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The Voice of the Loy Norrix Community

Knight Life

Senses of the Earth

Jordan Pritchett, Staff Writer February 23, 2024

Pictured from left to right, Coach Chris Ewing, Daniel Ewing, Gavin Lepley, Graydon Heystek,  Lincoln Hoffman, Jamison Merkling, Coach Steve Todd, Nolan Kiplinger, Sam Oberlee, Luke Buydendorp, Ava Balint, Amelia Todd, Natalie Velton and Lizzie Bierlein.

Warming climate keeps ski team off the slopes

Lucy Langerveld, Staff Writer February 19, 2024

You’ve spent the weekend rummaging through the attic for snow pants and boots. Your skis are waxed and propped up in the garage. To your dismay, however, the forecast for the entire week predicts rain...

At the entrance of Asylum Lake on Drake Road, a Kalamazoo citizen spray painted the words No DriveNShine. This is just one of many anti-carwash sentiments that many Kalamazoo citizens are expressing in recent weeks.

Outrage against the rezoning of Asylum Lake sparks change in the city’s plans, but Kalamazoo citizens urge us to keep paying attention

Chloe Rathbun, Staff Writer May 18, 2023

If you’ve been on social media in the past few weeks, you’ve most likely seen one of your friends or family members sharing a post about the proposed Drive and Shine car wash on Asylum Lake Property. Beginning...

Multiple parts are needed to construct a pad, including adhesive, absorbent, and cover. Dignidade Para Elas worked in the labratory for months to make sure that all of the materials they used were biodegradable.

Biodegradable pads and addressing menstrual poverty: Cecília Giacomin’s activism in Brazil 

Sophia Ciokajlo and Eleanor Cook February 9, 2023

Editor’s note: This story is part of the Global Ties Kalamazoo and Knight Life Series. On Jan. 17 and Jan. 23 Global Ties Kalamazoo’s Youth Ambassador program from Brazil visited Knight Life....

Young Democrats run a voter registration drive in order to encourage more students to participate in the democratic process. Candy was offered in exchange for registering or pledging to register to vote.

Catch the Club: The Young Democrats club is working to create the next generation of American leaders

Ender Ross, Executive Web Editor October 24, 2022

In the United States, the right to vote and be active politically is one of the greatest things our constitution guarantees us. Join up with the Young Democrats, helping to create the next generation of...

The weight of the world: the climate crisis disproportionately impacts student mental health

The weight of the world: the climate crisis disproportionately impacts student mental health

Thea Pipe, Web Editor June 9, 2022

In a 5th grade class, a video was shown about how every decision and action can affect the planet, it even showed how "sustainable" ways were bad too. A girl who spent a lot of time trying to live sustainably...

Here’s what can affect you from the March 17 KPS school board meeting

Here’s what can affect you from the March 17 KPS school board meeting

Ari'el Abbott, Twitter Editor March 24, 2022

On Thursday, March 17, the board of trustees and many community members met either online or at the administration building to initially address the mask mandate for the third trimester and additional...

A guide to sustainable fashion

A guide to sustainable fashion

Kendall Sloan, Instagram Team December 4, 2021

If you’ve ever done some back-to-school shopping or maybe you went on a little shopping spree, say at H&M,  Zara, GAP or maybe Pacsun, you will likely notice tons of new styles with fairly cheap...

Green School members take an active role in their community, and though attendance is not tracked, students attend regularly. Seen here, they paint slabs of concrete for the A wing courtyard.

Green School gives students a way to get involved with environmental activism

Elias Nagel-Bennett, Copy Editor October 15, 2021

Loy Norrix has a variety of outdoor spaces, from the spacious and social lunch courtyard, to the smaller, foliage-rich A, B and C wing courtyards, along with the rippling green landscaping around the school....

Officer Lockett, an SRO at Loy Norrix, talking to students in 2018.

School resource officers work to create a safe environment in KPS schools

Princess-J'Maria Mboup, Knights Speak Team February 19, 2021

“Our SROs work very well to keep our students safe,” said Principal Christopher Aguinaga about the school resource officers that serve at Loy Norrix. During the summer, amidst the murder of George...

Climate Change in Kalamazoo: how to learn more about the issue

Climate Change in Kalamazoo: how to learn more about the issue

Finn Brent June 10, 2020

Climate change is an issue that must be faced and dealt with by everybody. There is no one way to solve it, and it is important that we do everything in our power to help with this crisis we are facing.  We...

The Trump administration must do more to protect the environment, areas such as the Great Lakes

The Trump administration must do more to protect the environment, areas such as the Great Lakes

Finn Brent June 5, 2020

The Great Lakes are one of the most well known landmarks in the midwest United States. According to the EPA; Lakes Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior are home to, “84% of North America’s surface...

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