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In the morning before class starts, history teacher Samantha Devries helps her student with work on her computer. Freshman Venasia Iratuzi frequently comes into her first hour early to ask for help or to hangout with Devries.

Teachers and students can deeply influence one another

Benita Smedes, Guest Writer • March 19, 2025

You walk into school from the tower, heading to your first hour. You enter the silent classroom, fall into your seat, opening your notes as your teacher dives straight into the lecture. After 70 minutes...

Mr. Steven's flip-flops

Mr. Steven’s flip-flops

Kaylissa Phillips, Guest artist • March 21, 2024

Hayley Fuhriman, a math teacher at Loy Norrix, explains to her class linear equations. Fuhriman is new to Norrix this year.

Introducing the new faces of Loy Norrix

Krystiana Bernstein and Dady Lo • December 7, 2023

Over the past few years, Loy Norrix has experienced the departure of many teachers such as former art teacher Cindy VanLieu, retired English teacher Anne “Bowser” Lewis and former Spanish teacher Christina...

(Clockwise from top left) ESL students Aaron Hernandez, Arely Torres Antonio, Hector Tapia, Zoe Gonzalez-Aguilar and Riziki Hussein

English-language learning students at Norrix explain what helps them learn

Skylar Zajac, Josephine Velo, Rosie Hill, Isabella Figueroa, Sophia Wrzesinski, and Flora Harper • December 6, 2023

Planning is an essential part of teaching. Government teacher Kyle Shack is editing slides to teach his first hour.

Planning their class is crucial for teachers to keep students engaged

Dady Lo, Staff Writer • June 9, 2023

Imagine if you went to school, sat down, got out your Chromebook, notebook, pencil and looked up at the board, then the teacher said that they had no clue what to do. Teachers have important responsibilities...

Kyle Shack teaches Government B during 5th hour. He helps individual students during work time to make sure they understand the material.

Teachers prefer teaching more than one subject a day, but not more than three

William Murphy • June 7, 2023

Most students only have a teacher for one class a day, but imagine yourself as a Loy Norrix teacher, having to teach upwards of 3 subjects per day! “I always planned on teaching multiple subjects,”...

(Left side)Seniors Sophie Grover, Amelia Grover, Wolfgang Madonia who is playing the guitar, Sean Mcflinton, and junior Stan Thomas are talking to their friends. (Right side) Seniors Eden Holm-Griffs and Ressah Link are enjoying their time during their 30-minute lunch break at the senior court yard. "It’s more peaceful out here. I just like the fresh air after I have been stuck in school for a long time. It’s nice to decompress,” said Holm-Griffs.

Administrators believe that high schools can’t make time for recess, but some students and teachers believe it’s better for students

Krystal Perez-Castro • June 4, 2023

Remember the time when we would go to recess and get a break from all our core classes to be able to breathe. Once we transitioned from elementary to middle and then high school, that all changed.  No...

Teachers versus AI: AI isn't quite ready to be integrated into the learning environment

Teachers versus AI: AI isn’t quite ready to be integrated into the learning environment

Erik Courtney, Business Manager • June 3, 2023

Do you ever wish you could have a robot go to school for you so you can stay home and relax? As the advancements of Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues, the use of AI in educational settings is becoming...

Student skips class during 3rd hour. Many student leave to skip class out of the lower K wing doors.

Loy Norrix teachers describe the negative effects of skipping on both staff and students

Sophia James, Guest Writer • April 24, 2023

For most students, the mention of skipping class wouldn’t be anything new.  The number of students missing multiple weeks of school or just having unexcused absences is climbing.  In Grand Rapids...

Isaac Patrick and Mr. Kitzman talk during Honors English class.

Students share the impact their teachers have on them

Krystiana Bernstein, Staff Writer • April 5, 2023

You woke up late, skipped breakfast and forgot to do your homework last night. Not to mention you didn’t get much sleep either. To top it off you also have your least favorite subject first hour.  When...

Freshman Juan Ortiz-Ponce listens to music while he types his story. He is so heavily focused and engaged on his work. He finds that when he listens to Spanish music it helps him focus.

Students and teachers disagree about whether music should be allowed in classrooms

Carter Pickett, News Editor • March 14, 2023

You walk into class listening to your favorite song. Everything is right with the world, but then your teacher tells you to take off the headphones and turn the music off. Some Loy Norrix teachers are...

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...

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