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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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 Oxford’s 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 Speakers’ Forum assembly with sophomore Noa Taback taking first place for her reading of an excerpt from “The Book Thief.” The Speakers’ 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 ’26Picture 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 Hilliard’s “IMPACT From Shadows to Spotlight: Black Histories and Arts in America” and English teacher Heidi […]
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By Racheal Segal ‘28 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. It’s 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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The chocolatey smell of steaming hot cocoa swirled through the Community Commons as KO students and faculty walked through the doors. Approaching the stand, people are gathered around a big table, buzzing like bees. Whether pouring hot drinks into cups, making their own bracelets, or donating to the cause, everyone was contributing and participating in […]
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The New York Literature class, a senior elective taught by English Department Chair William Martino, recently took a trip to the Empire State on Oct. 23. The class, focused on literature connected to New York City, takes this annual trip, which is connected to the literature they study throughout the semester. This trip’s itinerary included […]
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