Meet our Student Leaders

Joella lives in South Windsor and has attended KO since 9th grade. When she came to KO as a freshman, she made it her mission to be involved with as many aspects of the community as she could. She is a member of Yale Model United Nations, Power of Women, Leadership Council, head editor of epic, KO’s Literary & Arts magazine, a writing peer tutor, creative director of thread, KO’s fashion magazine, KO’s campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity, Girls Group of Color, Black Student Union, and player on the jv girls’ soccer team. Outside of school, she volunteers for Our Kids Read, an organization that aims to raise the literacy rates of minorities by reading with kids over Zoom. When she’s not on campus, she enjoys reading, writing, volunteering, art, listening to music, watching movies, playing her saxophone, baking, going on walks, hiking, and hanging out with her sisters or friends.

Nidhi lives in Rocky Hill and has attended KO since ninth grade. She is a member of the jv tennis and volleyball teams. On campus, Nidhi serves as the co-chair of Model UN, head editor for KO’s literary and art magazine (epic), head web editor for the KO News, and will be the treasurer of the Student Government this upcoming year. She is also involved in Wyverns Helping Wyverns and Power of Women. Outside of school, Nidhi enjoys dancing, hiking, volunteering at a public speaking club, reading, and spending time with her friends and family. This summer, she will work as a research fellow at Wesleyan University, traveling with her family and volunteering in her town. Nidhi is looking forward to meeting her freshman advisees this coming August!

Sasha lives in South Windsor and is excited for her seventh year at KO! Sasha is a two-sport varsity athlete, competing for both the cross-country and track and field teams. She also spends her time as a math peer tutor leader, the managing editor for news, sports, and Investigative on the KO News, is a leader in the Power of Women (which uplifts and empowers young women in both KO and Greater Hartford communities) and will be a leader in KO’s Future Health Professionals club next year. Beyond Sasha’s involvement at KO, she enjoys spending time outside with her dog and little sister. This summer, she is looking forward to a bioclinical statistics program at Yale University and conducting biomedical research. Sasha is thrilled to meet her freshmen advisees from the Class of 2028 in August!

Cary lives in West Hartford and has attended KO since 9th grade. Cary is the jv soccer team and the JV squash team captain. On campus, Cary is Secretary of the Student Government, a chair of the Model UN club, a math and Spanish tutor, and a tour guide. In his free time, Cary loves to spend time with his family, play video games with his friends, and watch the NY Rangers. In the summer, Cary works as a lifeguard and sailing instructor and spends lots of time at the beach. Cary is super excited to meet the class of 2028 this fall!

Olivia “Liv” resides in Burlington and has attended KO since 9th grade. Liv is a varsity softball captain and plays on the JV girl’s soccer team. On campus, Liv is involved with the KO Community Service Club and will be a co-leader of the Future Medical Professionals Club. Outside of KO, you might find Liv hanging out with family and friends, playing with her dog, Winston, watching Grey’s Anatomy, and listening to all kinds of music. This summer, she is looking forward to her travel softball season, hanging out with her brother, Garrett ‘22, who is home from college, and her family’s annual trip to Martha’s Vineyard. Liv is super excited to meet her advisees and welcome the class of 2028 to KO!

Christian lives in West Hartford and is entering his fifth year at KO. Christian is a two-sport varsity athlete who plays both football and lacrosse and serves as the captain of the lacrosse team. Outside of sports, Christian is a math peer tutor here at KO and a head chair for KO Model United Nations. Christian is most likely lifting weights, reading, or drawing outside of school. This summer, Christian is really excited to spend eight weeks at Stanford, where he will be taking five college courses, including Principles of Economics and Greek Philosophy. Christian can’t wait to welcome his advisees and the class of 2028 to KO!

Christian lives in Hartford and has attended KO since 9th grade. Christian is one of the captains of the varsity track and field team and plays varsity football as well. On campus, he is involved in the Black Student Union and First Take (a club for sports debate). Off-campus, Christian volunteers at Hartford Public Schools and coaches elementary students in football and track. In his free time, Christian enjoys playing ultimate frisbee, baking brownies, and spending time with his younger siblings, Chaz and Chloe. While he usually spends most of his summer with friends, he’ll work at Target and spend lots of time camping this summer. Christian is very excited to be a Prefect this coming year and can’t wait to meet his new advisees! 

Claire Palmer lives in Hartford and has attended KO since 8th grade. Claire is one of the captains of the varsity cross-country team and varsity track and field team. Claire is involved in Green Team, Future Health Professionals Club, Power of Women, and Wyverns Helping Wyverns on campus. She is also an Upper School math peer tutor. Claire enjoys hiking, biking, and spending time with friends and family outside of school. She will be lifeguarding at the beach this summer and spending lots of time outside. Claire is very excited to be a prefect this coming year and can’t wait to meet all of her new advisees!  

