Loy Norrix High School is a
high school
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located in
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo ( ) is a city in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County. At the 2010 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 74,262. Kalamazoo is the major city of the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropoli ...
,
Michigan
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, serving students from
grades nine
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Dates
* AD 9, the ninth year of the AD era
* 9 BC, the ninth year before the AD era
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through
twelve. It is one of two high schools in the
Kalamazoo Public Schools district. The student body totals at approximately 1,550. The school is named for a former superintendent of Kalamazoo Public Schools and opened in 1961.
Loy Norrix students are eligible for the
Kalamazoo Promise, which provides reduced or free college tuition for students attending public and private colleges in Michigan.
History
Loy Norrix opened in 1960 after
Kalamazoo Central High School
Kalamazoo Central High School is a public high school in Kalamazoo, Michigan serving students from ninth through twelfth grades. It was the first public high school in Michigan. It began operating in 1858 and graduated its first class of five men a ...
graduated 800 students the year prior, the largest graduating class to that date. The school is named after former Superintendent Loy Norrix.
[ The school has been dubbed the "Glass Castle", due to its almost completely glass frame, prominently featured in an advertisement for LOF Glass in the September 21, 1962 issue of Life Magazine. Loy Norrix is also home to the Freshman Academy, where freshmen are all housed in one wing of the school (the B wing).
]
Notable alumni
* T. J. Duckett- Class of 1999. Professional football player
*David Means
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- Class of 1980, author, O Henry Award winner.
See also
* Kalamazoo Public Schools
* Kalamazoo Promise
References
External links
Loy Norrix official website
Kalamazoo Public Schools official website
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Public high schools in Michigan
Educational institutions established in 1961
Schools in Kalamazoo, Michigan
1961 establishments in Michigan