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Although coronavirus moved classes to a virtual setting and prevented the traditional graduation on the Senior Green from happening, KO was still able to hold a socially distanced Commencement Ceremony for the Class of 2020 on campus on June 7. The events from graduation were as follows: the seniors, with their families and decorated cars, […]
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Seniors Alma Clark and Ethan Pinkes won the school’s top citizenship awards at Tuesday’s Prize Assembly. Alma won The Gold Seal, the highest citizenship award the school can bestow, given to a girl in the Sixth Form for outstanding qualities of character. Ethan won The Primus Medal, presented by Edith Greenough Lewis and the highest […]
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KO’s college advising office went online on Tuesday, March 24, as Connecticut legislation forced the KO community to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Despite this drastic change in lifestyle, KO’s college advisors have managed to maintain a close eye over students and their application processes. Instead of holding biweekly college VQV […]
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Over 50 years ago Westminster, Avon Old Farms, Loomis, Kingswood Oxford, and Suffield Academy created a league with various academic competitions. A few years ago, all but one of the competitions were abolished, and the WALKS essay competition for AP U.S. History (APUSH) continued on. Every year these five schools pick two winners to advance […]
Read MoreThroughout the past couple of weeks, students and faculty have been voting on senior advisors and senior prefects. Although 60 kids applied, only 22 were able to land a prefect or advisor position. In terms of senior prefects, Dean of Students William Gilyard is in charge of the voting and application process. He explained the […]
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On Wednesday, May 20, students watched KO’s annual senior prefect skit during virtual advisee group. Due to the unfortunate circumstances we are up against this year, these seniors were unable to perform the skit live in front of all their classmates, but instead recorded a video of the skit that they were able to share […]
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The end of May marks a time of many joyous occasions for the KO community as the school year begins to wind down with summer just around the corner. The most cherished annual traditions are panning out a bit differently than usual right now by virtue of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this did not impede […]
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Kingswood Oxford students were accepted by the following schools. They are matriculating into the schools that are bolded. American University Amherst College Arizona State University-Tempe Assumption College Auburn University Augustana University Babson College Bard College Barnard College Bates College Baylor University Bentley University Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Brandeis University Brown University Bryant University […]
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For years, students have been taking sit-down final exams at the end of each school year. As a result of remote learning, these exams have been cancelled for this year, and teachers have had to come up with alternative solutions for assignments. Often, English classes write essays or have final Harknesses instead of an exam […]
Read MoreAs COVID-19 continues to spread worldwide at an unprecedented rate, Head of School Tom Dillow made the extremely difficult decision for KO to permanently move to virtual learning for the remainder of the semester. In a letter penned to Wyvern families and students on April 17, Mr. Dillow stated that this decision was not taken […]
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