Starting School Later Would Benefit Students
June 24, 2019
By Ian Woodruff It’s 6:30 in the morning, I hear the ringing of my alarm telling me to wake up. I got home from hockey last night at 11:00 p.m. My body is exhausted, and my brain is still asleep, but if I don't get up now I will miss the 6:45 bus. Throughout the day, the drowsiness I felt earlier be...
Public vs. Private School: Following the Transition of Ian Woodruff Between Public and Private Schools
June 22, 2019
By Antonio Cornieles Many people have the notion that private schools are only inhabited by rich, privileged and stuck-up kids. Having made the transition from a public school to a private school, freshman Ian Woodruff would likely disagree. “There were plenty of people on payment plans for their tuition,” said Woodruff....
Is College Worth It?
Ciera Mcclenton
June 7, 2019
College can be a stressful yet rewarding experience. Students grow up and grow out, getting to be a part of something new. Going to college for some is new as they are the first in the family to do so. For some it comes as second nature, and just like everyone else in their family, they’ll...
Loy Norrix Takes The Win In The Don Lukens Invitational
Jaelyn Anderson
May 25, 2019
Don Lukens has been at Loy Norrix for over 30 years and is the biggest invitational that Loy Norrix hosts. Track teams from all over the state come to compete against each other in this all day meet. Don Lukens starts at 10 in the morning and goes on into the late evening. Everyone looks forward...
Students Show Incoming Freshman A Little Piece of Norrix
Jaelyn Anderson
May 24, 2019
Every year Loy Norrix has incoming freshmen from Maple Street and Milwood middle schools come visit the school to get an idea of what high school will be like. Administrators explained all the opportunities that Norrix offers, many groups preformed for them and they got a tour of the school. The middle...
Loy Norrix Journalists Take Big Steps at MIPA 2019
May 18, 2019
Each year, the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association holds a ceremony awarding various Michigan school publications and student journalists’ hard work and unique content they’ve published throughout the previous year. At the 2019 MIPA awards ceremony, there were a total of 4,112 entries submitted ...
Loy Norrix School and Tower Modernized and Made More Energy Efficient
Kailynne Besser
May 7, 2019
Walking into Loy Norrix in early September, you look around and notice the new updates that have been done all around the school over the summer. Updating the windows was one of the primary changes that occurred at Loy Norrix. The front entrance or “Tower” was newly updated with a replacement o...
Sierra Knight: Switching From Softball to Soccer
Justin Timmerman
May 7, 2019
Tryouts for the 2019 Loy Norrix Women’s Varsity Soccer team were held on March 11th and 12th. These were on the same day as the Women’s Varsity Softball tryouts. Senior Sierra Knight who has been playing softball during her entire high school career decided this time to try out for the varsi...
Chess Club Instructor Moves the Loy Norrix Students to Play Chess
Logan Neeley, NLP
May 6, 2019
Loy Norrix is taking steps to capture the king.College Readiness instructor Jim Bellware first started playing chess after he learned the game from his father. He continued to play chess in college with his roommates and coached a chess club in Battle Creek for 10 years. Now, Bellware hosts the club here at...
Taking Life by the Reins
Gavin Rutherford
April 25, 2019
I’ve spent most of my life cooped up inside. I lived satisfied with a life of watching television, playing games and reading books. When I went into middle school I didn’t have the confidence to reach out and talk to people, so I just sat in the back of class reading every hour. I felt like I couldn’t ...
Homework is Unnecessary: Students Receive Enough Direct Instruction During the Day
April 8, 2019
By Kayla Adams It’s Sunday night and your basketball team has just won the most important game of the year. Plans are quickly made with the team to go to dinner and celebrate the victory. You still feel jitters from when the buzzer went off cementing your victory. You listen to everyone’s paren...
Michigan Should Invest in Substitutes To Improve Education
Kylazia Dye
March 8, 2019
Before the beginning of a lecture, you notice there is something different about the class that you attend daily: the teacher is gone. As you walk into the class, a substitute teacher is either sitting at the teacher’s desk, standing in the front, greeting you and other students as they enter, or ...
