Health & Fitness
Kingswood Oxford’s Allie Stanton Named National Merit Semifinalist
Kingswood Oxford senior Alexandra Stanton, the daughter of Claudia Coplein of West Hartford and Gerald Stanton of Farmington, has been named a Semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
This means she is in the top 1% of scorers nationally among the 1.5 million juniors who took the PSAT/NMSQT exam in October 2012. She will now compete for designation as a National Merit Finalist and for a Merit Scholarship to be awarded next spring.
At KO, Stanton is a Martin-Nicholson Scholar, which means she was awarded a merit-based scholarship to the school based on academic performance and exemplary leadership, service and citizenship.
In May 2013, Attorney General George Jepsen chose Stanton as the first-place winner in a Constitution essay contest sponsored by the WALKS Foundation. The contest is open to junior history students at the five WALKS schools – Westminster, Avon Old Farms, Loomis Chaffee, Kingswood Oxford, and Suffield Academy. The topic was “Executive War Powers and National Security.”
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An active member of the school community, Stanton is the founder and president of KO’s environmentally active “Green Team;” a varsity softball player; co-president of the GSA; and extremely involved in theater tech and set design. She is also a prefect, one of only 12 seniors chosen to serve as mentors to KO underclassmen.
Stanton is busy off-campus, as well; during the past two years, she has performed community service in Poland and Israel, and she also served as a counselor at Camp Northbound for inner-city Boston youth.
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“We are all so proud of Allie,” said Natalie Demers, Assistant Head of School for Academic Life. “As a scholar, an athlete, a thoughtful citizen and leader, she contributes so much to our community every single day. She truly exemplifies the very best of KO.”
Since 1909, Kingswood Oxford -- an independent, co-ed, college prep day school in West Hartford for grades 6-12 – has inspired students to excel and to lead lives of integrity and involvement. KO will host Open Houses for prospective Upper School students on Nov. 3 and prospective Middle School students on Nov. 17. For more information or to schedule an interview, call 860-727-5000 or email the Admissions Office.
