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Knight Life

The Voice of the Loy Norrix Community

Knight Life

The Voice of the Loy Norrix Community

Knight Life

Faye Radley sits in their journalism class working on the latest assignment. A brightly colored pen spins like clockwork in their non-dominant hand.

Fidgeting is a useful tool for students to focus

Elli Kastner, Guest Writer April 12, 2024

As you shuffle into class for an important assignment, your non-dominant hand begins to rhythmically tap the golden-brown wood of your desk while your foot joins in unison. The teacher pauses the lesson...

Loy Norrix student checks their phone in class. Students and teachers alike have noticed the affect of the pandemic on this particular habit.

Screen addictions negatively effect students

Fletcher Elsholz, Twitter Team June 4, 2022

A lot of the time during class, a teacher will ask a question and no student will answer because they're too busy on their phone.  In online school it was incredibly easy to not pay attention in class...

Enforcing the Cell Phone Policy is Better for Learning

Enforcing the Cell Phone Policy is Better for Learning

Sydnee Arrasmith January 25, 2017

You can walk into any Loy Norrix classroom and see several students on their cell phones while the teacher is talking or during independent work time. Some teachers allow cell phones to a certain extent,...

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