Mad for music
Anna Cowden, Writer
January 27, 2017
Filed under FEATURES, Top Stories
Battle of the Bands, an annual parent band competition, will be held at Kanza Hall on Saturday Jan. 28 at 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. The event is centered around 4 parent bands representing different Blue Valley schools. The winning band will receive a $250 grant to give to their Blue Valley school of choice. Mad L...
A positive event
Ryan Jones, Writer
January 18, 2017
Filed under Activities, FEATURES, Students, Top Stories
After being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in 2015, Junior Allison Policky said she fought it off with corticosteroids, chemotherapy and blood transfusions. Policky said blood transfusions require donated blood and thus blood drives are a necessity. On Jan. 18, the annual blood drive through Comm...
Tinkering with trikes
Sara Rooney, Writer
November 30, 2016
Filed under FEATURES, Students, Top Stories
While trying to escape the boredom of summer, two seniors, Kyle Huffaker and Malachi Swartz created a motorized tricycle. They said they wanted to do something valuable with their free time and what started off as a project to create a go-kart ultimately resulted in the creation of a motorized trike. â...
Fairing well in French
Anna Levine, Writer
November 18, 2016
Filed under FEATURES, Students, Top Stories
A sophomore in an all-senior class, Harrison Snell is taking French 4 despite already being fluent in the language. Before moving to Overland Park roughly a year-and-a-half ago, Snell and his family lived in France for two years for his dad’s engineering job. Snell and his family lived in the sou...
A new stretch
Anna Cowden, Writer
November 17, 2016
Filed under FEATURES, Teachers, Top Stories
During A period of Husky Halftime on Oct. 31 and B period of Husky Halftime on Nov. 3, teacher Sally Noltemeyer taught yoga sessions in the gym. Noltemeyer is a gifted education teacher at BVNW. She became a certified yoga instructor from Core Power Yoga in 2010. She said due to lack of time in her s...
BVNW America Decides holds mock election Nov. 8
Gia Shipman, Writer
November 8, 2016
Filed under Activities, FEATURES, NEWS, Top Stories
Today BVNW students will have the chance to vote for a presidential candidate and state representative in a mock election. Students can vote during their social studies class or in the library. The mock election is being held by America Decides classes, which teaches students about the various can...
Going gold for a cause
September 30, 2016
Filed under Activities, FEATURES, NEWS, Students, Top Stories
Robbie Harding, senior Lauren Harding’s mom, said Lauren was diagnosed with Leukemia on July 30, 2010. She said Lauren also has Down Syndrome, and because of that, Lauren had a much higher risk of developing Leukemia than the average population. “I had known since she was an infant that she was at risk, but...
Serving Success
Sara Rooney, Writer
September 27, 2016
Filed under FEATURES, Students, Top Stories
Both a student and tennis player, junior Elizabeth Trupp has had to find a way to manage her lifestyle. Trupp has been playing tennis for over seven years and because she plays at a top level, she is required to leave school early on a daily basis for practice and preparation. Trupp plays for a club tenn...
Fighting for the Olympics
Xiqing Wang, Chief Writer
September 15, 2016
Filed under FEATURES, SPORTS, Students, Top Stories
Freshman Olivia Baxter said she has been practicing taekwondo, a Korean martial art, at Ko’s Black Belt Academy since she was seven years old. Baxter said she started the sport for fun in the first grade, influenced by a friend’s attendance in taekwondo classes. Head coach and Owner of Ko’s Black Belt Ac...
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