Congratulations to Seniors Ana Dunfee, Wendy Miedema, and James Rocco who were all announced as finalists in the MHSAA Scholar Athlete Competition. They have tripled the number of finalists we have had at Loy Norrix over the last 20 years. With over 1,500 applicants we will see if they win one of the thirty two $2500 scholarships on January 27. AAC will be open today from 230-330 in the following rooms; English in B21, math in B13, Spanish in K11, and study hall in the library KU Hockey takes on the Kalamazoo Eagles at 5:15 today at Wings West Ice Arena. $7 single game admission. Come on out and show your school spirit everyone. Attention anyone interested in men’s volleyball, there will be open gym tonight in the gym from 7:30-9:30 come on out! Contact Coach Mac if you have any questions. Green school Will meet this week on Thursday in Room B14 after school. All are welcome, hope to see you there! The Women Empowerment Club is hosting a meeting tomorrow, Thursday, January 19th at 2:20 in room b-21! This meeting will be very important as they are showcasing their "Big Sister, Little Sister "program with Maple Street Middle School coming up this February! Please join them and spread the word! They need as many people as possible! Snacks will be provided! Sword and Board will meet Thursday this week in room C16 from 230-330. All tabletop gamers and games are welcome to join! Loy Norrix Baseball will be in the weight room after school on Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:30-3:45 Women's lacrosse conditioning will be at Milwood Middle School every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7-9pm. Bring running shoes, sticks, goggles, mouth guards, and water bottles. Come check it out and learn a new sport! For more information email senior Sophie Grover. It's time for CTE/EFA/EMC applications! If you're interested in applying for a program, please contact your counselor or look in the counseling google classroom for instructions. Attention Seniors! The Kalamazoo Community Foundation scholarship is now open! You can fill out one application and be eligible for over 65 scholarships. More information can be found in the counseling google classroom, or by emailing your counselor. Attention Juniors and Seniors! Are you bilingual and haven't applied for the Michigan Seal of Biliteracy award? Please email your counselor, Señora Holmes or Ms. Gomez-Avalos for more information. Application deadline is January 19th. Are you looking to get in shape? Do you want to see if a track or field event is for you this spring? Don't wait until March to take action. Meet in the 4 corners area every school day that teachers don't have meetings after school. We will meet 2:45-4:00 to run, workout, and work on speed, strength, and conditioning. Contact Coach Duckett or Schmidt for more information. Hey seniors! This year’s senior video is going to be amazing, but I bet it would be even better if every single senior was in it. Please submit your senior photos and clips to the google drive folder sent out to you through email. Attention AV Club members and those helping produce the senior video: We will be meeting in room K-6 on Monday, January 23d and all 4 Wednesdays in February from 2:30 -3:30. Attention All Travelers to Spain and Portugal: There will be a mandatory meeting to discuss important information about our upcoming trip to sunny Spain and exotic Portugal on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, in C-15, Mrs. Lewis's room at 7:00 P.M. Please park in the back lot and come to the door by Mrs. Lewis's room. You must have your LNHS ID to present at the outside door to gain entrance. This meeting is for those signed up to travel as well as parents/guardians. An email to all travelers signed up with WorldStrides, our travel partner, will be sent as a reminder of this mandatory meeting. Calling all Rocket League players! The Kalamazoo Department of Parks and Recreation are starting up a Thursday night Rocket League duos league. Information is available on the Loy Norrix Esports Discord server, or stop by and see Mr. Wood in C-19 for a letter. Hurry, there is only space for 16 teams in this league. All games will be played at WMU's Esports Arena.

