North Notes

Class Day was this morning at Blue Valley North as we kicked off our Senior Celebrations. Parents, senior teachers and special guests joined us. Class Day is the first half of our graduation ceremony. Parents enjoyed a senior processional into the gym followed by senior speeches, amazing performances, awards and celebrations.

The Graduation date for the Class of 2024 is May 19th at 1:00 p.m. Commencement will be held at the Switzer District Activity Complex, 135th & Switzer in Overland Park. *In case of inclement weather, a ticketing system will be implemented and the ceremony will move indoors to the BV West gymnasium, same date & time. All seniors and their parents should have received an email on 5/8 with information about how to get your 6 free tickets on GoFan, using your senior's student ID number as the access code. Watch your email for updates, as we will be sure to communicate that decision as soon as we receive it.

Here is the 2024 graduation livestream link: https://vimeo.com/event/4251858/2f03e0f515.
The livestream will begin 30 minutes prior to our Commencement ceremony.

All fees must be paid and materials returned to North in order to receive your diploma. Check StudentVue/ParentVue and confirm zero balance. In addition, All Senior meal accounts must be positive or have a $0.00 balance before graduation. Parents--please log into Linq Connect to complete the following tasks:

1. Remove any recurring payments set up for Senior meal account in early May.

2. Transfer any positive senior balance to younger siblings after last Senior class day

or transfer funds from younger sibling to senior to bring negative balance to $0.

3. Contact Linq Connect help desk at 1-888-464-5467 for any issues logging into the website or app

After graduation, Food & Nutrition Services will email parents of all seniors who do not have younger siblings with payment/refund options based on their senior's meal account balance.

LAST DAY TO ORDER PROJECT GRAD TICKET IS TODAY, MAY 17!
We want to ensure every senior can attend the event so we have extended the deadline. Buy your ticket TODAY at this link, be sure to select 1 in the quantity dropdown box: https://bvnpbc.membershiptoolkit.com/form/m/277632

If you need financial assistance to purchase your Project Grad ticket, please contact your administrator, counselor or social worker at BVN to arrange.

No physical/digital ticket is required -- graduates who purchase a ticket will simply check-in at the event.

The end of the second semester is nearly here. Our students have had a great semester of learning and we continue to see the positive impacts of our learning management system, Canvas, in our classrooms. As we gear up for the end of the semester, please take note of the important information below regarding grades and courses in Canvas.

End of Semester Information

At the end of the day on Friday, May 24th, courses in Canvas will conclude and will no longer be visible on the Canvas Parent app. A concluded course is only visible through the Canvas Website. To view Past Enrollment courses open Canvas in a web browser, log in, and click on the Courses tab. Click View All Courses and scroll down to find the past enrollments (directions linked here).

Second-semester Report Cards will be published in ParentVUE on June 6th.

Need some help?

Blue Valley has a variety of resources available for parent support on the district’s Canvas web page, www.bluevalleyk12.org/canvas.

Are you a student who is in the class of 2025 or class of 2026 and have a 3.5 GPA or higher? Are you interested in being a candidate for National Honor Society induction in the fall? If so, please read on. Students need 40 hours of community service from January 1, 2024 through September 30, 2024. These hours must come from non-profit 501c3 organizations. We will not count hours such as walking dogs, babysitting a neighbor, helping someone move, tutoring, volunteering at country clubs etc. Students should already be on x2VOL, the platform that tracks hours, and should be recording and verifying hours on this online platform. An individual from the organization must verify hours with an email that is from a .org email address. Look online for opportunities that are posted on the x2VOL website. If you are questioning if hours count as community service, please contact Mrs. Cornelius and Mrs. Stein to get prior authorization.

Information will be sent out in the fall. But, tentative dates for the initial information meeting is Wednesday, September 19, at 3:00 p.m. in the PAC and Thursday, September 2,0 at 8:00,a.m. in the PAC. Attendance at one of these two dates is mandatory! We will hand out all information to students at this meeting. Other than community service hours, students are not working on anything else before this meeting.

Mandatory induction practice is Monday, November 4, 2024, at 7:00,a.m. and Mandatory Induction Ceremony is Monday November 6, 2024 at 6:30..pm. Family is welcome to attend the induction ceremony! Mark your calendars!

Feel free to reach out to Ms. Cornelius (acornelius@bluevalleyk12.org) or Mrs. Stein (sistein@bluevalleyk12.org) with any questions. Thanks!

Click on this link for all NHS information:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tc2fEZe4ZDztC5ljcr7u2GZn4O_rIkbH/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117665179597290868537&rtpof=true&sd=true

The artwork of Siena Masillonis, BVN junior, will soon grace the hall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. On Saturday, US Rep. Sharice Davids announced Siena Masilionis as winner of her annual art competition. Masilionis titled her piece “A Dream Realized.” It depicts her friend, Jack, setting a personal record during a swim meet earlier this year. Masilionis used chalk pastels and colored pencils to create her work.

