Blue Valley Northwest

I am honored to be your principal this year and am looking forward to a fantastic year! I hope this email finds you enjoying the final weeks of summer break. I am excited for the 24-25 school year and look forward to welcoming our students back for their first full day of school on Tuesday, August 13th!

We have several new faces on our administrative team this year:

• Assistant Principal - Curriculum & Instruction: Mr. Jeff Aman

• Assistant Principal - Athletic Director: Mr. Michael Richards

• Administrative Consultant (more info about this position is below): Mr. Gary Howard

They’ve been working hard to help us kick off the 24-25 school year! You can learn more about our administrative team on our website: https://www.bluevalleyk12.org/Page/35602.

To view our bell schedule and our odd, even and all block days, please see below.

Finally, be looking for our newsletter each Friday afternoon! Our newsletter is intended to provide you with the most current information regarding all things BVNW! This year, we will be splitting it up into 3 sections: New Information, To Do This Week, and Repeating Information. We know that we share a lot of information each week and we hope this helps you digest it!

As always, if you have any questions, please contact our front office at 913-239-3400.

Sincerely,

Leah Vomhof

BVNW Principal

August Block/Traditional Schedule Rotation:

24-25 Bell Schedule:

Our bell schedule for this year is linked here. There were no changes to it from last year’s bell schedule.

BVNW Administrative Consultant:

We are excited to welcome our new administrative consultant, Mr. Gary Howard, to our Husky team. As our administrative consultant, Mr. Howard will be working closely with our team to enhance school operations, support our fantastic staff and foster a positive and enriching learning environment for all our students. We’re excited about the valuable insights and enthusiasm Mr. Howard brings to our school. Please join me in welcoming Mr. Howard to our BVNW community!

View 24-25 Student Schedules:

Schedules will be live for students to view on August 9th at 3:00 p.m. Families will need to complete online registration before students can view their schedules on StudentVue/ParentVue.

Student Parking Pass Pick-Up:

Please note the dates for students to pick up their BVNW parking pass: August 7th & 9th, 8:00-11:00 a.m. and August 6th & 8th, 12:00-3:00 p.m. in the BVNW Commons.

Attendance Notifications:

New attendance alert options available for BVNW families.

Every day BVNW opens its doors to students for a day filled with learning. When a student does not arrive at school, or unexpectedly misses a portion of the school day, we are concerned and want to make sure you are aware that your child is absent.

Beginning Wednesday, August 14th, BVNW will be notifying families of unexpected absences through email, phone, text and optional push notifications. Husky families can expect automated attendance messages by email, phone and text at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. if a child is absent and his/her absence has not already been reported by a parent/guardian. It is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to call the school to report an absence, report the absence online or reply to the automated email or phone message.

Families who would also like a push notifiation can download the ParentVUE app and manage their notifications. If a child has an unreported absence when a teacher submits attendance, then a push notification will immediately be sent to the parent/guardian's mobile device. Push notifications will continue throughout the day until the child’s absence is reported/excused, meaning a family could receive multiple push notifications as attendance is typically taken with each class period.

Interested in push notifications? Simply download the ParentVUE app (iTunes app store or Google Play), enable push notifications in device settings and select attendance notifications through in-app settings.

Athletics Updates:

• Fall sports begin 8/19/24:

• If you have questions about specific fall sports and their practice schedules, please have your athlete talk to the head coach the 1st week of school.

• Girls Tennis- Coach Fluis. Girls Golf- Coach Meacham. Cross Country- Coach Marriot. Soccer- Coach Pollack. Football- Coach Rider

• Welcome to BVNW: Mrs. Meredith Dubill joined the BVNW front office this summer. Meredith will be supporting Athletics. Her email is MJDubill02@Bluevalleyk12.org.

• New BVSD contract with 810 Sports!

• Click here to view story

• Fall Sports Parent Meeting: If you have not received communication regarding your athlete’s fall sport parent meeting, dates will be communicated soon!

• Fall Schedules: The athletic department is currently working through all the fall athletic calendars to ensure they are accurate. Feel free to view schedules on the EKL website. If you do not see the schedule you are looking for, it is “under construction.”

• Physicals/rSchool Registration: ALL student athletes need to complete the rSchool registration AND have a valid physical uploaded PRIOR to participating. Click here for instructions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GNYGOUOCf9QUCN893KOZJWKLh1mgDXYHDfVJxMfk22s/edit#heading=h.fy0q0hyrn6x

Activities Updates:

• All school activities can now be found on the EKL website. This is new!