There will be no AAC today due to a staff meeting. AAC will be open tomorrow. If you earned a 3.0 or better during the first trimester you can go to the athletic office to claim a Fresh Prince of Loy Norrix shirt. There is a limited supply so it is first come first serve. Loy Norrix Baseball will be in the weight room after school starting today on Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:30-3:45 Women's lacrosse conditioning starts today January 16th! We are conditioning at Milwood Middle School every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7-9pm. Bring running shoes, sticks, goggles, mouth guards, and water bottles. Come check it out and learn a new sport! For more information email senior Sophie Grover. Attention Seniors! The Kalamazoo Community Foundation scholarship is now open! You can fill out one application and be eligible for over 65 scholarships. More information can be found in the counseling google classroom, or by emailing your counselor. Attention Key Club members. Our next meeting will be tomorrow, January 17th at 230 in Ms. Nelson's room D13. See you then! Student athletes please look for an email from Mrs. Rocco to vote for your 2nd trimester academic reward. Also, student athletes please continue to log your volunteer hours, even if you are not currently in season. You can use the link that is sent out weekly by Mrs. Rocco. Are you looking to get in shape? Do you want to see if a track or field event is for you this spring? Don't wait until March to take action. Meet in the 4 corners area every school day that teachers don't have meetings after school. We will meet 2:45-4:00 to run, workout, and work on speed, strength, and conditioning. Contact Coach Duckett or Schmidt for more information. Hey seniors! This year’s senior video is going to be amazing, but I bet it would be even better if every single senior was in it. Please submit your senior photos and clips to the google drive folder sent out to you through email. Good Morning knights! The Women Empowerment Club is hosting a meeting this Thursday, January 19th at 2:20 in room b-21! This meeting will be very important as they are showcasing their "Big Sister, Little Sister "program with Maple Street Middle School coming up this February! Please join them and spread the word! They need as many people as possible! Snacks will be provided! Sword and Board will meet Thursday this week. All tabletop gamers and games are invited. Attention AV Club members and those helping produce the senior video: We will be meeting in room k-6 on Monday, January 23d and all 4 Wednesdays in February from 2:30 -3:30. Our bowling team took on Portage Northern on Saturday. On the boys side, it was a one sided match from the start. We won both baker games with decisive fashion, setting a new high score of 227 in the process. Moving on to the regular games would not get any better for the Huskies. The 1st game would end with us only losing 1 point. Devon Harris would lead the way with a 220 game. Haneef Hampton and Hunter Connolly would contribute with games of 214 and 211. On the girls side Hope Dunn led the way with a 159. And Emma Lowry established a new personal best. Congratulations to Senior Anthony Fotis on winning the Singles portion of the Portage Northern Bowling Invitational yesterday. Keep it going! Congratulations to the Women’s V Basketball team on their 44-40 over an 8-3 Gaylord team at the Cadillac Showcase on Saturday. The Knights are 6-3 overall and will travel to Portage Central tomorrow.

There will be no AAC today due to an athletic event. Loy Norrix Baseball will be in the weight room after school starting next week on Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:30-3:45 Attention Seniors! The Kalamazoo Community Foundation scholarship is now open! You can fill out one application and be eligible for over 65 scholarships. More information can be found in the counseling google classroom, or by emailing your counselor. There will be no green school meeting today. Green school will meet next Thursday, the 19th. For students who wish to attend the field trip to Little Caesars Arena on Monday, January 23. There are 20 seats left on the bus. You will receive round trip transportation plus a ticket good for the Women’s and Men’s Varsity games that afternoon as well as for the Pistons vs. Bucks that evening. The only people who do not need a ticket are the Varsity Basketball Players. Everyone else needs a ticket including the Freshman and JV players.The cost is $70 and can be purchased at the Athletic Office. Are you looking to get in shape? Do you want to see if a track or field event is for you this spring? Don't wait until March to take action. Meet in the 4 corners area every school day that teachers don't have meetings after school. We will meet 2:45-4:00 to run, workout, and work on speed, strength, and conditioning. Contact Coach Duckett or Schmidt for more information. Hey seniors! This year’s senior video is going to be amazing, but I bet it would be even better if every single senior was in it. Please submit your senior photos and clips to the google drive folder sent out to you through email.

