Writing KO's story since 1972
Since its merger in 1969, Kingswood Oxford has been a school that fosters the ideals of vibrant student life, stimulating academics, and competitive athletics. In both the Upper and Middle schools, these factors are considered of the utmost importance. The schools’ schedules set aside time to allow students to develop mentally, academically, and athletically. These […]
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Anyone who has spent any amount of time at KO has likely eaten at the cafeteria at least once. Between optional paid breakfasts, lunch, and special events that require food, Sage Dining and its staff are in charge of all culinary experiences on campus. Staffed by members of Sage Dining, the group is responsible for […]
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Tracy K. Smith, in her final speech as U.S. Poet Laureate, discussed at length the commodification of learning and language in today’s world. One target of her critique: student surveys. “Rate your professor,” she sarcastically yet thoughtfully intoned: “Did she make the material relatable and easily digestible, or did you have to work to learn […]
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The KO community is composed of a variety of individuals, each with a unique background, set of skills, interests, and goals. It would be impossible to generalize the KO community into one box, but aspects of it can be broken down into statistics. By no means does this display the depth of the KO community, […]
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Ask any KO student, parent, or faculty member – ask anyone with connections to high schoolers, really – and they will tell you in no uncertain terms of their conviction that the whole college admissions process is a rather miserable beast. There’s a couple of common complaints one hears: that the process has grown so cutthroat […]
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Student Government is a KO fixture. It has been around for generations. But apart from its members, practically nobody on campus thinks about it all that often. The lack of student interest in the boards their elected peers comprise is not a unique characteristic of the KO community. Apathy toward student governments in educational institutions […]
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Think of a teacher you’ve had that has changed your life. It’s not a difficult thing to do – in big ways or small, practically every teacher you have studied under has imparted lessons that have defined what you know, what you’re passionate about, and even who you are as a thinker and as an […]
Read MoreOn March 9, 2021, KO hosted an on-campus vaccine clinic. On April 5, vaccines were made available to all people age 16 and up. On May 10, the Pfizer vaccine was expanded to ages 12 and up. By May 21, half of Connecticut residents had become fully vaccinated. Little by little, the tide of the […]
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Hufflepuff. Slytherin. Ravenclaw. Gryffindor. The fantastical houses of Harry Potter may seem strange and remote to the student body of a prep school in West Hartford, but, remarkably, Kingswood Oxford has a history of houses of its own. The Kingswood School in Bath, U.K., which served as the model for the American Kingswood, has used […]
Read MoreBy Teddy Crowther and Ashleigh Stepnowski Amidst a year with an ongoing global pandemic, events relating to climate change have grown at an alarming rate. From raging wildfires in California to the current winter storm power crisis in Texas, the environment is now at the forefront of the world’s issues. Kingswood Oxford has committed to […]
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