• Welcome to the Activities department, Miss Grace Rich! Miss Rich will be serving administration in the areas of activities, clubs, and graduation. Her email is gerich02@bluevalleyk12.org.

Schedule repair process information:

Blue Valley Northwest students will be able to make schedule “repairs” during the first 3 days of the Fall Semester if they meet the following parameters:

1. The student completed a full schedule of course requests along with four alternates AND 2. The student has a “see counselor” on their schedule.

3. The student was placed in a class that was not listed among their selections as alternates.

If the student's circumstance meets the above criteria, the student should reach out to their counselor during the scheduled repair window at the beginning of the semester.

Why did the district change? We changed to this process for the 23-24 school year and we understand this is a shift from previous “schedule change” practices prior to 2023; however, the stability of the first week is important to student success throughout the semester.

Each school’s Master Schedule is built upon the numbers generated during our spring enrollment period. When significant changes are made in August, classes can become imbalanced, which may result in larger class sizes for your student.

ORDER spirit wear; PREORDER Class tee shirts from The Dawg House!

The Dawg House is our student run school store at Blue Valley Northwest. In addition to spirit wear, BVNW novelty items, and optional PE uniforms, this website is where families can preorder class t-shirts for homecoming. It is a tradition to wear the grade's color during homecoming week. These class shirts are also a fundraiser for the classes.

All orders (aside from class shirts) will be packaged at the start of school and will be available for pick up by the end of August.

Class shirts are a pre-order and will be ready right before homecoming week. Thanks for supporting The Dawg House.

Check out the site here: https://bvnwdawghouse-553214.square.site/

Safety Expectations: Food Deliveries (ex: DoorDash, GrubHub, Uber Eats, etc.)

We began utilizing these procedures/guidelines during the 22-23 school year and and we will continue with them this school year.

Food delivery services create a disruption to the learning environment and pose a potential security concern. We will not accept meals delivered by paid delivery services during the school day for students. These deliveries will be refused.

For high school, we ask that students returning from appointments or CAPS/Career Ready Programs enjoy their food purchased off site before returning to the school.

Staff members will be able to order food for student clubs and groups with administrator approval. (Tight delivery protocols will be followed to ensure safety.)

• Complete registration for your student. Log in and click the registration tab to begin.

• Register for athletics and upload physical paperwork

• Click the link to view instructions regarding registration and uploading paperwork

• Please complete prior to the start of your athlete’s season.

• Parking Pass Pickup--BVNW COMMONS

• August 7th & 9th, 8:00-11:00 a.m.

• August 6th & 8th, 12:00-3:00 p.m.

• August 8 - New Husky student and parent/guardian meeting, 6:00 pm @ BVNW

• August 12 - Freshmen first day, 7:35-10:30 am

• August 12 - New 10-12 grader orientation, 11:00-12:30 pm

• August 13 - First day of school

• August 13-15th - Schedule Repair Window (must meet district guidelines).

• August 15 - Final day for students to drop a course (after this date, you are responsible for the course fee)

• August 21 - Back to School Night - Click here for the schedule and a map of the school.

• August 23 - School pictures (during ELA classes)

• Oct. 17 - School picture retakes/Senior last chance photos

More details will be shared soon about these events.

Registration Is Open!

This is a reminder that high school registration for the 2024-25 school year is open.

You may have already completed registration for your elementary and middle school students, and now it is time to register your high school student(s) too. Registration is required annually and is the time to update your student’s information and pay fees. Simply log in and click the registration tab to begin.

To register your child, you must:

• Know ParentVUE login: You will need your ParentVUE login/password to complete registration. Need help figuring out your login/password? Call the front office of your oldest child’s school for assistance.

• Review/Update Information: Registration is the time to review/update information about your child, including phone, email, emergency contacts, health data, etc.

• Pay Fees: Families have access to pay all required and optional fees except second-semester course fees.

Please note that Student/Family/Individual/Feeder Activity Passes are not available for purchase during registration. Watch your email for more information about how to purchase these passes in August.

Additionally, please see our checklist linked here for more registration and back-to-school information.

Thank you for taking the time to register your child and provide important information BVNW needs to plan for the 2024-25 school year.

Website: https://www.bluevalleyk12.org/bvnw
Location: 13260 Switzer Rd, Overland Park, KS 66213
Phone: (913) 239-3400