Head varsity baseball coach Corby Lange resigns
Olivia Dowell, Writer
May 17, 2018
Wanting to spend more time with his family, head varsity baseball coach Corby Lange announced his resignation after coaching for 15 years at BVNW during a meeting with his team on Wednesday. “I’m going to be more involved with coaching my older son’s team and trying to spend more time around them,”...
Head varsity soccer coach Rick Pribyl announces retirement
May 17, 2018
Head varsity soccer coach and ELA teacher Rick Pribyl informed the soccer program of his retirement during Husky Halftime in the Little Theatre today. With a 2-1 loss in the regional final to Shawnee Mission Northwest today, Pribyl and assistant head coach Brian Murphy coached their last game as Husk...
Matt Shulman named head girls varsity basketball coach
Gabe Swartz, Editor-in-chief
May 10, 2018
Athletic Director Kevin Gerke announced today in a meeting with the girls basketball program in the Performing Arts Center that Matt Shulman will be the next varsity girls basketball head coach at Blue Valley Northwest. During the meeting in the PAC, Gerke told players "I think we’ve got a match ma...
Camille Sturdivant makes Golden Girls dance team at Mizzou
Olivia Dowell, Staff Writer
May 7, 2018
In her first dance recital, senior Camille Sturdivant said she was scared to perform and cried when her teacher brought her out on the stage. In the fall, Sturdivant will dance for the Golden Girls men’s squad, the highest level dance squad at the University of Missouri. “I wanted to keep danci...
Students protest gun violence with school walkout
Gabe Swartz, Editor-in-chief
April 20, 2018
Students at Blue Valley Northwest exited their third hour classes as part of the National School Walkout against gun violence Friday. After making their way to the flagpole in front of the main entrance, an estimated 400 students walked to the outdoor classroom. As the students walked to the outside ...
Trio of math teachers receive Blue Valley Innovator Educator Award
Ryan Jones, Online Editor
April 1, 2018
Math teachers Laura Deffer, Michele Ratigan and Michelle Williams received the Blue Valley Innovative Educator Award, presented Friday in Ratigan's Honors Algebra II class. The award goes to one elementary school teacher and one secondary teacher in the district each year. However, this year was the...
Three BVNW grads featured in South Region Elite Eight
Gabe Swartz, Editor-in-chief
March 24, 2018
When the South Regional final between No. 9 Kansas State and No. 11 Loyola Chicago tips off Saturday night in Atlanta, there will be three BVNW graduates on the court. Loyola Chicago’s Clayton Custer and Ben Richardson will go up against Kansas State which includes senior walk-on Mason Schoen. Custe...
District announces revised finals schedule to fulfill senior hour requirements
Gabe Swartz, Editor-in-chief
March 20, 2018
Blue Valley School District announced a revised senior finals schedule for the week of May 7-11. The new schedule comes in response to three inclement weather days during this school year. Principal Amy Murphy said high schools in the district will eliminate the staggered schedule method which has...
WATCH: No. 1 Blue Valley Northwest vs No. 4 Derby
March 9, 2018
Watch the state semifinal matchup between No. 1 Blue Valley Northwest and No. 4 Derby here.
Dazzlers celebrate dance national championship
March 7, 2018
For the first time in Blue Valley Northwest history, the Dazzler Dance Team brought home a National Dance Alliance Championship for medium-varsity contemporary jazz. At the end of the school day Wednesday, the Dazzlers performed their winning routine for students and staff during an assembly ...
New internet filter combats student use of VPNs
Jaelen Matthews, Staff Writer
March 6, 2018
In an effort to combat students’ previous utilization of virtual private networks, or VPNs, Blue Valley Chief Information Officer Brian Daley said Blue Valley implemented a new filter called a content filtering appliance this school year. While the new filter does block the usage of VPNs, Daley said it...
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