AAC will be open today from 230-330 Loy Norrix Baseball will be in the weight room after school starting next week on Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:30-3:45 Sword and Board will meet today, Wednesday from 230-330 in room C16. All tabletop gamers and games are invited. Attention, Loy Norrix Knights! Do you have a passion for film? Do you want to help participate in the making of the senior video? If so, come to Ms. Pankop's room, room K6, today, Wednesday after school. Attention Seniors! The Kalamazoo Community Foundation scholarship is now open! You can fill out one application and be eligible for over 65 scholarships. More information can be found in the counseling google classroom, or by emailing your counselor. There will be no green school meeting this Thursday. Green school will meet next Thursday, the 19th. For students who wish to attend the field trip to Little Caesars Arena on Monday, January 23. There are 20 seats left on the bus. You will receive round trip transportation plus a ticket good for the Women’s and Men’s Varsity games that afternoon as well as for the Pistons vs. Bucks that evening. The only people who do not need a ticket are the Varsity Basketball Players. Everyone else needs a ticket including the Freshman and JV players.The cost is $70 and can be purchased at the Athletic Office. Are you looking to get in shape? Do you want to see if a track or field event is for you this spring? Don't wait until March to take action. Meet in the 4 corners area every school day that teachers don't have meetings after school. We will meet 2:45-4:00 to run, workout, and work on speed, strength, and conditioning. Contact Coach Duckett or Schmidt for more information.

AAC will be open today from 230-330 in the following rooms: English and Chinese in K1, math in B21, Science in C17 and A14, social studies in the library, ESL support in K5W, Spanish in A18, and study hall will be available in C16. Stop by to review from before break and get a snack after you've completed your work. Come to Mr. Shack’s room, C13, on Tuesdays, that is today, for political discussion and action with the Young Democrats! Loy Norrix Baseball will be in the weight room after school today, January 10th. Starting next week on the 16th we will be switching our weight room days to Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:30-3:45 Sword and Board will meet Wednesday from 230-330 in room C16. All tabletop gamers and games are invited. Attention, Loy Norrix Knights! Do you have a passion for film? Do you want to help participate in the making of the senior video? If so, come to Ms. Pankop's room, room K6, this Wednesday after school. Attention Seniors! The Kalamazoo Community Foundation scholarship is now open! You can fill out one application and be eligible for over 65 scholarships. More information can be found in the counseling google classroom, or by emailing your counselor. Students: If you did not receive your school pictures before break, please stop by the Athletic Office or ask your first period teacher. There will be no green school meeting this Thursday. Green school will meet next Thursday, the 19th. For students who wish to attend the field trip to Little Caesars Arena on Monday, January 23. There are 20 seats left on the bus. You will receive round trip transportation plus a ticket good for the Women’s and Men’s Varsity games that afternoon as well as for the Pistons vs. Bucks that evening. The only people who do not need a ticket are the Varsity Basketball Players. Everyone else needs a ticket including the Freshman and JV players.The cost is $70 and can be purchased at the Athletic Office. Are you looking to get in shape? Do you want to see if a track or field event is for you this spring? Don't wait until March to take action. Meet in the 4 corners area every school day that teachers don't have meetings after school. We will meet 2:45-4:00 to run, workout, and work on speed, strength, and conditioning. Contact Coach Duckett or Schmidt for more information.

AAC will be open today from 230-330 in the following rooms; B13 for Math, B15 for Science, K2 for social studies, ESL support in K1, Spanish in A18, and study hall/testing will be in the library. Come to Mr. Shack’s room, C13, on Tuesdays for political discussion and action with the Young Democrats! Sword and Board will meet Wednesday from 230-330 in room C16. All tabletop gamers and games are invited. Students: If you did not receive your school pictures before break, please stop by the Athletic Office or ask your first period teacher. For students who wish to attend the field trip to Little Caesars Arena on Monday, January 23. There are 20 seats left on the bus. You will receive round trip transportation plus a ticket good for the Women’s and Men’s Varsity games that afternoon as well as for the Pistons vs. Bucks that evening. The only people who do not need a ticket are the Varsity Basketball Players. Everyone else needs a ticket including the Freshman and JV players. The cost is $70 and can be purchased at the Athletic Office.