Zaire lives in Farmington and came to KO in his freshman year. Zaire participates in the Choreographer Showcase and the winter musical, for which he has acted as dance captain. Zaire is a full-time performer at KO, participating in the select choral ensemble, Outlook, and the tenor-bass a-cappella group, Crimson 7. Zaire is a member of the thread fashion magazine and a leader of the Black Student Union. Zaire writes and listens to music in his free time, is a huge fan of film, television, and theater, and enjoys quality time with friends and family. Zaire is thrilled to attend theater-dance classes in New York and a musical theater workshop at Berklee College of Music this summer. Zaire is ready for a fun-filled year with his advisees and cannot wait to meet them!

Lily Temkin lives in West Hartford, CT, and has attended KO since 9th grade. Lily plays field hockey and does the winter musical! On campus, Lily is the editor-in-chief of Thread, a managing editor for the KO News, a member of Power of Women, and a part of the Leadership Council. Lily is also a tour guide for Shield and Dragon and a member of Oxfordians, the select girls a capella group. Outside of school, Lily loves to spend time with friends and family, read, and listen to lots of music. This summer, Lily plans to be a camp counselor, travel to Maine and Cape Cod with her family, and spend time with her friends! Lily is very excited to be a prefect this year and cannot wait to meet her advisees, and welcome the class of 2028 to KO!

Daniela lives in Cheshire and has attended KO since 8th grade. Daniela plays on the varsity soccer and varsity lacrosse teams. On campus, Daniela is involved in Power of Women, leadership council, and thread. Additionally, she is a Spanish and writing peer tutor. Outside of school, Daniela loves spending time with friends, tanning out by the pool/beach, reading, baking, and spending time with family. This summer, Daniela hopes to work in a research lab at UConn and spend lots of time with friends and family. Daniela is very excited to be a prefect and welcome her advisees to KO!

Ella lives in West Hartford and has attended KO since 9th grade. Ella plays on the varsity field hockey and varsity lacrosse teams. On campus, Ella is a head editor of the KO News, a member of Power of Women, and a Wyverns helping Wyverns tutor. Ella loves spending time with friends and family outside of school, listening to music, and binge-watching movies. Ella is excited to help with Camp KO this summer, hang out with friends, and go on her annual two-week vacation to the Outer Banks! Ella is so excited to be a Senior Prefect this year as well and can’t wait to welcome her advisees to KO!

Stella lives in East Hartford, Connecticut, and has attended KO since freshman year. Stella is co-head of the Health Organization Club and the Habitat 4 Humanity campus chapter leader. She is a KO Community Club member and the SGA speaker for the 2025 school year. Stella is the head goalie on the varsity field hockey team and plays attack on the varsity lacrosse team. Off-campus, Stella enjoys spending her free time with friends and family and listening to music! Stella looks forward to starting her senior year and meeting her Form 4 advisees!

Yzzy Albert lives in West Hartford, Connecticut, and has attended KO since sixth grade. She is a Varsity soccer team member and has been part of the Varsity tennis team since eighth grade. Yzzy gets involved in the KO community through various clubs and extracurricular activities. She loves being part of Power of Women, thread, KOMUN, and Mock Trial. In her free time, Yzzy enjoys spending time her time babysitting, playing with her dog, and visiting with friends and family. Yzzy also loves to get involved in community service through coat drives and raising money for important causes. She is very excited to meet her new advisee group and take on this leadership role!

Stephen lives in Cheshire and has attended KO since 9th Grade. Stephen is the quarterback and one of the captains of the football and lacrosse teams. On campus, Stephen is one of the chairs of the YMUN committee, is involved in Habitat for Humanity and the investment club, and is a peer tutor for math students. Off-campus, Stephen prioritizes spending time with his family and practicing football as he strives to become a college athlete. He is super excited for his senior year at KO and can’t wait to meet all of his new advisees! 

Makenzie lives in West Hartford and has attended KO since 8th grade. She has been a varsity swim team member since freshman year and is one of the girls’ varsity lacrosse managers. On campus, Makenzie is a part of the executive board for Power of Women. She is also a chair for Yale Model UN and has been a chair for the annual KO Model UN conference for four years. Makenzie is a part of the Wyverns helping Wyverns and enjoys tutoring middle school students. She loves spending time with her friends and family, swimming, and playing with her dog during her free time. This summer, Makenzie will be a lifeguard and counselor at a sleepaway camp and attend a week-long sports business program at Wake Forest University. She looks forward to her senior year and is very excited to meet her Upper Prep advisees!

Cameron lives in West Hartford and has attended Kingswood Oxford since sixth grade. While on campus, Cameron leads the KO 1080s computer club and has been a runner on the KO track team since eighth grade. Cameron also accompanied Team Tobati on their annual service trip to Tobati, Paraguay, in March of 2023. Cameron enjoys spending time with his friends and family off-campus, traveling, and working out. Over the summer Cameron plans to train for the upcoming track season and to help out at his family’s gym. Cameron is looking forward to the upcoming school year and is very excited to meet his incoming Upper Prep advisees in August!   

