October 2, 2020 606 East Kilgore Road - Kalamazoo, MI 49001 Phone: 269.337.0200 - Fax: 269.337.

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October is College
ttendance to classes Month and the
is so very important. college visits are
starting to roll in!
Count Week is upon us.
Visits marked with an * are
Miss Nesbitt’s
Schools across Michigan count the internal and students are to Virtual Office Hours:
number of students present for meet at https:// Monday's: 12:30 - 1:30pm
state funding. 25% of KPS’ state meet.google.com/pvx- Wednesday's: 12:00 - 2:00pm
poya-ukh Thursday's: 1:00 - 3:00pm
funding for 2020-2021 will come Chris Aguinaga, Principal
Friday's: 10:30am - 1:00pm
from our counts this year. 75% This list will continue to
will come from our counts in 2019-2020. This formula grow - be on the lookout All Seniors are welcome to
was changed this year due to the pandemic. It is very for updates and add this join: meet.google.com/pvx-
poya-ukh
important that students attend their live classes if they calendar for live updates:
Or Schedule a one-on-one
are in Option 1 so we can maximize state funding. https://tinyurl.com/ appointment:
LNCollegeVisits http://tinyurl.com/nesbittmj
It is also important that students in Option 2A and 2B
make sure that they have two-way communication with Email Miss Nesbitt with all questions or concerns:
NesbittMJ@kalamazoopublicschools.net
the teachers and mentors during this week.
By maximizing our state aid, we can maximize the October
programming and resources. From this, we are able to • KVCC Skilled Trades Expo—3pm
wrap around our students, making sure they are as • MSU Major Spotlight (Food Science)—4pm
1 • MSU College of Agriculture and Natural
successful as possible.
Resources—6:30pm
2 • KVCC Skilled Trades Expo—10am

5 *Michigan Tech Virtual Visit –11:30am

*WMU Virtual Visit—1pm
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*UM-Flint Virtual Visit—3pm

Celebrating Hispanic Scientists, Artists, Politicians, & 9 *University of Michigan Virtual Visit—11:30am
Activists who have touched many lives.
14 *K College Virtual Visit—10am
Sylvia Mendez
Mexican-American Activist 16 *Spring Arbor Virtual Visit—11:30am
www.biography.com/news/
sylvia-mendez-school- 21 *Adrian College Virtual Visit—3pm
• MCA Virtual College Fair—1:30pm
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• *Saginaw Valley State—2pm

30 *Alma College Virtual Visit—11:30am

Carlos Finlay
Cuban Physician (1833-1915) November
www.britannica.com/biography/Carlos-J-Finlay
4 *Lehigh University Virtual Visit—1pm

