Well, this is quite surreal. It seems like just yesterday that I was starting my first editorial as Editor-in-Chief with that same sentence, brimming with excitement for my new position and the opportunity to make my mark on the organization that had brought me so such joy over the past three years. So now, as […]
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When I first arrived at KO, a timid, skinny, skittish freshman, the last thing on my mind was my future, hidden behind a blurry shroud of vagueness and ambiguity. I was much more focused on the present, the pragmatic. Who was I going to eat lunch with? What sports was I going to play? How […]
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As the 2020 election becomes less of a mystical happening hearkened to by wishful liberals eagerly awaiting the demise of the Trump presidency, and begins to take real shape, Democrats must begin to develop a cogent, pragmatic approach to dethrone President Trump, take control of the Senate, and build on their existing majority in the […]
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As human beings, we are intrinsically terrified of the unknown. As young children, we fear the darkness that comes after our parents flip the light switch, leaving us at the mercy of the monsters that lurk in the shadows, just out of sight. As we get older, we agonize over decisions that will shape and […]
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Fall is finally here. The leaves are changing, the air is crisp, the nights are longer, and for KO seniors, college applications are looming, like a hideous leviathan, in the not so distant distance. The process is an inevitable rite of passage, as we soldier on to the next chapter in our young lives. However, […]
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Well, this is quite surreal. As an opinions writer at heart, this column has always been a sort of Holy Grail, a clean slate at the front of the paper on which one can convey to the KO community a message they feel passionately about. I’ve been a part of the KO News for just […]
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A healthy school environment is one characterized by open communication. One of the most important roles of a school’s administration is to keep its student body informed about campus events and news. However, the KO administration does not directly give students access to an important source of information: the Wyvern Weekly. Often times, student hear […]
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I wrote an editorial in September about how we, as students, should value KO as more than a mere stepping stone on the way to college. In the wake of the New York Times’ recent investigative piece on the TM Landry College Preparatory School in Louisiana, I thought it would be appropriate and fitting to […]
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A mere 19.9 percent of eligible voters aged 18 to 29 voted in the 2014 midterm elections, according to a Pew Research Center survey. Given the recent 2018 midterm elections on Nov. 6, I think that it is crucially important to reflect as a school and as a community about what it means to be a […]
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Have you ever had one of those mornings where everything went wrong? You hit the snooze button one too many times. You’re exhausted because last night, you were cramming for a biology test you completely forgot about. You don’t have time for breakfast—supposedly the most important meal of the day, or something. Coffee and a […]
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