Jenna Kanaan lives in Avon and has attended KO since 7th grade. She enjoys playing field hockey in the fall and was the girls’ JV basketball captain in the winter. On campus, she is the co-president and founder of a health club on campus, called Health Ambassadors. She is also involved in Wyverns Helping Wyverns and Student Government. In her free time, Jenna enjoys spending time with her friends and family and going on hikes with her dog, Jessie. This summer, she’ll be a camp lifeguard and swim instructor at a summer camp and visit Greece with her family. Jenna is very excited to be a Senior Advisor this year and can’t wait to meet all her advisees!

Isabella lives in South Glastonbury and has attended KO since sixth grade. On campus, Izzie is a chair of Model United Nations, an executive board member of Power of Women, and has been a varsity tennis team member since eighth grade. She enjoys the trip to Yale for Model UN and attending the Anti-Defamation League’s annual conference with Power of Women. Off-campus, Izzie works with a psychology professor at Yale, co-writing a paper on safety and equity within psych wards. She enjoys community service projects, volunteering at the St. Francis Women’s Clinic and the Cornerstone Homeless Shelter. Over the summer, Izzie spends time with her family and friends, exploring new places with her family and continuing to volunteer. Izzie is excited to meet her Upper Prep advisees in the fall!

Els Morris lives in Newington, Connecticut, and has attended KO since she was in sixth grade. She plays volleyball in the fall and is also the stage manager for our winter musical. She has been a part of the program since she was a freshman. On campus, Els is a senior editor for epic, KO’s literary magazine, and is heavily involved with the arts department, taking as many classes as possible and staying after school in the spring to hone her skills. She enjoys drawing, painting, printmaking, and ceramics to name a few. Off-campus, Els enjoys reading, playing with her dog, Leinie, and baking. She also has two younger siblings who attend KO in the Upper School. While Els usually spends her summers camping, she spent a month of this past summer studying Italian in Rome. She is so excited to meet and spend time with her new Upper Prep advisees and looks forward to a busy senior year!

Abbie lives in West Hartford and has attended KO since 9th grade. Abbie has been on the varsity tennis team for four years and done field hockey and enjoyed the performing arts during her time at KO. Abbie is managing editor for opinions and reviews for the KO News throughout the year, and participates in Power of Women, Investment Club, and KOmmunity Service Club. Abbie loves to hang out with friends and family in her free time, hike, ski, and sing. After spending eight years going to sleep away camp, she will now be spending her summer lifeguarding and going on a six-week trip abroad. Abbie is super excited to be a Senior Advisor and meet all of her advisees!

Miya Scranton lives in West Hartford, Connecticut, and has attended KO since 6th grade. She is one of the varsity swim captains and has been swimming for KO since 6th grade. Off-campus, she likes to foster kittens, raising them from birth for a local animal shelter. On campus, Miya is on the executive board for the Power of Women club, helping under the social justice category. She is a writer for the KO News, writing under the sports and opinion categories. Miya enjoys spending time with her friends and family during her free time. Her summer is filled with babysitting for various families around her block. She also swims for her summer swim team, Glenbrooke, every morning. She will spend time with her aunts, uncles, and cousins at her family lake house and fill any other time with her foster/personal cats. Miya is thrilled to be fortunate enough to be a Senior Adviser this coming year and can’t wait to meet her new advisee group! 

Julia lives in Bloomfield and has attended KO since 6th grade. She is a JV volleyball co-captain and plays in Husky club volleyball throughout the fall and winter. Throughout the school year, Julia is an editor for the yearbook and KO’s literary and arts magazine, epic, a middle school tutor for Wyverns helping Wyverns, and enjoys spending time in after-school studio art. She enjoys playing the guitar, drawing, building Lego sets, and going on walks during her free time. Julia is so excited to meet and get to know her new Upper Prep advisees!

Emma St. Clair lives in West Hartford and has attended KO since 6th grade. Emma plays soccer and lacrosse for KO. Off-campus, she volunteers with the youth by coaching girls’ soccer teams. Along with volunteering for West Hartford travel soccer, Emma spends her time at her old elementary school, where she donates clothes and volunteers at annual school events. On campus, Emma is involved in  Power of Women. Emma loves to read, spend time with friends and family in her free time, ski, and hike! She is so excited to enter her senior year and meet her new Upper Prep advisees!

Boden lives in Farmington and has attended KO since 6th grade. He has been a varsity baseball player and a previous KO hockey player for the last three seasons. On campus, Boden is an intrinsic part of the KO community by supporting and helping fellow students in academics and athletics. Outside of school, he volunteers for the KO baseball camp during the winter. During the summer, he volunteers for the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, teaching people how to fish without hurting the environment. In Bodie’s free time, he enjoys watching sports, building Legos, fishing, boating, and spending time with family and friends. He is excited for the opportunity to extend his academic and athletic career, playing baseball at Fairfield University and continuing what Kingswood has instilled in him. He is ecstatic to be a Senior Advisor and can’t wait to meet his new advisees!