Blue Valley Northwest

Principal's Newsletter - August 23, 2024

Hello, Husky Families!

As we complete our second week of the school year, I wanted to share how much positive energy I’ve noticed in our halls and in our classrooms and how appreciative I am to be a Husky!

Our students are settling in, and it's been wonderful to watch them connect and engage in their learning, with their teachers, and with their friends.

Thank you for joining us for Back to School Night on Wednesday night! We were pleased to see such a great turnout and appreciate your partnership in helping launch the school year.

Fall sports are in full swing, bringing an added layer of excitement to our school community, which means that cooler weather is on the horizon!

This is a reminder that Labor Day Weekend is next weekend, and students do not have school on Monday, September 2nd and on Tuesday, September 3rd.

Thank you for your continued support and involvement. Your support means so much as we work together to make this school year a successful one. Feel free to reach out with any questions—we’re here to support you. Go Huskies!

Sincerely,

Leah Vomhof

BVNW Principal

New Information:

BVNW Structured Expectations

Our staff has been hard at work creating and sharing structured expectations for our school community along with how we are going to teach and reinforce them in all settings. Administrators have met with each of our classes during advisory over the last two weeks to welcome them back to school. During that meeting, we reviewed our school’s structured expectations with students. You may have seen our visuals or graphics during your visit, as we have them posted around the building. Click here to read a few points about why these are important to our school. Click here to view BVNW’s structured expectations, which includes language about personal electronic devices.

Important Travel Outside of the USA Information

This important message is for any family or staff that will travel out of the United States during the school year. Please click here to read the restrictions and recommendations for Out of the Country travel. Blue Valley resources such as Canvas, Classlink, and school email are not accessible out of the country unless you have a personal device with a VPN on it.

Code of Conduct - ParentVue

Code of Conduct will be available also to parents via ParentVue. If / when you go to ParentVue you will be prompted to acknowledge receipt of the ’24-’25 Code of Conduct.

School Pictures

School Pictures were taken today for grades 9-11! You may place orders here. Students who did not get pictures taken today may have their pictures taken the morning of Thursday, October 17. This will also include seniors who did not get pictures taken over the summer (for the yearbook). All students must get their picture taken if they want it in the yearbook!

BVNW Father's Club

The BVNW Father’s Club is welcoming new members. It's free to join! The time commitment is small, but the benefit to students and parents is huge. Make a difference – join here: https://fathersclub.org/join/. You’ll see Father’s Club out soon sharing some fist bumps and snacks with students – maybe even a few dad jokes.

If you have questions or would like to help coordinate activities this year, please contact Charles Dahm, Chairman for area schools, at 913-707-5694 or Charles.dahm@fathersclub.org. He is looking for 4 – 5 dads to help lead the chapter..

Athletics

Sportsmanship:

Blue Valley Families,

We are excited to have your families come to support our high school activities and athletics this school year. It is great to see the entire community at these events. It is imperative that our parent community partner with us as we work to encourage a positive atmosphere for our high school games or events.

Sportsmanship/officials: We want to give our student athletes the opportunity to play as many games as possible and we need officials to make those games happen. With a local and national shortage of officials, we want to make sure officials continue to choose to work Blue Valley events. The number one way we can create a welcoming environment is for spectators, coaches and student athletes to be courteous and respect the official’s decisions.
Tailgating: Tailgating before games has become a tradition for many students and families. We love to see our community gathering together to enjoy food and tailgate games in our parking lots. As a reminder, alcohol and tobacco are not allowed on district property including parking lots. Outside food and drink is not permitted inside the gates except for unopened water bottles. Please visit the concession stands and support our school groups!

Thank you for your help in making our district events a great experience for all who attend. We hope to see your family cheering for our Blue Valley teams this school year.

Matt Ortman

Director of School Administration, Athletics and Activities

Blue Valley School District

GoFan Student Tickets:

Please click the link to purchase a student pass for $40 -

https://gofan.co/app/school/KS18098.

Upcoming Events: Click here to view all athletic schedules

Once you click the link, you can select specific schedules under the “view schedules” tab on the right side of the screen.

9/26: Varsity Golf @ Sycamore Ridge

9/27: JV Golf @ Smiley’s Golf.

JV Tennis @ BVNW vs STA.

9/28: VB Jamboree @ BVNW vs BVW, BVN, and BMHS.

9/30: F,JV,V Football Jamboree @ SMN

JV/V Soccer vs BVN @ SWIDAC Turf Side

8/31: V Volleyball @ SJA vs St. Michaels

JCCC COLLEGE NOW INFORMATION
JCCC’s College Now Program is a dual or concurrent credit option for students in approved classes at BVNW. What is dual credit? When a high school student takes an approved BVNW HS class from an approved high school teacher, they have the option to earn both high school and college credit. Students must enroll separately at JCCC to earn the college credit. Please refer to a recent email that was sent regarding College Now or the BVNW Counseling Canvas course. The deadline to enroll is September 20.

BVNW College Now (JCCC) Classes

AP Pre-calc/Trig

AP English Literature (12th)

AP Calculus AB

Honors Spanish 5

AP Calculus BC

AP Spanish Language

Baker Concurrent Credit Enrollment

Baker CCP (concurrent credit program) is a concurrent enrollment option where your student attends an approved class at BVNW, and can also receive college credit through Baker University if all steps/requirements necessary for enrollment are met.

Students with a 3.0 or better GPA are eligible to enroll and do so online.

BVNW Courses with available Baker CCP credit:

AP US History - Mr. Lange (both fall & spring semesters)
AP Psychology - Mrs. Gipple (yearlong)

BV Virtual Courses with available Baker CCP credit:

AP US History – Virtual/Mr. Lange (both fall & spring semesters)
AP Psychology – Virtual/Mrs. Buffington (yearlong)
AP Macroeconomics – Virtual/Ms. Garcia (fall semester)

The deadline to enroll is September 6 for yearlong and fall semester classes.

ATTENTION Seniors & Juniors

We’re offering college visits for you to attend again this school year. Here is the list we have so far but please check back often as new schools will be added frequently. Once you sign up you will receive an email, and this will be your pass to show your teacher to be able to attend. No passes will be sent to you to attend the visits, you are responsible for keeping track of when & where the visit is happening and getting yourself there

Kansas Air National Guard

Wednesday 8/28

During lunch 11:15-1:10

NO PASS IS NEEDED FOR THIS VISIT. A table will be set up by the nurse’s office, stop by as you like

Purdue University

Wednesday 9/4

1:30