The KPS community shares their thoughts on year-round schooling
Audreanna Dunton, Assistant Business Manager
January 22, 2020
It’s the last day of school before the summer starts all of your exams are completed, you’re saying your goodbyes to your favorite teachers and all of your friends. You feel a sense of relief because the long school year has finally come to an end and you’re looking forward to a summer full of spen...
Loy Norrix holds an academic assembly for hard-working students: The Thursday before winter break students gathered to watch a movie and have treats
Clara Moss, Social Media Team
January 16, 2020
While other students were in class, students with good grades or perfect attendance watched the movie “Elf” while eating chips, cookies, and chocolates. On December 19, students from all grades missed fourth and fifth hour to watch a movie and have food in the auditorium as a reward for eithe...
A policy change for the Youth Mobility passes
Lily Stickley, News Editor
January 6, 2020
For the 2019-2020 school year, the Kalamazoo Public School high school students have been given a bus pass for the Kalamazoo Metro Transit, as a partnership with the Kalamazoo Youth Mobility Program. The students use these youth mobility passes, which are free, to get around between jobs, home and s...
President Trump faces impeachment because of the Articles of Impeachment
Lily Stickley, News Editor
December 20, 2019
House Democrats have released articles of impeachment. The two articles are specifically accusing President Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The abuse of power charge is a result of President Trump’s phone call with Ukraine, “…soliciting the government of Ukraine to publi...
Memorial for Sandy Hook victims includes ideas for change
Claire Goodwin-Kelly, Sports Editor
December 11, 2019
On Wednesday, Students for Gun Legislation (SFGL), which is a student-run, non-partisan gun control organization, will be hosting a memorial at First Presbyterian Church downtown at 7 p.m. The vigil will be honoring victims of the December 14, 2012 shooting that occurred in Newtown, Connecticut, at San...
The newly discovered Comet will be here for the holidays
Marissa Jacquez, Student Update Team
December 5, 2019
A long time ago, if you discovered a comet you were held at celebrity status. A young man famous nowadays for actually not seeing a comet is “Charles Messier” in the late 1700s. They didn’t have telescopes nor the technology that we have today, so Messier had to observe the night sky with ...
Behind the scenes of Loy Norrix’s shooting threat
Ourania Alexopoulos, AV Editing Team
November 12, 2019
It’s been a long and restful weekend. Your last minute assignments have just been completed, and what better way to celebrate than scrubbing through social media. That is, until the post you come across states, “Shooting up Norrix tomorrow @ 8am.” Late Sunday evening on November 10, a t...
Governor attempts to prevent teen addiction to nicotine
Ourania Alexopoulos, Staff Writer
November 8, 2019
The first documented electronic cigarette dates all the way back to the 1930’s when a man named Joseph Robinson decided to take on the challenge of inventing one. Although the prototype wasn’t manufactured then and there, that did not stop e-cigarettes from being created. Fast forward almost 90 years later and the a...
ACT unveils new testing options
Nate Goodwin-Kelly, Opinion Editor
November 6, 2019
For high school students, there are two major standardized tests that colleges accept, the SAT and ACT. Loy Norrix requires students to take the SAT, but for those who want a different test option, the ACT is set up differently than the SAT. The current ACT test format is blocked into four sections: Engli...
Triple E: Know the risk
Lily Stickley, Copy Editor
October 24, 2019
Eastern Equine Encephalitis, also called Triple E or EEE, is a disease that is transmitted from the bite of infected mosquitoes. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, “Persons over age 50 and under age 15 seem to be at greatest risk for developing severe disease when infecte...
Go Loy Norrix! Go Loy Norrix! It’s Hoco Season
Jeanie Gould-McElhone, Arts and Entertainment Editor
October 18, 2019
Lucas It’s that time of year again! Football, spirit days and the Homecoming Dance! The spirit days will consist of PJ Day on Monday, Twin Day on Tuesday, Throwback on Wednesday and School Spirit day on Thursday. We hope to see our Knights participating in the week's activities. Due to no sc...
