Tuesday, October 24, 2023

College visits for this week are as follows:

• Kalamazoo Valley Community College on Oct. 26                              

Please email Kalamazoo Promise coach Mr. Moore to sign up to attend and get more information.

Do you need volunteer hours, or just want to improve your community? Knights of the Neighborhood is a club that represents Norrix in Kalamazoo. Our meetings are on Tuesdays from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in room B13. 

The Travel Club is announcing the 2024 destination to be Scandinavia: Sweden, Denmark and Norway. In their 25th year of international travel, they would like to invite students and interested adults to join them in this adventure. The itinerary and information can be found at www.educationaltravel.com using trip ID Kalamazoo-2024. LN Counselor Rebecca Learner has more information on this adventure in the Counseling Office and will also be available in the library this week from 2:30 to 3:00 p.m. A student/parent meeting is being planned for the 2nd week in November. Departure is July 1, 2024. Students are eligible for scholarships and can earn three free college credits.

Are you interested in sewing, knitting, embroidering, crocheting, and more? Come to A20 after school on Monday’s, starting next week. No experience needed! There will be homemade baked goods. If you have any supplies you’re welcome to bring them. Email Mrs. Corstange with any questions.

Today after school is the 33rd annual Pumpkin Painting Party. Join your friends after school in the lunchroom from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. to paint a pumpkin. All pumpkins will be donated to local community agencies to spread fall cheer. Make sure you get your extra credit coupon after you paint your pumpkin and enjoy the Fall Fest activities of games and crafts.

There will be an Esports meeting Thursday, Oct. 26, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Mr. Wood’s room, C19, to discuss our first school wide Esports activity.  Everyone is welcome.

Knight Life did not receive information about AAC today. If you have any questions about today’s AAC sessions, please ask any one of your teachers.

The Sword and Board club will meet Thursday from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in room C16. All tabletop gamers and games are invited to join.

Interested in joining the Latinx Club? Please join us this Wednesday, Oct. 25 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in room A18. You can also join our Google Classroom using code rmm4v4d. If you have any questions, please see Mrs. Castillo in the library or ask students Stephanie Garcia and Manuel Bello.

The conference meet for cross country was held in Battle Creek over the weekend. The women’s team finished 8th and the men’s team finished 3rd. Out of the 37 runners, 30 had their best time of the season or best time ever. Nearly everyone competed well and improved their position throughout the race. Individually, there were some amazing times. Sofia and Danny were only five seconds away from All-Conference Honors with personal best times. Jackson and Dylan were 7th and 8th respectively, and earned honors with personal best times as well. This was the fastest men’s team in over 20 years with eight of our runners finishing in under 17:40 in the 5k. They will race again Friday in the regional meet at Portage West for a chance to run in the state meet.

GSA will meet in the library today from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. to browse the stacks and enjoy some time with friends.

There will be an informational Ski Race Team meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 6:30 in the Loy Norrix cafeteria.