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Knight Life

The Voice of the Loy Norrix Community

Knight Life

The Voice of the Loy Norrix Community

Knight Life

Liam Crookston and Bjorn Nelson practice before the start of the tournament. Bjorn is the team captain, who guides the team towards victory.

Loy Norrix Esports Smash Bros team gears up for next season after a bitter defeat

Ender Ross, Executive Web Editor January 16, 2023

Loy Norrix esports teams are always ready to bring the thunder! On Dec. 10, the Loy Norrix Esports Smash Bros Blue team, consisting of Liam Crookston, Brayton Garza, Anderson Heath and captain Bjorn...

Social studies teacher Richard Rashad catches up on grading he missed. He has fallen a little behind but is working his way up to catch up to his original planned day.

Teachers get behind on snow days but enjoy the time to catch up on work and rest

Eduardo Ricardo, Guest Writer January 13, 2023

Every student loves to have snow days. We all hear the same reasons why. No work, no school and most said sleeping in. Although students have lots of love for snow days, how do the Loy Norrix staff feel? Snow...

Students in James Bellwares Career and College Readiness do a worksheet to learn
about different organizations they can join after highschool. They looked at the National Guard,
Peace Corps, and Teach for America.

Staff and students think that standardized testing puts too much pressure on students

Leah Sparks, Guest Writer January 10, 2023

It’s a normal Wednesday at Loy Norrix, except for the fact that students are taking the English portion of the Horizon standardized test in math class.  A survey done by the Council of the Great...

Junior Emma Doren positioning her spotlight before the show opens. During the show, it was her responsibility to track the actors with her light as they moved across the stage.

Q&A with the students behind the production of “Legally Blonde”

Eleanor Cook, Executive Editor January 9, 2023

Since September, the crew of "Legally Blonde: The Musical" has been working hard to put on the show. Rehearsals consistently lasted past 10 p.m., but by opening night, the crew was able to work with...

Campus safety officer DeTonio Mangum speaks to students in the hallway. Mangum views the most important part of his job as understanding students lives and situations.

Security guards in school improve the learning environment

Meilie Diaz and Jessica Torres Martinez December 22, 2022

A security guard is just another familiar face to students and without paying much attention, one could easily oversee the importance of security in schools.  Campus security officers at LN primarily...

Cover of Westside Gunns latest album, 10. Pictured is Eastside Flip, a resident of Gunns hometown of Buffalo, New York.

Reviewing and ranking the top 5 tracks on Westside Gunn’s album “10”

Owen Quayle, News Editor December 21, 2022

On Oct 28, 2022 New York rapper Westside Gunn dropped the 10th and final album of his HWH series, aptly titled “10”.  In the past few years, Westside Gunn as well as his labelmates at Griselda...

Colby Cuppernull discusses Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18” with his honors English 11 class. The students have been studying Shakespeare and his works for about two weeks.

Colby Cuppernull joins English department: students and teachers are happy about his arrival

Lexi Tuley, Graphics Editor December 14, 2022

Many teachers at Loy Norrix have eagerly awaited the arrival of the new member of the English department, excited to have their plan hours back instead of substituting for the teacherless class. Cuppernull...

Young Alice Wadsworth-Curcuru (left), Wen Wadsworth-Curcuru (middle), and Téa Wadsworth-Curcuru (right) celebrating a birthday at a restaurant.  The siblings are now ages 14, 18, and 12.

Students recall conflicts with siblings and disadvantages of being the oldest, middle and youngest sibling

Miya Timmer, Staff Writer December 12, 2022

It’s a normal Tuesday morning and freshman Robin Jennings is patiently waiting at the kitchen table for their older brother to drive the two of them to school.  Five minutes later, when their brother...

Kalamazoo bike lanes benefit teenagers, but they also have their disadvantages

Lucie Russell, Instagram Team December 8, 2022

If you’ve traveled anywhere in Kalamazoo in the last several months, you’ve likely seen the tangle of traffic due to construction. Some of the chaos has been caused by utility work throughout the city,...

Junior Isabel Ricardo-Ramirez came into Brianna Englishs classroom with a small fan that plugs into her computer. This plug-in fan helps her regulate the hot temperature of the windowless K3 classroom.

The K-Wing: warm classroom temperatures persist into the colder months, students and teachers alike are frustrated

Chloe Rathbun, Staff Writer December 7, 2022

As the temperature outside gets colder and snow falls on the ground, students bundle up to face the frigid temperatures outside. However, upon their arrival to school, many students are faced with classrooms...

Mrs. Bergh sits playing “Follow The Drinking Gourd” behind the piano. Off-screen, students sing along in harmony, bringing fall cheer to the J-wing.

Second year music teacher adjusts to a larger school environment

Hope Wilson, Guest Writer December 2, 2022

In 2021 Austin Malarchick was hired as Loy Norrix’s new choir director after Julie Pelligrino-Hartman transferred to Kalamazoo Central the year prior.  Long-term choir students were already trying...

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