KAMSC students work hard on their cell projects for biology class: Freshmen create analogies of an animal or plant cell.
Allie Fried, Guest Writer
February 29, 2020
Walking down Alshehri Alley, you will see lights, glue, and lots of poster boards. Students walk around the tables on the speckled tile floor, admiring the hard work of the KAMSC freshmen. On Friday, January 31, KAMSC freshmen brought in their cell projects that they had been working on at home f...
Freshman Explains Hardships of Being New to Norrix
nakiab01
May 5, 2019
For upperclassmen, mentioning freshmen may bring eye rolls, irritation and overall dislike. Whether it’s for lack of maturity,or because they’re new, freshmen generally get a lot of backlash from upperclassmen. Luckily, this doesn’t seem to bother some freshmen. “I’m not embarrassed to be ...
KAMSC Student Chooses Academics Over Social Time
April 18, 2019
By Abigail Hauke “I only recommend KAMSC because some people enjoy and get a lot out of it. However, it’s for those ‘scholarly few’ who can handle it,” said freshman Emma Borden. Borden is a freshman here at Loy Norrix, but for the first three hours of every day, she isn’t in the buildi...
Snack and Study, an Important Boost to Freshman Assimilation
Lilly MacInnis, Photo Editor
November 27, 2018
No one can deny that the freshman year is one of the hardest. No, they don’t have to worry about college or their standardized test scores just yet, but they do have to get used to a whole new environment. Moving from middle school is not easy and many students grades suffer because of it. Finals ar...
Link Crew’s Cupcakes and Conversation Inspires New Members
Frankie Stevens
April 10, 2017
On Wednesday, March 29th, Loy Norrix Link Crew introduced a new way of recruiting members for next year by holding the first annual Cupcakes and Conversation. Sophomores and juniors interested in Link Crew grabbed a cupcake and sat down to talk with current leaders about why they should join and what ...
Link Crew Leaders Help Prepare Freshman
Meghan Lewis
March 1, 2017
Many upperclassmen at Loy Norrix participate in Link Crew Leadership, a group of juniors and seniors who aim to help freshman adjust to high school. Junior Liana Luciano and her partner, senior Walter Walker, work together with certain freshman once a week to motivate them. Everyone in Link Crew has ...
Loy Norrix High School Link Crew's "Be Great Challenge"
February 22, 2017
Student leaders at LNHS show what makes Link Crew great. Link Crew is a peer-to-peer mentoring program. This video is for the Greg Jennings Foundation's "Be Great Challenge." Video created by Duncan Wallis...
Bernie Rallies Supporters at Wings Stadium
sophiaboismier
March 18, 2016
On Monday March 6, 2016, the day before the presidential primary election for Michigan, Senator Bernie Sanders stopped by Wings Event Stadium to speak to Kalamazoo. An estimated 32 hundred people showed. With the stadium doors scheduled to open at 7:30am, people arrived hours before, some even campin...
Spirit Week: Thursday
Christian Baker
February 11, 2016
Today’s theme is Blue and White Day. The class with the most people dressed in blue and white was the Juniors. Also, today there was an awesome pep assembly to get everyone hyped for tomorrow's basketball game against Mattawan. Tomorrow, dress in valentine's day clothes to get points for the spirit j...
Kalamazoo Man Goes on Hunger Strike Over Kalamazoo Public Schools Textbooks
carstenstrand
February 12, 2015
Kris Mbah is a 31 year old resident of Kalamazoo who went on a 9 day hunger strike because he believes KPS students do not have the resources, more specifically textbooks, to succeed. Mbah has been very vocal about his concerns, and has been to plenty of school board meetings to try to persuade the B...
