Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Our Black History Month person of the day is George Washington Carver.
George Washington Carver was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century. In all, he developed 300 products from peanuts and 118 from sweet potatoes, in addition to new products from waste materials including recycled oil, and paints and stains from clay. Carver is best known for his research into alternative crops to cotton, such as peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes.

AAC will be open today from 230-330 in the following rooms: math in B21, science in C17, ESL support in K5W, Chinese in K1, Spanish in A18, and study hall in C16.

Teachers, check your mails for WIDA test passes. Please send students to their respective testing rooms with the passes. A follow up email with student names and their testing rooms will be sent daily. Please bear with us this week as we have to ensure that all ELs, Bilingual and Multilingual students take the test. Thank you for your support.

Loy Norrix Students you are invited to the 3rd Annual Valentine Card Party today, February 13th from 230-330 in Ms. Nelson’s room D13. The Valentine Card Party is sponsored by your Loy Norrix Key Club. There will be snacks, beverages, materials for making valentine cards, music, and more! Limit is 25 students. First come first serve! See you there!

CTE/EFA/EMC applications are due this Friday, February 17! If you’re interested in applying for a program, please contact your counselor or look in the counseling google classroom for instructions.

Loy Norrix Drama is putting on the charming and heart-warming play Almost, Maine. Shows will be in the Loy Norrix auditorium THIS Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:00 pm and Sunday at 2:00 pm. Tickets are $5.00 for students, $8.00 for adults, and can be purchased online or at the box office. This romantic and humorous show makes for the perfect date night or a fun evening out with friends and family. Don’t miss it!

“It is lacrosse preseason! Both lacrosse teams are conditioning at Milwood Middle School Mondays through Fridays from 7-9:00 pm starting today! Both lacrosse teams are gearing up for the spring season and are looking for new players to join the team. Come to Milwood Middle to learn lacrosse. Everyone is welcome to join. Contact seniors Sophie Grover or Josh Kane for more information.

Attention Juniors: This week, we will be meeting with our Junior students to help them update their Educational Development Plan or EDP for short. This plan consists of identifying career goals, saving multiple career choices, learning about different career pathways, and creating a plan of action. The Educational Development Plan is a requirement by the State of Michigan. The days that we will be meeting with students will be: Wednesday February 15th, Thursday February 16th, or Tuesday February 21st in the Auditorium. Please look for an email with the day and time of the week that you will join us. Please make sure that your Chromebook is charged for this meeting.

Attention graduating Seniors. If you have an interest in speaking at your commencement ceremony, you need to sign-up in room B-18 by Tuesday, February 28th.

Attention Loy Norrix Staff and Students. The Key Club Clothing Drive results are in! Congratulations to Mr. Shack’s 5th period for bringing in the most clothing items. They will be awarded with a pizza party!

Congratulations to Freshman Sam Oberlee who qualified for the MHSAA Skiing Finals!

He is the first Loy Norrix athlete to qualify and just the second since Skiing began as a sport in 2008.

Sam will compete in the MHSAA State Final on Monday, November 27.

Congratulations Sam!