is looking for members to join for the fall season
2020. If you have a game system at home and a
reliable internet connection then you can be a part
of Loy Norrix Esports. We are the defending state
champions in Overwatch (top 8 in the country!)
and are a top 3 team in the state in Super Smash
Brothers Ultimate -- and we're recruiting for this
upcoming school year! We're looking for players of the
following titles:
Overwatch (PC only) Valorant Rocket League
If you are interested in representing Norrix, or you just love to
play games, please email Mr. Greeley. We're always recruiting
and are happy to take any and all comers. Even if
you're not a serious competitive gamer, you
can still join and have fun with other
students. We'll be offering a few events
throughout the year that will hopefully
give you a chance to meet new people
and have some fun with some of your
favorite games.
The fall esports season starts on Tuesday,
October 6! You can watch all of the Loy
Norrix esports matches LIVE online
at www.twitch.tv/loynorrixesports! Matches will be
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday all at 4 PM. We hope you
tune in and support our teams!"
SENIOR PICTURES, ADS &
BABY PICTURES for the
YEARBOOK
Senior pictures and quotes are due to
the Yearbook December 1!
Pictures can be emailed to
loynorrixyearbook@kalamazoopublicschools.net
• Include student name and ID number.
• Email a high quality JPEG to ensure it will look
best in the publication.
• Any school appropriate pose is fine, but pictures
will be portrait oriented (taller than they are
long) in the yearbook so close-ups/headshots
are recommended.
• Quotes must be 100 characters or fewer and
school appropriate.
Order a SENIOR AD or submit a BABY PICTURE!
They are on sale until the end of October.
 Prices are $125 for a full page
 $65 for a half page
 $35 for a quarter page
 $20 for a business card
 $10 for a baby picture.
*Prices are good through October 31. Order online at
www.yearbookordercenter.com with order number 12613.
**Email loynorrixyearbook@kalamazoopublicschools.net with any
questions.
 International Peacejam is
open to any freshman, sophomore,
Mrs. May’s Google Classroom Code: Svhqxov junior and seniors that are interested
https://meet.google.com/lookup/awqfxrhkvr?authuser=0&hs=179 in making a difference in our school,
Loy Norrix Class of 2021 Executive Board meeting community, state, nation, world and
within yourself
Monday, October 5
Meetings: Mondays
Monday, October 19 October 12, October 26,
Monday, November 2 November 9 Mrs. May’s Google Classroom
Monday, November 16 from 12:30-1:00 Code: Svhqxov
All meetings will run form 12:30 to 1:00pm Monday, November 23
https://meet.google.com/
NO MEETING DUE TO FINAL EXAMS
Items to discuss with many other additions • Collect clothing, school lookup/awqfxrhkvr?
• Evergreen orders done online supplies, toys, games (no
• Butter Braids orders done online (orders will ship to Ms. going door to door) for Interfaith Apts
May and then delivered to you) • Food drive - if we go back hybrid we will expand this (the
food will be taken to Loaves and Fishes in
• Senior Shirt designs and class banner design lieu of the money donations we usually collect at the
• Brainstorm Prom Themes for further discussion Holiday Parade
• Spreading the work for other seniors that aren’t here today • NO pumpkin painting party this year or Holiday Day Parade
• Election of class officers in an up coming meeting - bummer/COVID related
• Voting on senior shirt and banner design • An opportunity to get connected with Peacejam kids and
Peacejam Laureates from all over the world through zoom
meetings
• Serious Fun collection for terminally and seriously ill
Senior Families: •
children in developing countries
Many more opportunitiesStarting October 5, 2020 Grand
Now is the time to form a Grad Bash committee
to work on organizing and fundraising for your
FREE ONLINE TUTORING
Seniors! Grad bash is a super secret After-Party
Starting October 5, 2020 Grand
that is managed by the parents of the
Valley State University will be
Graduating class. offering FREE tutoring to any
And we need as many volunteers! K-12 student in Michigan who is in
a virtual school setting. The
If you are interested please consent form is in English and
contact Mr. Laboe by email: Spanish. Click the link below to sign up!
https://www.gvsu.edu/k12connect/k-
laboeam@kalamazoopublicschools.net
12-connect-virtual-tutoring-2.htm

SPORTS EVENT SCHEDULE

Monday—Oct 5 Tuesday—Oct 6 Wednesday—Oct 7 Thursday—Oct 8 Friday—Oct 9
Cross Country @ Ottawa
Tennis vs Niles - Home JV Soccer vs BC Freshman Football vs Gull JV Soccer - SMAC Hills Invite - Away 1pm(M)
4:00pm Lakeview - Home 5pm Lake - Home 4:30pm Tournament 5pm & 1:30(W)

Freshman & JV Cross Country @ BC

Swim & Dive @ Portage JV Football @ Niles - Away Varsity Football vs Niles -
Volleyball @ Portage Lakeview - Away 5pm (M) &
Central - Away 6pm 6pm Home 7pm
Northern - Away 5:30 5:45 (W)

Varsity Volleyball
Varsity Soccer vs BC Freshman & JV Volleyball @ Varsity Soccer - SMAC
@ Portage Northern -
Lakeview - Home 6:30 BC Central - Away 5:30pm Tournament 6:30
Away 6:30

Varsity Volleyball @ BC
Central - Away 6:30

FALL SPORTS:
Football: Freshman, JV & Varsity Men’s Soccer: JV & Varsity
Cross Country (CC) Women’s Volleyball: Freshman, JV & Varsity
Women’s Swim & Dive Men’s Tennis
Administrators were out about town distributing T-Shirts to the 30 winners of the Attendance
Challenge! Rack up those VPs (Virtually Present) and be entered into our next drawing!!