by Anya Dausey ’28 On Tuesday, March 24, the Kingswood Oxford community welcomed Associate Director of College Counseling and President of KO’s Cum Laude Chapter Peggy Clark to the stage during an all-school assembly to announce KO’s 20 Cum Laude Society inductees. As the president of KO’s chapter of the Cum Laude Society, she spoke […]
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Students and faculty gathered on Monday, April 6, 2026, for a powerful and emotional assembly as Holocaust survivor Rabbi Lazowski, his son Alan Lazowski, and the co-author to his book “Transforming Darkness into Light,” Suzanne Pinkes, visited the KO community to share his story. Introduced by family members and community speakers, the event was not […]
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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 […]
Read MoreOn Sunday, Feb. 1, KO hosted a public speaking event with two competing members of Forensic Union and 11 other schools. Forensic Union advisor and Spanish teacher Carolina Croes was joined by multiple volunteers from Forensic Union, not to compete but to help out with running around and making sure the day ran smoothly. Ms. […]
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On Feb. 12-13, acclaimed Irish author Claire Keegan visited Kingswood Oxford as this year’s Symposium author. During her time, she had dinner with the Symposium class and faculty, spoke at Upper School and Middle School assemblies, and shared lunch with students. Chosen by English teacher Daniel Gleason, Ms. Keegan’s works span different topics, ideas, and […]
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On Friday, Jan. 30, Kingswood Oxford School welcomed journalist, scientist, and author Boyce Upholt to campus for the annual Stroud Science symposium. Mr. Upholt, a West Hartford native growing up minutes from campus, has spent his career exploring rivers not just as waterways, but specifically their power in how they shape our personal lives. He […]
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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 school’s 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 Robert’s 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, “Women […]
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