the corner from a stressful and gloomy two years—and we should be thankful. On Monday, Feb. 28, the […]
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It’s hard to believe that this is my last issue of the KO News as Editor-in-Chief. As I sit in front of my computer to write this last Wyvern’s Tale, it seems like just yesterday that I was eagerly walking into Mrs. Schieffelin’s classroom as a sophomore to receive the position of an Associates Features […]
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As the KO community heads into the second semester of the school year, many have noticed a slight change encroaching on the minds of students and teachers alike. Over the past month, the KO parking lot has arisen as a popular topic of conversation, as this often forgotten area of campus has come to light […]
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You’ve probably heard the phrase “New Year, New Me” thousands of times. Maybe you’ve even proclaimed this cheesy cliché yourself. I must confess that I, too, have fallen victim to the promise of hope and growth that this phrase ostensibly offers. When those words roll off my tongue and out into the open air after […]
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