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The Voice of the Loy Norrix Community

Knight Life

The Voice of the Loy Norrix Community

Knight Life

The Voice of the Loy Norrix Community

Knight Life

Charlie Patton poses in the hall. He owns a channel on YouTube with 869 subscribers, who enjoy his art and gaming content.

Students who post to YouTube face stress but benefit from experience

Lanowyn Masterson, Staff Writer April 11, 2025

Sometimes, students do more on YouTube than watch videos to ignore teachers during lectures. After school, a small number of teenagers go home and boot up their recording programs to film videos for...

Speaker Richard Phillips examines a journalism book prior to his speech. Phillips once held the record for longest incarceration while being wrongly accused in the United States.

Brushes behind bars: wrongly convicted Michigander discovers healing through art

Oliver Raymond and Raylee Maize-Scaife April 9, 2025

Richard Phillips sat in his prison cell, painting as he served a life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit. The years blended together as the appeals he filed were denied, each rejection chipping...

Freshman Judile Finjap (left) converses with friends at Hillside’s 8th grade promotion ceremony. The students are discussing their time at Hillside.

Extracurriculars help improve the confidence of two freshmen

Thomas Bowler, Guest Writer March 26, 2025

“I used to be really scared and lonely, but I finally found my community,” freshman Zachary Seigel said. Extracurricular activities have helped two KPS freshmen, Judile Finjap and Zachary Siegel,...

Kalamazoo Public Schools plans to switch from trimesters to semesters next school year: here’s everything you need to know

Kalamazoo Public Schools plans to switch from trimesters to semesters next school year: here’s everything you need to know

Elliott Anderson and Rosie Hill March 26, 2025

Big changes are coming to Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS) at the start of the 2025-26 school year. For 15 years, KPS has operated on a trimester schedule. On Mar. 5, 2025, however, the KPS board of trustees...

Sophomore Rashad Mitchell enjoys a good laugh with his classmates in his journalism class. “I couldn't hold back my laughter at my friend Jacob’s joke," said Mitchell.

Talking too much in class can have negative consequences

Gus Solitro, Guest Writer March 25, 2025

A lot of students stay focused in class and maintain an excellent GPA. For other students, however, this is not always the case.  Loy Norrix students struggle with talking during class for many different...

Rashad Mitchell prepares for the upcoming match against East Kentwood. If they win, they will make it to the national tournament.

Sports drive ambition and academic success among student-athletes

DeOntre Lawler, Guest Writer March 24, 2025

Whether basketball, soccer, hockey, bowling, or any other sport, students love watching athletic competitions. However, many students don’t know what it’s like to balance their sports and academic...

Freshman Brady Charles works on his project during Tisha Pankop’s fourth hour journalism class. He is focused on typing out his story for the assignment.

Freshman tackles his obstacles in the world of sports

Onyekachi Nwokenta, Guest Writer March 20, 2025

“I don’t know where I’d be without baseball and football,” said freshman Brady Charles. Brady started playing sports when he was 9 years old. In elementary school, he began to play baseball...

Senior Elliott Anderson enjoys his day off in the snow. In December, he and his friends frequently went sledding during the snow day.

Students relax and have fun on snow days

Beckett Krol, Guest Writer March 20, 2025

You wake up late from your blaring alarm clock. After watching the news and browsing the snow day calculator to see if any signs indicate a snow day for tomorrow morning, you see that school has been canceled...

In the morning before class starts, history teacher Samantha Devries helps her student with work on her computer. Freshman Venasia Iratuzi frequently comes into her first hour early to ask for help or to hangout with Devries.

Teachers and students can deeply influence one another

Benita Smedes, Guest Writer March 19, 2025

You walk into school from the tower, heading to your first hour. You enter the silent classroom, fall into your seat, opening your notes as your teacher dives straight into the lecture. After 70 minutes...

From outside the building, classroom A-12’s roof sags. Inside, the damages have been patched so it leaks less frequently.

KPS facilities department keeps Loy Norrix running

Lucas Greene, Social Media Editor March 18, 2025

During a large storm in late June of 2024, a tree fell outside of the Norrix A-wing, hitting classroom A-12 and damaging the roof.  Problems like what happened to the roof are not necessarily infrequent....

Junior Wyatt Buddemeier walks to the center of the mat after pinning his KC opponent. His match would later help contribute to the overall win against KC.

Student athletes face challenges balancing academics and extracurriculars

Zachary Siegel, Staff Writer March 18, 2025

Being an athlete is challenging. If you think being at school from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. is hard, imagine having to be an athlete. Student athletes stay at school until as late as 6 p.m., then do homework...

Freshman Gabriel Solitro looks over his packet, not paying attention to his teacher. Having to catch up due to being late can cause students to fall behind in work.

Late nights bring late arrivals

Austin Shannon, Staff Writer March 17, 2025

You decide to stay up late on a school night and wake up more tired than normal in the morning. Whether you miss the bus or are tired from staying up late the night before, you find yourself tardy for...

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