“Siena, who’s the winner this year, took a trip out to Washington, D.C., as a child and saw the art displayed at the Congressional Art Competition and literally told her mom, ‘I want my art to be displayed one day,’ and then she won the Congressional Art Competition this year,” Davids said. Siena and her parents will be attending the award ceremony in Washington, D.C. in June.

Nearly every congressional district in the country hosts an art competition.

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If your student is a rising junior for the 2024-25 school year, and taking A.P. U.S. History, please to the the BVN website > click on Library and it will take you to the BVN Library Media Center website. The A.P. U.S. History Summer Assignment will be posted there.

The format of the summer assignment is similar to what you will be required to complete for each unit of study starting in August. In addition to question requirements, choose a notes format to take notes as you listen and read to help you prepare for your first exam. If you have any questions about these assignments, please contact us immediately at jsmajda@bluevalleyk12.org, Mr. Smajda, and ebenson@bluevalleyk12.org , Mrs. Benson.

All answers must be typed using complete sentences in paragraph format. It is required that you use your own words while incorporating specific examples into your answers that you can evaluate and analyze as part of your response. The assignment is divided into 7 days as a suggestion, but you can complete the work in whatever time frame works for you. The work is DUE THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS! Turnitin and the new AI Plagiarism Checker will be used to prevent plagiarism and/or shared or recycled answers. Plagiarism and/or any use of AI will result in a zero for all participating parties and a level change out of the course.

SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES | There are a ton of summer opportunities available to students! Information about summer programs such as Girls Who Code, Boys State, Girls State, US Sentate Internships, Pre-College Summer Programs, Science Days, and more! These opportunities can be found on the BVN Counseling Canvas page under Job Opportunities and Community Service.

We have recently been alerted of a mistake/omission in the 2024-2025 Course Description Guide that was shared with all BV 8th Grade families during High School enrollment in January.

The omission: All music classes were left off of the listing of courses which fulfill the 1.0 Fine Arts Graduation Requirement.

Rest assured that all music classes fulfill this Fine Arts Requirement, and most are repeatable for credit to fulfill any of the 6.5 credits of required electives.

The district is working to fix the error in the CDG. For your reference, here is a list of all courses that satisfy the fine arts credit.

If your child would like to enroll in a music class, or if you have any questions about fitting music classes into their schedule, please reach out to your assigned counselor. Our counseling staff is wonderful and will adjust schedules to ensure students get to experience the excellent music courses offered at Blue Valley North.

BVN Counselors:

Terri Newman (TNewman@bluevalleyk12.org): Last Names A-Co

Catalina Donnelly-Vazquez (CNDonnellyVazquez@bluevalleyk12.org): Last Names Cr-He

Catie Bosch (CBosch@bluevalleyk12.org): Last Names Hi-Mi

Linda Hardy (LKHardy@bluevalleyk12.org): Last Names Mo-Sh

Amanda Levin (Alevin@bluevalleyk12.org): Last Names Si-Z

May 19 - Graduation at 1:00 p.m. (See Seniors for information)

May 22 - Finals H1: 7:35 - 8:55; H2: 9:05 - 10:25; School dismissed at 10:25 a.m.

May 23 - Finals H3: 7:35-8:55; H4: 9:05-10:25; H5: 10:35-11:55; School dismissed at 11:55 a.m.

May 24 - Finals H6: 7:35 - 8:55; H7: 9:05 - 10:25; School dismissed at 10:25 a.m.

May 24 - Last Day of School

May 27 - Memorial Day / BVN is closed

Upcoming All School Events

All BVN events, activities, sporting events and additional calendar adjustments are found on the EKL calendar: www.easternkansasleague.org

Click here for the 2023/2024 Blue Valley School District Calendar.

Schedule of Final Exams -- May 22-24

The Spring 2024 Final Exam Schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 Hours 1 & 2 Finals

7:35-8:55 am Hour 1

9:05-10:25 am Hour 2

Thursday, May 23, 2024 Hours 3, 4 & 5 Finals

7:35-8:55 am Hour 3

9:05-10:25 am Hour 4

10:35-11:55 pm Hour 5

Friday, May 24, 2024 Hours 6 & 7 Finals

7:35-8:55 am Hour 6

9:05-10:25 am Hour 7

Testing is an integral part of the curriculum. Summative final exams are required at the end of the semester in every course that is taken for credit. The staff of BVN has developed a finals schedule that is most conducive to students doing their best on the tests so we can truly assess what students have learned. Finals are given on assigned days.

Any deviations from the schedule must be approved by Dr. Cory Cox. If your student is unable to attend any of their finals, have your student pick up an Alternate Finals form from the Student Services office. Please email Dr. Cox (ccox@bluevalleyk12.org) with an explanation of the reason your student will need to be absent on any of the above dates.

When emailing the BVN Attendance Office, please use attendancebvn@bluevalleyk12.org .

If you send an email to any specific staff member's BV email address, it may not be read.

