Every year, on the first Wednesday in February, schools and communities across the country celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day. At Kingswood Oxford School, this celebration has become a strong annual tradition known as Girls in Sports Day, which KO hosted on Saturday, Jan. 31. It not only shows the achievements of female […]
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From Jan. 15 to Jan. 18, Kingswood Oxford students joined almost 2,000 others from around the world on the campus of Yale University for the 52nd edition of the Yale Model United Nations (YMUN) conference. A delegation of 32 KO students, along with history teachers Micah Duhaime and Steph Sperber, participated in YMUN. The KO […]
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Throughout the first semester, the Kingswood Oxford Mock Trial Team has been hard at work studying their new case. Mock Trial, a program designed for high school and college students, simulates a real courtroom environment and exposes students to courtroom procedures, the practice of law, and the art of thinking on their feet. KO has […]
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On Tuesday, Jan. 13, parents and teachers filled the Community Commons at Kingswood Oxford for the schoolâs first-ever Senior Showcase, a new event designed to spotlight the culminating projects of seniors enrolled in Symposium, IMPACT English electives, or Honors English. Rather than a traditional presentation night, the Showcase invited visitors to circulate freely, engage in […]
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“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.”-John Adams Plastered on the walls of the Robertâs leadership center in Seaverns, this quote however, is neither by John Quincy Adams, nor by anyone for that matter! Used by Ivanka Trump in her 2017 novel, âWomen […]
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Junior Logan LaCroix and senior Adam Gold have taken on the job of sports commentary this fall. Adam helps Logan out with football commentating, while Logan also does field hockey and looks forward to basketball, as these are some of Kingswood Oxfordâs teams that use the software company Hudl to stream their games. This all […]
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On Tuesday, Nov. 11, the entire KO community gathered in Roberts Theater for the annual Speakersâ Forum assembly with sophomore Noa Taback taking first place for her reading of an excerpt from âThe Book Thief.â The Speakersâ Forum is an opportunity for sophomores to get up in front of their English classes and do an […]
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By Leilani Moyano â26Picture this: getting on a plane with classmates, traveling, and taking your learning outside the confines of your English classroom. Well, over Thanksgiving Break, a group of Kingswood Oxford seniors did just that. English teacher Megan Hilliardâs âIMPACT From Shadows to Spotlight: Black Histories and Arts in Americaâ and English teacher Heidi […]
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By Racheal Segal â28 Walking through lower Roberts, you often hear shouts, claps, and the sound of collaboration leaking out from a certain door right around the corner. Shutters clicking and tripods being adjusted, the room is busy and full. You hear one voice in particular. Itâs mature, yet quick with comebacks, and guaranteed to […]
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On Thursday, Nov. 6, the junior class traveled to Old Sturbridge Village as a part of both the U.S. History and AP U.S. History curriculum. The annual field trip is designed to give students direct exposure to daily life in 19th-century New England while reinforcing classroom units on reform movements, industrialization, and gender roles and […]
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