Leading the pack
Ben Brown, Sports Editor
October 31, 2017
Filed under Fall Sports, FEATURES, FROM THE EXPRESS, SPORTS, Students
When the race starts, she makes sure to keep her pace and breathe rhythmically. She then zeroes in on the group of runners to pace with, picks someone to run with and makes sure she finishes before them. With the finish line in sight, she exerts all her energy to get there, often placing ahead of other...
Finishing as a Husky
Feature friday, Anna Levine
October 13, 2017
Filed under Blogs, FEATURES, Students, Top Stories
Walking around the Northwest hallways, senior Maya Alexander feels good to be back home. Alexander spent about a semester at Blue Valley High after transferring out of Northwest during the middle of her junior year. But the rest of her family was not moving. Rather, Alexander needed a fresh rou...
Former math teacher Megan Geenens fills new interventionist position
Dan Edmonds, Writer
October 3, 2017
Filed under Alumni, NEWS, Teachers, Top Stories
After working at BVNW as a math and AVID teacher for several years, Megan Geenens accepted a position as the school interventionist for the 2017-2018 school year. Geenens said the district worked on a solution to help students who are struggling academically in areas a traditional counselor may n...
The twin connection
Sara Rooney, Arts & Entertainment Editor
September 28, 2017
Filed under FEATURES, Students, Top Stories
Recently modeling for lifestyle blogger Sarah Ruhlman of SarahScoop.com on a segment of KcLive, senior Ivana Popova got this opportunity from her internship that was due to own blog with her twin sister, Kalina. “It was a really cool experience. I modeled a homecoming dress for PromGirl,” Ivana sa...
A major musician
Olivia Dowell, Writer
September 21, 2017
Filed under FEATURES, FROM THE EXPRESS, Students, Top Stories
At age 4, sophomore Aleena Li began playing her first instrument, the piano. One year ago, she decided to learn the harp, translating of her piano skills to this new instrument. On average, Li practices six hours a week. “I wasn’t enjoying the violin a whole lot, so my parents asked me if I wanted to...
Creating calligraphy
Ellie Druten, Writer
September 21, 2017
Filed under FEATURES, FROM THE EXPRESS, Students, Top Stories
As Jessica Sarff’s paintbrush meets the paper the watercolor bleeds into vibrant shades of blue spelling out “may your choices reflect your hopes not your fears.” Sarff explained calligraphy as writing with a brush pen, using watercolor, or writing with something that makes thick and thin lines....
Stohlmann’s success
August 27, 2017
Filed under FEATURES, FROM THE EXPRESS, Teachers
Instead of taking a break from teaching during her summer, math and Principles of Engineering teacher Karen Stohlmann educates future engineering teachers through Project Lead the Way, or PLTW. Stohlmann said PLTW is a non profit, educational organization which focuses on setting the curriculum for...
Gracie Ross to cheer at KU
Walker Johnson, Writer
May 5, 2017
Filed under FEATURES, Students, Top Stories
After three days of tryouts, four rounds of cuts and seventy other girls being eliminated, senior Gracie Ross was one of sixteen girls selected to be a part of the 2017-2018 University of Kansas cheer team. Ross said she was only a part of the Blue Valley Northwest cheer team her freshman and senior ye...
Expression through poetry
Xiqing Wang, Chief Writer
May 2, 2017
Filed under FEATURES, Students, Top Stories
The Academy of American Poets introduced April as National Poetry Month in 1996 as a way to increase the reach of poetry within the United States. In April, high schools in the Blue Valley School District participated in a poetry contest hosted by the Optimist Club of Kansas City. Three winners from...
Before they were subs
Walker Johnson, Writer
April 27, 2017
Filed under FEATURES, Teachers, Top Stories
Back to (base)ics From fighting forest fires in the West to teaching at an Air Force base in Puerto Rico, substitute teacher John Condra has worked multiple jobs in between and during subbing stents. Condra said he went to college to become a medical technologist, but after meeting teachers who h...
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