Writing KO's story since 1972
Senior Nick Stolfi certainly has a unique sense of style that he shows off in school every day. Nick states that he usually shops at the Westfarms Mall, or other places that have a wide variety of options. He claims that there isn’t one specific brand that he loves, but he rather focuses on the […]
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The Kingswood Oxford community extends a warm and happy welcome to the new Head of Upper School Dan Gleason. Highly educated, Dr. Gleason attended Pomona College as an English major, proceeding to teach English in Japan for a year and a half after he graduated. He also received his Ph.D. in English from Northwestern University […]
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Kingswood Oxford welcomes new earth science and technology teacher, as well as coach, Sarah Nolan to the community. Ms. Nolan studied physics and geology at State University of New York at New Paltz (SUNY New Paltz), where her love of science grew. Before arriving at KO, while also completing her bachelor of science at SUNY […]
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The Kingswood Oxford community is excited to welcome a new and passionate math teacher to the campus, none other than Kristen Valenti, an alumna of Mount Holyoke University and Southern Connecticut State University. Before coming to KO, Ms. Valenti had 11 years of teaching experience, sharing her love of math and problem-solving in the Hamden […]
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KO warmly welcomes the intelligent and energetic Joshua Barthelmess to the Upper School as a new math teacher! Mr. Barthelmess is fresh out of school, graduating from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Even though he almost became a software designer, he said he realized that teaching was truly the right career for him.Mr. Barthelmess said he was […]
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“I have been interested in taking photos since the first time I held a camera,” senior Amelia Levine said excitedly, thinking back to when her passion for photography first began to unfold. From snapping photos while on vacation, to taking both Photography 1 and Photography 2 at KO, Amelia has developed greatly as a photographer […]
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Kingswood Oxford is excited to welcome new Spanish teacher and coach Maria Tuckler to the community this year. Ms. Tuckler will teach both Spanish C in the Middle School as well as Spanish 1 in the Upper School. She is also coaching the Middle School B soccer team. A native Spanish speaker, Ms. Tuckler was […]
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KO is happy to say “¡Hola!” to Carolina Croes, a talented and experienced addition to the school. This year, Ms. Croes will not only be teaching five Spanish classes, including Spanish 5 AP, but she will also act as a co-advisor alongside Mrs. Lamb and a coach for JV girls soccer. Before coming to KO, […]
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In August of 2018, senior Ella Schwartz said she was driving through the “boring and flat” state of Wisconsin with her mother and looking at colleges when she was suddenly struck with an idea, inspired by her love of robotics. “I decided, while I was speaking with my mother, to start a free engineering camp for […]
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by David Shi ’22 While math teacher David Herrera has only taught at Kingswood Oxford for two years, he has played a huge role in the community as an educator and as a passionate coach for the JV field hockey and baseball teams. Now, sadly for us, he will be venturing onto a different path […]
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