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A season of firsts and fierce finishes! King’s girls lacrosse team capped an undefeated run with a historic championship win, while the boys are set to defend their title in the New England McCoy Cup. With all ten spring teams heading to the postseason, the Vikings are charging into an action-packed week of championship competition!

The annual Grandparents and Special Friends Day filled the Lower School with joy and connection on Friday, May 9, as over 180 guests visited students for a morning of engaging activities and shared experiences. The day began with a heartfelt welcome from Head of School Carol Maoz and Head of Lower School Sandy Lizaire-Duff, who emphasized the essential role families and communities play in education. An interactive musical performance from lower school students concluded the morning reception before visitors departed for classrooms to experience hands-on learning, including science experiments, literary exercises, history explorations, engineering challenges, and more!

In a spirited and ambitious performance, middle school students brought the musical mystery “Curtains: Young@Part" to life with humor, heart, and teamwork. The production challenged the cast with its fast-paced plot, complex characters, and ensemble-driven energy, giving students a meaningful opportunity to grow as performers. With guidance from faculty and a supportive rehearsal process, students gained confidence as they took on the show’s emotional depth and theatrical challenges.

Jaipal Dohil ’25 has earned one of the nation’s most prestigious academic honors: a $2,500 National Merit Scholarship. From over 1.3 million applicants, Jaipal’s achievement highlights his academic excellence and the personal drive, integrity, and community spirit that have defined his 12-year journey at King.

It’s playoff time at King, and the Vikings are ready to dominate! Both Girls and Boys Lacrosse have earned top seeds and will kick off their postseason runs at home in an exciting double-header on Tuesday, May 13. Meanwhile, Blake Zarkowsky ’27 captured the FAA Girls Golf title, King Crew rowed to silver in Long Island, and Emma Drexel ’27 delivered a walk-off homer in a dramatic softball win. Plus, we celebrated our incredible spring sports seniors in style!

Katie Ruhe ’25 was recently honored as a Gen Z Future Leader by Jewish Family Services (JFS) of Greenwich for her outstanding dedication to supporting refugees and immigrants. What began as an AP World History project interview with a Ukrainian refugee ignited a deep, ongoing commitment to service that has defined her years at King. Through her volunteer work with JFS, Katie has led initiatives including welcome basket drives and has helped preserve refugee narratives, contributing to King’s “Empowering Voices” project and the Fortunoff Video Archive at Yale. Beyond her service, she plays an active role in the King School community as a club founder, student leader, athlete, and mentor. Her work exemplifies the power of compassion and understanding to drive meaningful change.

Grade 6 Spanish students deepened their language proficiency, storytelling abilities, and cultural understanding through a project-based lesson centered on the Chilean legend of the Chanchito de Chile, which centers around a small, three-legged pig believed to bring good luck and protection. After learning about the cultural significance of the piglet through Spanish stories, students crafted clay chanchitos and wrote narratives using vocabulary and grammar they had studied throughout the year. The project included reading, writing, speaking, and listening assessments aligned with American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages standards, and led to a heartwarming presentation to lower school students, where the handmade figurines, symbolic of resilience and luck, were shared.

Grade 4 classrooms became bustling arcades on Wednesday, April 30, as families competed for high scores in student-designed video games inspired by animal research. The event marked the culmination of a nearly two-month interdisciplinary nonfiction unit, where students explored nonfiction texts, honed research skills, and translated their findings into educational, pixel-art games. The project deepened students’ literacy and creative thinking abilities while bringing learning to life in a creative and playful way.