KPS should adopt the four-day school week
Elliot Russell, Editor-in-Chief
April 6, 2020
It’s fifth-hour and the last day of the week. You fiddle around unproductively, only minutes remaining until the five-day grind meets its end with a timely chime over the intercom as if to signify that “you made it.” We all know the feeling. How your endurance wanes as you push yourself throug...
Michigan Public Schools to close for the remainder of the school year
April 2, 2020
Office of Communications 1220 Howard Street Kalamazoo, MI 49008 (269) 337-1572 Fax (269) 337-0195 TDD (269) 337-0152 www.kalamazoopublicschools.com E-mail [email protected] Susan L. Coney Director PRESS RELEASE KALAMAZOO PUBLIC SCHOOLS PREPARING FOR REMAINDER OF SCHOOL YEAR ...
KPS closes all schools due to the spread of the Coronavirus
Natacia Branstrom, Social Media Team/Student Update Team
March 31, 2020
All of KPS schools have been closed until April 6th due to the massive spread of COVID-19, otherwise known as coronavirus. The coronavirus is highly contagious and has spread almost world wide reaching 116 countries in a matter of months. There is a greater risk of anyone over the age of fifty getting t...
Loy Norrix DECA prepares for states
Nate Goodwin-Kelly, Opinion Editor/Knights Speak Team
March 23, 2020
The Loy Norrix DECA, Distributive Education Clubs of America, team will be attending the State Career Development Conference in Detroit from March 5th-7th. The team will be taking a record 12 students to states this year who will compete in a wide variety of categories in the business field. Stu...
KPS School Board selects Chicago administrator as next superintendent of Kalamazoo Public Schools
Claire Goodwin-Kelly, Sports Editor
March 4, 2020
On Wednesday, February 19th, the Kalamazoo Public School board offered Rita Raichoudhuri the superintendent position. Raichoudhuri is a former Chicago Public Schools administrator who has had almost 20 years of experience in education. Raichoudhuri worked as the Executive Director of Early College a...
Kalamazoo Public Schools search for a new Superintendent
Audreanna Dunton, Assistant Business Manager
February 6, 2020
Following Dr. Micheal Rice’s permanent move to become the state superintendent of Michigan, the Kalamazoo Public Schools District has been moving along in the process of finding a new superintendent. Dr. Rice served as the KPS superintendent from 2007-2019; nearly twelve years of service with...
The KPS community shares their thoughts on year-round schooling
Audreanna Dunton, Assistant Business Manager
January 22, 2020
It’s the last day of school before the summer starts all of your exams are completed, you’re saying your goodbyes to your favorite teachers and all of your friends. You feel a sense of relief because the long school year has finally come to an end and you’re looking forward to a summer full of spen...
Women Studies class to be offered at Loy Norrix
Jeanie Gould-McElhone, Arts and Entertainment Editor
January 20, 2020
In the 2020-21 school year there will be a new class students can take at Loy Norrix that was recently approved by the KPS Board of Education on Thursday, December 5th. The new class is a women's studies course that has been in the works by LN senior Emma Hilgart-Griff and alumni Isaac Moss since 20...
Foundation for Excellence Partnership Grants KPS High School Free Transportation
Olivia Ely
June 14, 2019
Loy Norrix students, Tayvon Davis and Jeremiah Nelson, board the bus at the 2:45 stop to head home. With the new agreement, KPS students will ride for free beginning in the 2019-2020 school year. In the summer of 2018, The Foundation for Excellence was given 70 million dollars to fund projects for K...
Junior Loses the Kalamazoo Promise
May 9, 2019
By Dylann Meek “When me and my mother went to the office to change the address, that’s when the secretary told me I was out of district and would not get the [Kalamazoo] Promise,” said junior Nakia Brown. At the beginning of her junior year, Nakia Brown lost the Kalamazoo Promise after moving ...
A Fresh Perspective: Loy Norrix Welcomes New Principal
Brandon Schnurr, Web Editor
November 28, 2018
From principals being put on administrative leave to the hiring of new assistant principals, Loy Norrix has experienced many changes in administration throughout the last two years alone. Last school year, we welcomed Johnny Edwards, the current Director of Secondary Education to Norrix as our interi...
Opening Our Arms to Ottawa’s Own
Noah Bond
October 2, 2018
Serving an American public school district is a welcome opportunity for Canadian-trained nurse, Jennifer Macfarlane. Macfarlane started her nursing career in neurosurgery at The Ottawa Hospital in 2008. The Ottawa Hospital, located in the capital of Canada, has delivered more than six thousand babie...
