From the beginning of our schooling, educators drill into our brains to prepare ourselves for college. Whether it’s the seemingly endless years of standardized testing, the countless required books or...

Kalamazoo Public Schools have been operating on a three-trimester schedule for fifteen years. With the anticipated switch to a semester schedule beginning in fall of 2025, teachers, administrators, and...

Graduation is near and seniors are finally ready to turn in their textbooks and Chromebooks and pick up their caps and gowns. Promise Fest is a last chance for students to make memories before they...

Big changes are coming to Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS) at the start of the 2025-26 school year. For 15 years, KPS has operated on a trimester schedule. On Mar. 5, 2025, however, the KPS board of trustees...

Focus on eliminating phone use improves participation As the school year winds down, students and teachers get ready to finish out a year that looks much different than previous ones.  Many disciplinary...

“I got to walk around with my friends and talk to people from other schools I had never met. It was really dope, way better than I could’ve expected,” said Chauncey Coleman after attending the...

Unseen and unused by most students, four elevators run between the lower and upper levels of Loy Norrix. Although the majority of the student body is unaware of these and many other accommodations, these...

Editor's Note: A correction has been made. The  five state championships ocurred at District of Columbia Public Schools, not Hazelwood School District.  According to Darrin Slade’s resume, he has...

“I just loved school, even though I wasn’t a straight-A student, I just loved being in the building,” said Assistant Principal for the freshman academy Andrew Muysenberg.  According to Muysenberg,...

In the past few school years, bus driver shortages, among other issues, have caused countless problems within the Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS) transportation system. These problems have left bus drivers,...

Remember when you were a kid playing games on abcya.com? Maybe it was a different website like Starfall or PBS Kids. What these have in common is that you were learning while having fun.  Senior Joaquin...