Bilingual Loy Norrix students perform with The Kalamazoo Chinese Academy
Ian Woodruff, A/V Editing Team
June 12, 2020
You are sitting in darkness at Chenery Auditorium. Suddenly, a team comes out onto the stage and begins their diabolo performance. Diabolos/Chinese yo-yos are flying across the stage as the audience is in awe. In January and February, a yo-yo team from the Kalamazoo Chinese Academy performed at...
The Loy Norrix chapter of NEHS is open for applications this fall
Lily Stickley, Feature Editor
June 8, 2020
The Loy Norrix chapter of the National English Honor Society, also called the Loy Norrix Literary Luminaries, is opening applications this fall, with English teacher Jeffery Pickell as the faculty adviser. “[NEHS] is the only international organization exclusively for high school students and fa...
Class offered as a partnership between Loy Norrix and local businesses
Nate Goodwin-Kelly, Opinion Editor/Knights Speak Team
March 4, 2020
As education has progressed over the years, schools have worked to offer more options for students beyond the traditional core four classes and some electives. Many students desire an opportunity to get hands-on experience in the work-force. The Community Based Vocational Education or the CBVE program in ...
Community comes together to feed the hungry for the 2019 Holiday Food Drive
Elliot Russell, Editor-in-Chief
January 28, 2020
Another holiday season means another food drive. Each year, students and faculty at the school get in the holiday spirit by donating non-perishable food to underprivileged families in our community. This time around, contributors brought the goods. A total of 7,001 items of food were brought in this...
Loy Norrix students and government teacher weigh in on the Impeachment process
Lily Stickley and Jeanie Gould-McElhone
January 17, 2020
Students Give Feedback on Their Experience Being Hispanic
Kylazia Dye
June 14, 2019
On April 18, 2019, Heather Dolegowski, an intern at Loy Norrix for Spanish teacher, Chris Holmes, held a panel including pre-teachers from WMU which opened up a conversation on some of the experiences that Hispanic students have faced during their education. “I want to convey the import...
OK Go Bassist and Loy Norrix Alumnus Triumphantly Returns to Kalamazoo
Elliot Russell, Editor-in-Chief
May 12, 2019
A flyer is plastered onto the bulletin by the office. It shows four men in bright attire, tangled up in colorful yarn. This poster advertises that their tour is coming to town, but it isn’t the first time for one of them. “My friends, who I played in a band with in high school, someone’s Engl...
Amazon’s New Headquarters Should be Built in Detroit
Riley Dominianni, Feature Editor
May 4, 2019
“Today was the day a group of dedicated, everyday New Yorkers & their neighbors defeated Amazon’s corporate greed, its worker exploitation, and the power of the richest man in the world.” In February, New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez released this statement in response to her suc...
Serious Fun Honors Emma Knutson
Joshua McKissic
April 23, 2019
Have you ever wanted to make a change for not only your community, but around the world? The SeriousFun network allows you to do just that. Emma Knutson, a recent recipient of the SeriousFun Award for her social justice work with sick children, has already made an impact on the lives of many childre...
Current and Former Loy Norrix Police Officers Give Back to the Community they Serve for the Holidays
Riley Dominianni, Feature Editor
February 14, 2019
Christmastime revolves around children. Ask any parent, the magic, excitement and gifts that accompany the holiday is really all for the kids. But for many children in low-income households, the holidays are full of uncertainty and stress as they wonder if there will be presents for them on Christm...
Building Community in the American Classroom
December 21, 2016
GUEST WRITER: Aiden Lane “If somebody has been kicked every time they try to get up, or they feel that way, they’ll stop trying,” said ATYP teacher, Becky Cooper before the beginning of her AP English Literature class at WMU. Cooper’s class is based around a fundamental theory of education that ...
