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As COVID-19 continues to spread nationwide, it has had a significant negative impact on many organizations and institutions. Chase Collegiate School, a pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade school located in Waterbury, sent an email to its community saying that it was closing for the year; this email came only twelve days before the school year began. Although […]
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On Monday, Sept. 21, the sophomore class had the opportunity to experience a webinar with three former fellows from the UConn Law School Asylum and Human Rights Clinic. KO welcomed third year law students Paola Leiva, Guneet Josen, and Tennyson Benedict to engage in a question and answer session with the students attending the event. […]
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Thursday, Sept. 10, marked the first day of classes at Kingswood Oxford School for the 2020-2021 academic year. The school is offering in-person learning and remote learning for the first quarter. While many students and teachers are returning to campus for their classes, some have chosen to learn remotely for the first quarter of the […]
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As another school year kicks off, another Symposium author, Min Jin Lee, is set to visit KO this coming January. However, Dr. Wayne’s grading policy for this semester isn’t your traditional approach. Instead of the typical essays given letter grades, Dr. Wayne is trading in grading for more extensive feedback and a labor-based grading system. […]
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In preceding school years, KO students were required to dress substantially formal on a daily basis; however, for the 2020-2021 school year, the dress code has been completely transformed. The dress code modifications have been one of many aspects that have been changed this year to accommodate social distancing guidelines. As stated in the Wyvern […]
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On Friday, Sept. 18, Kingswood Oxford’s Convocation Ceremony launched the official start of the school year. Typically, Convocation would be held in Roberts Theater on the first day of school. However, due to COVID-19, this year’s Convocation Ceremony was a video shown to the students during advisee group. The assembly opened with a speech from […]
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Advisee group at KO is not just an ordinary homeroom period, but rather an opportunity to connect with fellow advisee members and check in with advisors. In the past, advisee group time was not really structured, allowing advisors to choose what occurred during advisee time. However, this year KO has brought a new program to […]
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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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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 […]
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