Missed flights. Unpaid security workers. What used to be a routine step in air travel has turned into chaos as the Department of Homeland Security shutdown stretches on. Right now, airports across the nation are dealing with insanely long TSA lines. Travelers are waiting up to four hours just to get past security, and in […]
Read MoreCitizenship Committee, or CitCo is seemingly a mystery to many students at KO, a looming figure, or a secret society created to maintain discipline and order. CitCo is sadly neither of those, but a group of students and faculty built to teach students.If a student breaks a core value of KO, the two main ones […]
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Commencement is one of if not the most memorable days of any school year, and behind the actual graduation ceremony where the seniors shake every faculty member’s hand, the most memorable part is certainly the speech made by a faculty member. This speech always resonated with me personally and is a fond memory every year. […]
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Fewer than 100 days ago, Donald Trump was inaugurated into office as the 47th president of the United States, and in the days since then, he has broken the record for most executive orders in the first 100 days, with 137 having been made at the time this article is being written. His most significant […]
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One of the distinctive changes brought by the KO leadership in the 2024-2025 school year has been its new signature program: the IMPACT Lab courses. In both the Middle School and Upper School, KO has taken a new approach to classes and has tackled the issue of what should drive a class. The IMPACT courses […]
Read MoreAt Kingswood Oxford, students and teachers attempt to cross the boundaries of traditional classroom learning and study the community around them. Already, classes take day trips to make connections with class learning. For example, the We the People IMPACT class took a trip to a Connecticut courthouse to understand the process of jury selection, while […]
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Following KO’s midsemester on Oct. 25, students are preparing to see their quarter grades and comments from their teachers. This is meant to be a snapshot of a student’s progress in the first two months of school. While this report isn’t sent to any colleges for Forms 3 to 5, the midsemester proves to be […]
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The implications of generative artificial intelligence (AI) are beginning to emerge throughout the world today. From optimization strategies to machine learning models, AI is rapidly changing people’s day-to-day lives. One area where generative AI has had a profound impact is in education. It is important to note that AI has been used in the medical […]
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As we head into the final weeks of May, many of our seniors, juniors, and sophomores have spent the month preparing extensively for their AP exams. AP classes are fast-paced courses with high rigor that are meant to challenge students and make them think critically. They also allow students to potentially gain college credit, depending […]
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In a recent all-school assembly and the 2024 State of the School Address, Head of School Tom Dillow announced a new renovation to the Kingswood Oxford campus: a renovated library and dining hall that will serve as a communal center for KO. A renovation of the library will affect every member of our community, including […]
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