Academics
Middle School
Classes In Action
Ever wonder what goes on in the classroom? From creating your own sludge to witnessing democracy in action with a post-election audit drawing, KO has a wide range of classes that both challenge and inspire students.
Kingswood Oxford courses are designed to deepen and strengthen a student's engagement with the material. Teachers actively bring the content to life - pressing students to articulate what they have done and why and challenging them to be intentional in their work. Essential to the student-centered classroom is the connection between the student and teacher which fosters a dynamic learning environment.
Enter a class full of motivated students and teachers who are passionate about their subject matter.
Kingswood Oxford courses are designed to deepen and strengthen a student's engagement with the material. Teachers actively bring the content to life - pressing students to articulate what they have done and why and challenging them to be intentional in their work. Essential to the student-centered classroom is the connection between the student and teacher which fosters a dynamic learning environment.
Enter a class full of motivated students and teachers who are passionate about their subject matter.
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Ingenious Teaching Techniques and Backyard Fishing
In a series of four videos, Middle School science teacher Clay Miles took his class through various lessons about simple machines. Filmed in his kitchen or most memorably in his backyard “fishing,” (back to that later) Miles methodically broke down his lessons in relatable and understandable language.Read More
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No Surface Level Learning for Form I Math
Students in Ms. Tomkiel's Form I class rose to the challenge of creating and comparing different prisms with regards to the surface area and volume.Read More
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Science Class Observes Spring Life
Upper School Science teacher Lisa Bailey’s Form 3 class is beginning a study on the origin of life.Read More
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Middle School Students Make Egg-Cellent Engineers
On Wednesday, September 4, students in Upper Prep and Form 1 took part in a collaborative project with some egg-cellent results.Read More
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How to Weave Student Ownership in a Middle School Class
Middle School teachers have employed a student-centered and owned teaching strategy in their classes that require the students to hone not only their listening skills but also their social-emotional ones.Read More
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Middle School Workshop Delivers Empathy
Last week the entire Middle School participated in a day devoted to diversity and cultural competency.Read More
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On Your Mark, Get Set, Solve
Put on your running shoes, stretch out, and move over Cairo and Indonesia. The KO campus is the new terrain for The Amazing Race.Read More
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Developing Global Citizens in the Middle School
From the sandy beaches of Lagos, to the snowy peaks of Mount Fuji, Alison O’Donnell’s Upper Prep Geography and Culture classes have traveled to the furthest corners of the globe, all without leaving the comfort of their classroom.Read More
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Serving Up Fractions & Project-Based Learning
Learning fractions can be pretty dry business unless, of course, you are the Upper Prep students of Jane Repp and Megan Farrell.Read More
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Mixing It Up in Intro to Physical Science
On Thursday, December 7, a group of enthusiastic Introductory Physical Science, or IPS students, got their hands dirty…literally.Read More
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Middle School Students Witness Democracy in Action
Middle Schoolers were privileged to participate in the Connecticut post-election audit drawing with Connecticut Secretary of State Denise Merrill in the Roberts Theater.Read More
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Middle School Science Students Ready to Take Off
We’re not exaggerating when we say that all our Form 2 students are rocket scientists.Read More
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Weaving Language & Culture in Latin Class
Latin might be a dead language, but you’d never know it by the activity and animation in Samantha Cassidy’s first level Latin language class. Her 11 students just completed a unit on ancient Roman houses that wove the language and culture together in a hands-on activity.Read More
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Animal Farm: Power Dynamics at Play
As a follow up to the Form 2 summer reading for their history class, Classic Repertory Company (CRC), the New Rep’s educational outreach program, performed a 75-minute adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the classic novel about the evils of totalitarianism, for the entire Middle School.Read More
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170 Kingswood Road
West Hartford, CT 06119-1430
860.233.9631
admissions@kingswoodoxford.org
Located in West Hartford, CT just steps from Blue Back Square, Kingswood Oxford is a private school inspiring co-ed day students in grades 6-12 with a college preparatory curriculum. Empowered students become clear confident communicators, resourceful problem-solvers, and ethical leaders. KO: where unlimited potential meets endless opportunities.
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