AAC will be open today from 230-330 in the following rooms; English in B21, Math in B13, ESL Support in K1, and Spanish in K11. The Loy Norrix Forensics team will be holding our first official team meeting after school today in room J11. If you plan on joining the team, but cannot attend the meeting, you must contact Mr. Lafferty. Sword and Board will meet today from 230-330. All tabletop gamers and games are invited. Philosophy Club is a discussion-based group where people have the opportunity to share diverse viewpoints and have good natured debates. Join us in room K-17 today at 2:30pm. See you there! Green School will be moved from Thursday to today, Wednesday this week in B14 from 230-330. All are welcome! Attention Athletes- A lot of you did a great job volunteering with NHS last weekend. Be sure to log your hours. There is a limited number of Fresh Prince of Loy Norrix shirts in the athletic office. Juniors and seniors that qualified for the Renaissance Rally can pick one up between classes or at your lunch time. It is first come first serve. If you're interested in playing for Loy Norrix Womens soccer this spring, contact Wendy Miedema at (269) 377-2601 for more information on how to join the indoor soccer preseason. Come and support the Kalamazoo United Hockey Team.... The Kalamazoo United Hockey Team will be playing Lakeshore St. Joe hockey team at Wings West today, December 21st. Puck drop is at 5:15 and admission into this game is free for everyone. Come and support your Loy Norrix Kalamazoo United hockey players: Sophomores Nolan Kiplinger, Caden Price, Jesse Ruelas, and Cameron Shaeffer and Freshmen TJ Andrie and Carter Pickett. The Men’s Swimming and Diving team defeated Sturgis 110 to 40 and defeated Kalamazoo Central 116-36 to move to 2-2 on the season as we head into break. The Women’s Varsity Basketball Team put up a great effort last night but ultimately lost to Kalamazoo Central 64-50. Junior Kennedy Lockett scored 14 points, and Senior Liliana Coleman had 13. The Knights have a 4-3 record heading into break.

Join the Young Democrats for cocoa, cookies, and conversation at our special holiday meeting today, Tuesday, 12/20 in C-13 after school! Hope to see you there AAC will be open today from 230-330 in the following rooms; English and Chinese in K1, Math in B21, Science in A14, Spanish in A18, Social studies in the Library, and study hall in C16. Sword and Board will meet on Wednesday this week from 230-330. All tabletop gamers and games are invited. Philosophy Club is a discussion-based group where people have the opportunity to share diverse viewpoints and have good natured debates. Join us in room K-17 on Wednesday at 2:30pm. See you there! Green School will be moved from Thursday to Wednesday of this week in B14 from 230-330. All are welcome! Womens lacrosse is looking for new players to join the team this Spring! This is a United team with LN and KC players. Starting after winter break we will be having conditionings at Maple St Magnet School. Everyone is welcome. Contact our senior lacrosse player Sophie Grover via KPS email for more information. If you're interested in playing for Loy Norrix Womens soccer this spring, contact Wendy Miedema at (269) 377-2601 for more information on how to join the indoor soccer preseason. Come and support the Kalamazoo United Hockey Team.... The Kalamazoo United Hockey Team will be playing Lakeshore St. Joe hockey team at Wings West on Wednesday December 21st. Puck drop is at 5:15 and admission into this game is free for everyone. Come and support your Loy Norrix Kalamazoo United hockey players: Sophomores Nolan Kiplinger, Caden Price, Jesse Ruelas, and Cameron Shaeffer and Freshmen TJ Andrie and Carter Pickett. The men’s Freshman Basketball team defeated Lansing Sexton 67-29 at the Mason Tournament yesterday and are now 5-1 on the season. Lansing Sexton knocked off the JV team 59-52. In the Varsity game, the Knights came away with a 74-69 victory over Lansing Sexton to move to 3-1 on the season. Sophomore Brandon Parker had 18 points, Junior Cedric Huntley had 15, and Senior Devin Knight had 12. The Freshman and Varsity teams will play for the Mason Invitational Championship today. The JV team will play for 3rd. The Freshman bus leaves at 10:15, the JV/V bus leaves at 1:15. Game times are 12:30 for the Freshman, 3:30 for the JV, and 6:30 for the Varsity. The Women’s Basketball team will host Kalamazoo Central today with the JV at 4:15 and the V at 5:45. The Men’s Swimming and Diving Team will face Kalamazoo Central and Sturgis tonight beginning at 6:00 tonight here in the pool.

