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On Thursday, Sept. 5, the Upper School had its first “Trivia Tuesday,” where students ate lunch and competed in a trivia contest with their advisee group with the goal of spending some quality time with their peers. This charge was lead by Dean of Students Will Gilyard and the form deans. The trivia contest was […]
Read MoreTo kick off the 2019-2020 school year, the KO community came together at the first ever all-school orientation that took place on Thursday, Aug. 29 from 12:45p.m. to 3:00p.m. Over the summer, Dean of Students William Gilyard and the form deans brainstormed ways to bring positive energy to campus before the start of another rigorous […]
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On Tuesday, Aug. 27, KO organized this year’s SPHERE event, hosting over 200 educators and cultivating discussion around how schools can better address hate and bias incidents. Founded in the 1970s, SPHERE is a consortium of independent schools in the Greater Hartford area that collaborates on programs dedicated to solving equity issues. Some of those […]
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This past year, Middle School art teacher Katherine Nicholson and her students have been hard at work creating a faerie house that will go up at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Conn. Every year in the fall, the Florence Griswold Museum holds an outdoor installation called “The Wee Faerie Village.” Artists create faerie […]
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Juniors Niki Taylor and Madeline Arcaro spent two weeks this summer at the School of the New York Times (SONYT), a writing and journalism program at New York University run by, you guessed it: the New York Times. The two best friends are both avid writers and editors for the KO News and share a […]
Read MoreThis school year, KO students have undoubtedly noticed changes at Upper School assemblies. These changes have been made to increase the engagement for students attending these assemblies. Assemblies will operate considerably different than in previous years. Three main objectives have been established in an effort to make each weekly Tuesday assembly more meaningful to students. […]
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This fall, Kingswood Oxford will continue to add additional security measures to make sure that everyone in the community is safe at all times. Although it has not been formally announced yet, KO has already made some progress in installing new security systems. Buzzer systems have already been installed in Lower Roberts and the Estes […]
Read MoreAs the school year begins, the Student Athletic Advisory Council, or SAAC, has plenty of ideas for the fall sports season. SAAC officers were recently appointed, and committees are now working on new ideas for autumn events. Seniors Wes Pierce and Angelina Maselli are co-presidents, junior Sydney Smith is vice president, junior Isabelle Berkemeyer is […]
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On Friday, Sept. 20, freshmen and sophomores gathered in the Mead Dining Hall for a classic tradition—the Prefect Dance—in which the 12 senior prefects hosted incoming freshmen, welcoming them to the start of the school year. This year, Form 3 Dean Danielle Hoff left it up to the prefects if they wanted to do a […]
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On Sept. 3 the Convocation ceremony officially launched the new school year as KO prepares to celebrate both its 110th anniversary as well as 50 years as a co-educational school. The Dux Prize for highest GPA from each form was awarded to seventh-graders Ysabel Albert, Sasha Dausey, Liliana Goldman, and Azul Montiel, eighth-grader James Livingstone, […]
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