The official student media of Blue Valley Northwest High School

BVNWnews

The official student media of Blue Valley Northwest High School

BVNWnews

The official student media of Blue Valley Northwest High School

BVNWnews

Virtual Wellness

Virtual Wellness

Tessa Regan, Writer May 10, 2020

Seeking to enter into Technovation, a worldwide competition in which girls solve real-world problems in their community using technology, junior Ana Cecilia Gutierrec said finding the right team to create...

A letter for the underclassmen

A letter for the underclassmen

Maddie Beischel, Photo Editor May 7, 2020

Dear Northwest students, “Highschool goes by in a blink of an eye.” When I heard that phrase my freshman year, I rolled my eyes, thinking “these idiots, four years sounds like an eternity.” But...

Nathan Harris (Right) substitutes for another player who had a broken hand. “I was friends with two
members of the team at the time so they reached out without practicing with them at all. I drove to play
with them in Tulsa,” Harris said.

Game on

Jack Nitz, Writer May 5, 2020

After years of progressing through the esports community and meeting new people, senior Nathan Harris began playing “League of Legends” competitively in an effort to improve his abilities in the game...

Graduation date set for Class of 2020

Graduation date set for Class of 2020

Jack Bensing, Writer May 4, 2020

An email sent by superintendent Todd White announced that Blue Valley Northwest will hold its graduation on July 31 starting at 10:30 a.m at the DAC. “The Class of 2020 has earned a celebratory send-off,...

 BVNW students raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

A Different Kind of Team

Matthew Lemke, Writer May 3, 2020

Juniors Nikhitha Muthineni, Sneha Jacobs and Raabia Qureshi teamed up raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society(LLS). Working together, these friends created Team Aasha. Beginning their planning...

Students discuss how their sleep schedules have been changing due to COVID-19 and online learning.

Resting in reverse

Grace Miller, Photog May 1, 2020

With the onset of quarantine, some students said they have noticed drastic differences both positive and negative in their sleep schedules. On the bright side, fewer hours of school work and the ability...

Stay home and cook

Stay home and cook

Izze Lentfer, A&E Editor April 30, 2020

Whether you’re looking for a new hobby to take up over quarantine, trying to improve your life skills, bored, or you’re just really hungry, cooking is a great thing to do. Try out these...

Crowell said she fears being forgotten and fading into the
background. To cope with this, she said she has developed
strategies to combat her negative ideas. “When those
thoughts come to my head, I think happy thoughts,” Crowell
said.

Let’s talk terrors

Natalie Policky, Writer April 27, 2020

How it works Whether it be heights, butterflies, or the ocean, it is not uncommon that people tend to avoid a particular thing altogether. According to psychology teacher Tenny Dewey, a “phobia” is...

SRO Spandle will be transferring from Northwest

SRO Spandle will be transferring from Northwest

Jenna Weyforth, Chief Writer April 24, 2020

Effective this weekend, SRO Officer Richard Spandle will be leaving BVNW and officially transferring to a detective position in the Overland Park Police Department’s criminal investigations division....

 Lindsay Vaughn, a 2013 Northwest graduate, is running for state representative in the 22nd House District of Kansas.

BVNW alumna campaigns for Kansas House

Megan Yates, Writer April 23, 2020

Running on the foundations of equality, education and opportunity, 2013 BVNW graduate Lindsay Vaughn said she first knew she wanted to get into politics when she visited the House floor of the Kansas Legislature...

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