Category: Features

Now that the warm weather has returned, Language Department Chair, Latin and Classics teacher, and GSA faculty advisor Maureen Lamb can often be seen conducting her classes from the Adirondack chairs outside of Roberts. This location has been a favorite of Ms. Lamb’s throughout the year, although she only has a few more weeks to […]

After 35 years of teaching and coaching at KO, Middle School science teacher Judy Bailey has decided to take a step back from teaching. Mrs. Bailey has been a dedicated member of the KO faculty since 1987, and during the few years that she wasn’t teaching, she still made time to coach. During Mrs. Bailey’s […]

It’s not very often that, at a school with just 75 teachers, one would find two middle school teachers with the same last name: Repp. While this is only a minor coincidence, it is bound to create some confusion. The solution? Each teacher has their own moniker. This fortuitous coincidence gave Middle School math teacher […]

As the school year winds down for many students, the post season ramps up for KO’s varsity baseball team led by Head Coach Steve Cannata. While baseball is one of Coach Cannata’s passions, head coach is not the only hat he’s worn during his time at KO.  In addition to leading the varsity baseball team, […]

As the resurgence of warm weather brings KO’s campus back to life, the anticipation for summer is mounting, and although many cannot wait for the break from school, it also signals change for the community. Even though KO must say farewell to faculty and staff every spring, this year marks an especially big goodbye as […]

 Many people in the KO community immensely enjoy listening to music from outside of their home country, as it spurs their desire to learn more about different cultures, foreign linguistics, and contains that quirky and energetic danceable rhythm. Many Wyverns of Kingswood Oxford believe that music, just like international food, is a classical part of […]

There are many words that come to mind when you think of English teacher Mela Frye: poetry-lover, multi-tasker, mom, superhero, and a beloved member of the Kingswood Oxford community. Mrs. Frye came to KO in January of 2016 to temporarily teach a senior thesis class, but as soon as Mrs. Frye walked through that door, […]

After a hectic February for students in Brendan Smith’s Geometry Honors class, we were eager to meet the man who would be our new teacher for the rest of the year. While we waited, math teacher Sandra Goss gave us a bit of a backstory about who we’d be meeting. She said that he was […]