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Knight Life

The Voice of the Loy Norrix Community

Knight Life

The Voice of the Loy Norrix Community

Knight Life

Freshman Carter Pickett works on finishing his study guide for his journalism class. He
knows if he finishes it and consistently studies it the final exam will be a piece of cake.

Students and teachers talk about how the pandemic affected their motivation and how it persists to this day

Juan Ortiz-Ponce, Guest Writer March 17, 2023

It’s a typical day in a high school classroom. More than half the students are distracted, on their phones with no motivation to do their work. These students also wonder why they have such low grades. The...

Loy Norrix recovers from stalled learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while other schools struggle

Loy Norrix recovers from stalled learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while other schools struggle

Foster Neve-Jones, Assistant Web Editor and Knights Speak January 19, 2023

During the COVID-19 pandemic, test scores declined across Michigan’s school districts, reflecting the drop in learning across the country The primary test for schools in Michigan is the National Assessment...

Jack White at Rock Werchter in 2018. Since this concert White has adopted short, blue hair and some vanity to boot.

Jack White’s marriage at premiere show leaves Detroit fans disappointed

Hollis Masterson, Staff Writer May 20, 2022

  The inside of Detroit's famous Masonic Temple Theater is aglow with blue, the color that has followed Jack White in all his solo album's covers and currently in his hair as well. Jack White had...

April 15 Weekly News Digest: Gretchen Whitmer lawsuit to protect abortion, Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed to the Supreme Court and international elections 

April 15 Weekly News Digest: Gretchen Whitmer lawsuit to protect abortion, Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed to the Supreme Court and international elections 

News Digest Team April 15, 2022

COVID-19 Updates  The KPS mask mandate will stay and the school board plans to reevaluate on April 21. KPS News  Standardized state testing occurred this week, with juniors taking the SAT on...

April 8 Weekly News Digest: SAT and PSAT testing, Fred Upton retires, and the pause on student loans continues

April 8 Weekly News Digest: SAT and PSAT testing, Fred Upton retires, and the pause on student loans continues

News Digest Team April 13, 2022

COVID-19 Updates  According to the New York Time’s COVID-19 Dashboard, there have been over 28 thousand new cases each day of COVID in the United States as of April 5. Around 769 cases are concentrated...

March 24 Weekly News Digest: Spring break, Kentanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing and March Madness

March 24 Weekly News Digest: Spring break, Kentanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing and March Madness

News Digest Team April 4, 2022

COVID-19 Updates  According to the New York Time’s COVID-19 Dashboard, there have been over 29 thousand new cases each day of COVID in the United States as of March 23. Around 855 cases are concentrated...

Wearing your mask incorrectly in school should have harsher consequences

Wearing your mask incorrectly in school should have harsher consequences

Ari'el Abbott, Twitter Editor March 17, 2022

No one wants to experience getting COVID-19 from school due to someone not wearing their mask. Anyone who wears their mask incorrectly should not be coming into the building. If we can get penalized with...

Senior Kevin Lucas goes up for a layup against multiple Tri-Unity players.

March 4 Weekly Digest: KPS mask mandate, State of the Union Address and Russian sanctions

News Team March 4, 2022

COVID-19 Update According to The New York Times’ COVID-19 dashboard, there have been over 54 thousand new cases each day of COVID in the United States as of March 3rd. Around 1.8 thousand cases are...

A Loy Norrix goose atop the Loy Norrix school building on Feb. 24. The goose sits above all of the students in confidence after this weeks events.

Feb. 25 Weekly Digest: Russian invasion of Ukraine, USWNT reaches settlement and Beijing Olympics conclude

News Team February 25, 2022

COVID Update According to The New York Times’ COVID-19 dashboard, there have been over 76 thousand new cases each day of COVID in the United States as of Feb. 17. Around 2 thousand cases are concentrated...

The Lifespan of a Fact poses for a promotional photo. Laurie Carter Rose (left) looks over shamefully at the nervous Myles Schwarz (middle) and the annoyed Paul Stroili (right).

What Happened There: “The Lifespan of a Fact” highlights the important division between fact and fiction

James Hauke, Multimedia Editor February 25, 2022

It was a gloomy yet bitterly cold evening on February 18, with downtown Kalamazoo having recently healed from a snow storm earlier that day: this was the time and place in which I went and saw “The Lifespan...

Protesters prop signs up against a large, silver casket. Shortly after, the demonstrators were asked to remove the display.

Activists encourage students to skip school on count day in protest of KPS

Milo Turner February 25, 2022

On February 10, a protest against KPS administration was led by a group of local activists outside of Loy Norrix High School. The demonstration started at around 10 a.m. in front of the building.  One...

 State qualifiers and medal awardees Chanel Wilson, Jaydon Kelly, Nadia Abbott, Wendy Miedema, Neyda Isidoro-Martinez, Anna Miedema, Max Belin, Ari Johnson, Javon Harris, Sequoya Morning, Trevor Watts, Caleb Jackson, Meilie Diaz, Jaquan Jennings, Amady Mboup, Aliah Ward, Nateya Thomas, Jackson Bergan, and Gavin Gardner pose for a photo with their medals alongside advisor Atiba Ward. Not pictured are Tamisha Smith and Meilie Diaz who are both qualifiers for the state competition.

Feb. 11 Weekly News Digest: Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping case, politicization of COVID and the Beijing Winter Olympics 

News Team February 17, 2022

COVID Updates According to The New York Times’ COVID dashboard, there have been over 240 thousand new cases each day of COVID-19 in the United States, as of February 8. Around seven thousand cases...

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