Students Explore Veterans Experiences at Battle Creek VA
Jonnie Palone
June 14, 2016
Students excited to meet their veterans steadily walk off the bus in the area of Battle Creek known as the Veterans Affair. The Veterans Affair (VA) facility provides benefits, support and medical care of American veterans. With pens and clipboards in their hands, Loy Norrix students eagerly mo...
Loy Norrix Student Recognized as Finalist for National Merit Scholarship
Jordan Brown
May 31, 2016
Loy Norrix senior Koichi Anderson has had the high honor of being recognized as a finalist for the National Merit Scholarship. “When I went to Milwood Middle, there was a group of us that felt like the math class that we were in was just too easy. So we worked with the counselors and principal to have...
Loy Norrix Finishes off the Year with Three More Athletic Commits
vallierpaul
May 31, 2016
Only some athletes are chosen each year to continue to the next level, with these three commits, Loy Norrix will have a grand total of nineteen athletes playing in college. Basketball players Grant Mitchell and Gk Wells-Lindsay to KVCC and Jalen Pace to Olivet College to wrestle. It takes o...
Advanced Art Prepares Students for Their Future
makennasandt
May 24, 2016
As the days pass and get closer and closer to the deadline, AP Studio Art Portfolio students feel the stress of finishing their artworks. They start at the beginning of the year on their portfolios that they will submit in May. The artwork they submit will determine if they receive college credit ...
Students Showcase Art at EFE Expo
Meghan Lewis
May 24, 2016
On Tuesday evening May 10th, from 5 to 8 p.m. there was a EFE photo/ Visual Imaging program art show. It was at Kalamazoo Central High School in rooms 522 & 535 with a range of artists showing off their artwork from Loy Norrix High School and Kalamazoo Central High School. The artists Makayla Bu...
Personal Finance Should be Required for All Students
Frankie Stevens
May 20, 2016
Do you know how to pay taxes, set up a bank account, create a budget or take out loans? Probably not, but then again, it is not required for students to learn some of the most important life tools in high school. That is why personal finance should be a required class for all students. In order to b...
Part Time Employment Helps Students Gain Independence
Jonnie Palone
May 18, 2016
Money in your pocket and the sense of growing out of being a student to becoming an adult is what after school jobs are all about. As high schoolers, most of our responsibilities revolve around our education. One in four high school students 16 years and older eventually take on the responsibility of a ...
Loy Norrix Students Travel the World: Seniors Reflect on Their Experiences
alexiskaymartin
May 16, 2016
When you hear about students traveling during the summer, you think they go somewhere in the U.S. like Florida or Washington. However, Loy Norrix high school students, specifically seniors, have had the opportunity to travel out of the country. “We went to Greece first, and spent two days there. And...
Tragic Bombing Devastates Brussels
Meghan Lewis
May 13, 2016
On March 22, 2016, 30 people died and 260 were wounded after the bombings at Zaventem airport and Maelbeek metro station in Brussels. Authorities issued a level four attack canceling all flights in and out of Brussels. Zaventem airport and Maelbeek station were then evacuated and closed to ga...
Moving On: Seniors Prepare to Leave Their Athletic Stage
kendracurtis
May 9, 2016
It’s a Friday night and the sun has already hidden itself behind the cheering crowd. Sweat runs down your tired face as bright lights illuminate the field, your version of a stage that you’ve been performing on since you were a freshman, maybe even longer. Every last ounce of energy that’s left insi...
From the Beat to the Bat, Pincus becomes new Loy Norrix head Baseball Coach
Maxwell Link
May 5, 2016
Loy Norrix baseball says goodbye to coach Brian Neel as he resigned in the fall of 2015. Now Loy Norrix is welcoming new coach, Rob Pincus. Pincus is very respected man. He was in law enforcement for 14 years. He worked for the Atlantic city police department. Also he worked as an undercover narcot...
Kanye West, Living The Life of Pablo
luisjuarez8
April 28, 2016
Album: The Life of Pablo Artist: Kanye West Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap Release Date: February 14, 2016 “The Life of Pablo” is the 7th studio album from the hip-hop/rap artist Kanye West released February 14, 2016. It consists of 19 tracks and accomplished mostly positi...
