The Voice of the Loy Norrix Community

Knight Life

The Voice of the Loy Norrix Community

Knight Life

The Voice of the Loy Norrix Community

Knight Life

What it’s Like to be in an EFE: The Surprising Truth

What it’s Like to be in an EFE: The Surprising Truth

Zach Skinner March 2, 2018

Education for Employment (EFE) programs provide unique experiences for high school students. The mission statement for EFE programs is ”It is our job to prepare today’s students for tomorrow's careers.”...

KPS employees meet at Miller Auditorium for the beginning of the school year kick off.  KEA members wore black and remained silent in an effort to show their displeasure with contract negotiations. Photo Credit / Amanda Miller

Teacher Contract Negotiations Puts a Strain on Kalamazoo Public Schools and its Teachers

Anna Kushner October 21, 2017

If you were to walk into Miller Auditorium on August 28, 2017, you would have seen a sea of black-clothed teachers sitting silent in solidarity. Every year the Kalamazoo Public Schools District adopts...

Renovations Leave Loy Norrix With a Fresher and Cleaner Look

Renovations Leave Loy Norrix With a Fresher and Cleaner Look

Olivia Ely October 6, 2017

  The KPS district is hoping to revitalize the look of Loy Norrix and give Norrix a better reputation as well as attract more students and families. “The district [KPS] is pushing and doing what...

Nate Goodwin Kelly

Waiting for Weighting: Kalamazoo Public Schools Should Weight the KAMSC Classes on a 5.0 Scale

June 12, 2017

Guest Writer Nathan Goodwin-Kelly On most weeknights, there are numerous students staying up late into the night, studying and completing assignments.  The Kalamazoo Area Math and Science Center is attended...

Kalamazoo Public Schools Lengthen Foreign Language & Math Classes In Hopes of Boosting Student Achievement

Kalamazoo Public Schools Lengthen Foreign Language & Math Classes In Hopes of Boosting Student Achievement

Nora Hilgart-Griff May 19, 2017

On December 16, 2016, Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Services Cindy Green presented several recommendations to the School Board for changes in the current Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS)...

Kalamazoo Public Schools made changes to their weapon policy at a Board of Education meeting in February. Photo Credit / Kalamazoo Public Schools

Kalamazoo Public Schools Make Major Changes to Weapon Policy

Bailey Handley April 14, 2017

On Thursday, February 2, 2017, the Kalamazoo Public Schools (KPS) Board of Education approved changes to the school district’s weapon policy. In the end, all 7 board members were in favor of changing...

Hats and Phones: Overregulation Leads to Resistance

Hats and Phones: Overregulation Leads to Resistance

March 30, 2017

GUEST WRITER: Kiernan Dean-Hall Do most people consider the wearing a hat or the use of a cell phone to be on par with harassment or bullying? Effective Monday, March 13, Loy Norrix will consider the...

Last years Literacy Project group works with their students at Edison Elementary school. Reading with their students is a very fun memorable task for many of the volunteers.  Photo Credit / Sveri May

PeaceJam's Literacy Project Comes Full Circle

Bill Bowser March 17, 2017

Not many students experience the rewards that come with giving and receiving for a good cause. Cecilia Mireles Caballero, is one of the lucky individuals who has. Cecilia is a freshman at Loy Norrix who...

Tower facade now vs. tower facade coming soon

Once Trendy Teal Becomes Brilliant Blue: Loy Norrix Enters This Century with Exterior Updates

Griffin Conley February 13, 2017

Dubbed the “Glass Castle” in 1960 when it opened, Loy Norrix High School was new and exciting for its time. Since then the school has kept its original colors, only making repairs and additions to...

Students Share Their Experience With EFE and EFA

Christian Baker January 19, 2017

    Seniors Alex Wallace, Da 'Jzon Hughes and sophomore Joseph Welch explain the benefits of their EFA and EFA classes. Loy Norrix students can apply to these programs through their guidance...

Growing Up in Post 9/11 America

Sidney Richardson September 26, 2016

“I was a freshman in high school, I was at my locker and some kid told me what happened and all we did for the rest of the day was watch the news,” said English teacher John Kreider. The events of...

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