AAC will be open today from 230-330 in the following rooms; math in B13, science in B15, social studies in K2, ESL support in K1, spanish in A18, and study hall/testing in the Library. Sword and Board will meet on Wednesday this week from 230-330. All tabletop gamers and games are invited. Philosophy Club is a discussion-based group where people have the opportunity to share diverse viewpoints and have good natured debates. Join us in room K-17 on Wednesday at 2:30pm. See you there! Did "Legally Blonde" get you in the mood for more theater? If so, you're in luck! Auditions for the Loy Norrix play, "Almost, Maine" are right around the corner. Rehearsals won't start until after winter break, but auditions will be today, after school. Audition packets can be picked up in Room J11. Please contact Mr. Lafferty if you have any questions. Attention Students! Snacks will only be available in the CIS offices before school and after school. No Snacks will be available during 3rd period unless you have a Hall-Pass from your teacher to go to CIS. Womens lacrosse is looking for new players to join the team this Spring! This is a United team with LN and KC players. Starting after winter break we will be having conditionings at Maple St Magnet School. Everyone is welcome. Contact our senior lacrosse player Sophie Grover via KPS email for more information. If you're interested in playing for Loy Norrix Women's soccer this spring, contact Wendy Miedema at (269) 377-2601 for more information on how to join the indoor soccer preseason. As we finish week 3 of the Bowling season the boys team continues to play strong. Remaining undefeated, they scored their 3rd victory, defeating Portage Central in a decisive fashion. We won the 1st baker game by over 70 pins. But lost the 2nd by only 6. Then we swept through the 1st regular game. We lost the 2nd game by a single pin, but at that point we didn’t need it, we had already taken the victory. Anthony Fotis led the team with a 216 game. Devin Harris contributed with a 193, along with Hunter Connolly with a 163. The girls team came alive with their 1st full victory also by a large margin. Winning both their baker games, and their regular games. Zoe Wazny led the team with 174, & 194. Hope Dunn contributed with 162. Fabienne Altenburger set a new personal high game of 130. This was a great win for both the boys and girls against a good team. Come and support the Kalamazoo United Hockey Team Wednesday, December 21st at Wings West at 5:15 against Lakeshore St Joe. No admission, free for everyone.

Philosophy Club is a discussion-based group where people have the opportunity to share diverse viewpoints and have good natured debates. Join us in room K-17 on Wednesday at 2:30pm. See you there! Did "Legally Blonde" get you in the mood for more theater? If so, you're in luck! Auditions for the Loy Norrix play, "Almost, Maine" are right around the corner. Rehearsals won't start until after winter break, but auditions will be next week, after school on Monday the 19th. Audition packets can be picked up in Room J11. Please contact Mr. Lafferty if you have any questions. Loy Norrix Baseball will be hosting open gyms on Sunday December 18th from 10am-Noon. All are welcome. You should bring a glove and bat. If you don't have a bat we will have one for you to use Attention Students! Snacks will only be available in the CIS offices before school and after school. No Snacks will be available during 3rd period unless you have a Hall-Pass from your teacher to go to CIS. Womens lacrosse is looking for new players to join the team this Spring! This is a United team with LN and KC players. Starting after winter break we will be having conditionings at Maple St Magnet School. Everyone is welcome. Contact our senior lacrosse player Sophie Grover via KPS email for more information. If you're interested in playing for Loy Norrix Women's soccer this spring, contact Wendy Miedema at (269) 377-2601 for more information on how to join the indoor soccer preseason.