• Write a note (student's name, ID#, reason, date & time of pick up, sign it, list your cell #, and note if your student be returning). Your student should give it to the attendance office (in main office) on their way into BVN.
• With 2 hours notice, email attendancebvn@bluevalleyk12.org with these details.
• Last resort, with 2 hours notice, call the attendance office at 913.239.3001.

All DAY Absence reporting options:

• Enter your student's all-day absence in ParentVUE.
• Email attendanceBVN@bluevalleyk12.org with the details noted above.
• Last resort, call BVN attendance office at 913.239.3001. Please know there can be up to 70 VM messages and it takes several hours to listen to them and process your request.

Streaming on District Devices

In an effort to reduce distractions in the learning environment for all of our students, beginning on March 19, 2024, all high school students will have streaming services blocked on district devices (examples include: Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video etc.). YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music will still be allowed.

Are you moving? Have you moved?

Please contact the BVN Registrar, Ann LaGrange, by email at ALLaGrange@bluevalleyk12.org.

Immunization News

11th grade required vaccine clinics DHE will be hosting over the summer. There will have 4 clinics in Olathe and 2 clinics in Mission. DHE will provide 7th and 11th grade required vaccines at all clinics.

Attention: Rising 11th grade parents

All 16-year-old students in 11th grade for the 2024-2025 school year are required to have their updated booster of MCV4 meningococcal immunization before the start of the school year on August 16, 2023. Please E-mail any updates to your student’s immunization record to Nurse Collichio at ajcollichio@bluevalleyk12.org. Students who are not compliant will be excluded from school starting August 16, 2024.

Graduating 12th grade parents: All graduating 12th graders will receive a complete copy of their immunization profile that was on file with the school. This document is very vital to hang on to. It is recommended that this immunization profile is kept with important documents such as social security cards and birth certificates.

Exclusion letters will be mailed at the end of April to all parent/guardians of students who are not compliant with the Kansas State required immunizations.

Click on this link to review these recommendations:

Disease and Symptom Exclusion Recommendations/Regulations 2024

https://www.bluevalleyk12.org/health

Thank you so much for keeping your student and our school healthy!

Need to speak with the nurse?

If you need to speak with the nurse, please e-mail ajcollichio@bluevalleyk12.org to set up an appointment.

Please take a look through the BVN Mustang Club's new Spring Activity Guide! Here is a link to the on-line edition:https://anyflip.com/qzkqi/ecij/

This is a great way to see photos of the athletic teams & performing arts students, find out more about their coaches and directors, and read a greeting from the BVN Principal & the Mustang Club Presidents. Please take time to see the advertisements from our corporate partners and give them your business whenever possible. We thank them for their support of the Mustang Club and our Blue Valley North students. Enjoy!

The Mustang Club needs several vital roles filled for the upcoming 2024-25 school year. Please, please consider helping, or even better, recruit a friend to do a job together! Without your help, it is not possible to continue providing the same level of support to our BVN students.

Looking to get more involved in the BVN Community and help keep our Parent Board as the strongest in Blue Valley?? We have THREE open positions on our Board for next year! Please reach out to Heather Glenn at bvnpbcpresident@gmail.com today for more information.

Volunteer Positions:

Future Concessions Chair: Learn the ropes from the current Concessions Chair and help manage BVN concessions. Fun opportunity to work with student and parent volunteers and help raise funds for student activities! This person(s) would become the Concessions Chair for the 2025-2026 school year.

Future Buckaroo Bash Chair: Buckaroo Bash is coming back in the Fall! We are expecting this parent party event to be bigger and better than ever! Shadow the current Buckaroo Bash Chair in preparation to take over the party planning for the 2025 school year.

Homecoming Parade Chair: The BVN Homecoming Parade is a fun "block-party" type of event. Help organize floats, food trucks, pep rally, bonfire and fireworks. The parade is a well-oiled machine and already has all the contacts for vendors. We just need someone to execute!

Senior Events: Coordinates balloon arch and greenery on the stage for Class Day. Arranges for the inflatables and create a Signup for volunteers/food for Senior Celebration Day.

We are seeking to fill the Spirit Wear Coordinator position and need this volunteer to get designs going now in anticipation of next school year. There are other positions needed too. Any interested parents can contact Heather Glenn, The Mustang Club President, at bvnpbcpresident@gmail.com for more information.

And remember, The Mustang Club has been in existence supporting BVN for many years – it runs smoothly and efficiently – therefore, none of these positions are super demanding and all would be a great way to get involved!

Thank you for your consideration!

Durham will continue to transport our bus riders in the 2023/2024 school year. If you have questions, please call Durham at 913-681-2492 or contact them via email at admin6700@durhamschoolservices.com.

North Notes is a newsletter for the parents and students of Blue Valley North High School. If you have questions, please contact Janet Roush, Assistant to the Principal, at JRoush@bluevalleyk12.org .

The BVN Main Office is opened Monday - Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

BVN will be closed on Monday, May 27, in honor of Memorial Day.

Summer hours begin on May 28: Monday - Thursday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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@TheKurle

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Email: Jroush@bluevalleyk12.org
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Phone: (913) 239-3000
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