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The official student media of Blue Valley Northwest High School

BVNWnews

The official student media of Blue Valley Northwest High School

BVNWnews

While filling up water bottles, freshman Logan Eide gets the football team ready as the manager, Oct. 10.

Behind the sidelines

Alexandra Cazarez and Addi Welgos November 13, 2025

After a minor concussion sophomore Davis Link had while playing football, he concluded it was best for him to do something else that did not involve playing the game itself. This year, Link is one of...

When receiving a grant from Blue Valley Educational Foundation’s surprise squad, gifted teacher Sally Noltemeyer is surprised by their arrival. The surprise squad consists of members of BVEF and Main Street Credit Union.

Teaching staff receives 11 grants

Madison Kraft November 8, 2025

The Blue Valley Educational Foundation’s surprise squad delivered checks to Northwest teachers who won educational grants during fourth hour on Nov. 6. There were 11 grants amounting to over 13 thousand...

Junior Jackson Creason rock climbs at ROKC for the new BVNW Rock Climbing Club. Creason created the new club this year with his friends. “It’s a sport I love and enjoy to do” Creason said.

Climbing to the top

Isla Hartman and Ally Smith November 7, 2025

This year, Blue Valley Northwest welcomes the rock climbing club. Senior Colin Orr is a co-president of this club.  "It's a slowly expanding thing, we’re not driving for it, it's just happening,”...

Photo illustration of a student using the School Cash Online website.

Blue Valley District switches to School Cash Online

Inaya Zaman and Zoe Weneck November 5, 2025

The Blue Valley School District switched to the website School Cash Online to handle all school activity-related transactions due to a district policy introduced in July prior to the 25-26 school year.  BVNW...

Seniors Cammie Peng and Paige Pikus at the state tennis competition.

Tennis doubles ranked top 10

Sloane Bell, Writer October 25, 2025

Blue Valley Northwest girls' tennis team had two doubles groups ranked in the top 10 for 6A tennis. Senior Maryam Wambi and freshman Ella Wang were ranked number one for tennis in the state of Kansas,...

Swift's album cover for “The Life of a Showgirl” released through Republic Records.

The death of a showgirl

Rishitha Bonthu, Online Editor October 14, 2025

"The Life of a Showgirl" is the twelfth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, released on Oct. 3. While the album has received a fair amount of both criticism and praise, I can't help...

Transfer Trouble

Adria Heinauer and Jacob Corpus October 7, 2025

Disbelief was all senior Natalie Vu said she could feel as she read what was supposed to be a normal email.  While sitting at the dinner table one night, Vu’s dad, Nam Vu, asked her to read his emails...

What is pressure

Miles Thomas October 1, 2025

What is Pressure? According to The American Heritage Dictionary, pressure is a constraining influence upon the mind or will, as a moral force. Everyone experiences pressure, whether it is pressure to get...

New Chick-in Waffle opens

Addi Welgos, Writer September 30, 2025

The first Overland Park Chick-in Waffle location opened on June 4, 2025, at 135th and Antioch. Operation hours are from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 11 a.m. to midnight on Friday and...

Respect, tell me what it means to be

Respect, tell me what it means to be

Claire Elley September 21, 2025

Have your parents ever told you a story from when they were kids? Either you complain about having to walk to school, or you're upset about having to do chores, parents often come back with a story from...

Northwest teacher wins Horizon Award for Blue Valley District

Northwest teacher wins Horizon Award for Blue Valley District

Inaya Zaman September 17, 2025

Science teacher Blaise Smith was awarded the Kansas Horizon Award by the Blue Valley school district and was awarded the Kansas Horizon Award by the Blue Valley School District on Sept. 16 after being...

Digital illustration representing the play on words of jeans and genes

Our Great Genes

Shriya Shah, Writer September 14, 2025

Sydney Sweeney has Great Jeans. That's the tagline of American Eagle’s infamous viral ad campaign. According to Google Trends, the search rate of the term “eugenics” went up by almost 800% the week...

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