September 4, 2020 606 East Kilgore Road - Kalamazoo, MI 49001 Phone: 269.337.0200 - Fax: 269.337.

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IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW... CIS AT LOY NORRIX

CIS stands for
Welcome to the 2020-2021 "Communities In schools"
school year! It is hard to of Kalamazoo. Our Mission
imagine a more different start is to surround students
the school year than this. I am
with a community of
very impressed with the
support, empowering
resiliency of our students and
them to stay in school and
staff as we enter this
achieve in life. Based on
unprecedented year. I have had
needs assessments, CIS
the opportunity to log into many
provides supports through
different virtual classrooms and
direct connection of the
witness students learning, laughing and smiling which is
students with community
so heartwarming. As we adapt to this new normal, there
partners and a close
are a few things I want to remind students:
relationship with the CIS
1. Be sure to attend live classes everyday! staff at the school. Some
2. If you can’t attend live classes for some reason, be sure other services provided to the students include:
to communicate with your teacher via e-mail or their • Grief counseling referrals
office hours. • Mental health counseling
• Groups, mentoring, tutoring
3. If you are in option 2 (100% virtual all year), be sure to
make a schedule and work each school day on your
assignments. It can be easy to fall behind.
Our goal is to provide supports that promote engagement,
4. Take part in SEL (Social-Emotional Lessons) with your encourage success and empower students to reach their
teachers and peers to make sure your mind is in it for potential to achieve their academic and personal goals.
learning.
MONTRELL BAKER NAZLHY HEREDIA-WALTEMYER
5. Ask lots of questions! Office hours are no different than CIS Site Coordinator (English-Spanish)
raising your hand asking for the teacher to come over CIS Success Coach
and help.

6. Get plenty of exercise and plenty of sleep. We have to

Follow this link in the image to

make sure to keep balance in our lives.

Together we are going to make this a wonderful trimester
and successful school year for all of our students!
—Chris Aguinaga
the meeting

Ms. Robinson: Ms. Learner:

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Miss Parsons: Mrs. Washington:
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 Loy Norrix Virtual Open House PAC Meetings for 2020-2021
Wednesday, September 9 October 12
from 5:30pm until 7:00pm November 9
December 14
Families will be able to virtually meet their student's
January 11
teachers. They can select their teachers from the list
February 8
that is linked here in a Google Document. Just click
March 8
on the Google Meet link next to your teachers name.
April 12
Loy Norrix High School Open House 2020 Link May 10
All meetings are from 7:00pm-8:00pm with
Google Meet: meet.google.com/afs-rthw-dgc

The cross country teams are competing this fall. Our first meet is
against Gull Lake on Tuesday, September 8th. We will race at Linden Grove
Middle School. There is no fee to attend. Just wear your mask and keep physically
distant from the racers and other spectators. Boys run at 5:00pm and girls run at
5:45pm.
Our second race is Saturday, September 12th against Hackett Catholic Prep. This
race will also be at Linden Grove Middle School. The times for these races are
9:00am and 9:45am for boys and girls teams respectively.

Loy Norrix Esports is looking for members to join for the fall season 2020.
Unfortunately, we aren't able to meet in person but 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!
For the upcoming fall season, 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 at greeleyph@kalamazoopublicschools.net. 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. Have a great start to your year!