BLUE VALLEY NORTHWEST DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS Thur sday, April 15, 2021 Activities THURSDAY, APR 15, 2021 Golf: Boys Varsity Dual 3:00pm Blue Valley Southwest Country Club of Leawood Baseball: JV Double Header 4:00pm Blue Valley Blue Valley District Athletic Complex - Switzer Baseball: C Team Double Header 4:00pm Blue Valley Blue Valley High School Soccer: Girls JV Game 4:30pm Blue Valley Southwest Blue Valley District Athletic Complex - Switzer Soccer: Girls C Team Game 4:30pm Blue Valley Southwest Blue Valley Northwest High School Baseball: Varsity Game 5:00pm Shawnee Heights Bettis Family Sports Complex Soccer: Girls Varsity Game 6:30pm Blue Valley Southwest Blue Valley District Athletic Complex - Switzer General - All School Hey Seniors! Looking for another scholarship opportunity?! Check out the Senior Legacy Scholarship posted in the BVNW Student page (on canvas under announcements). Applications for a 500 dollar legacy scholarship are now being accepted through Tuesday, April 19th. Please make sure to complete the full application and submit it to the office before the deadline. If you have any questions, reach out to Mrs. Warren in room 401 or send her an email at [email protected]. Join Colorguard! Clinics are April 12-15 Morning clinics: 6:45 am - 7:30 am Afternoon clinics: 3:15 pm- 4 pm No dance or music experience required! pick one of these sessions to attend each day All sessions will be held in the BVNW Main Gym Contact [email protected] for more information. BVNW girls soccer team promotes charity event April 15th The BVNW girls soccer team is promoting a charity event next Thursday night (4/15) at the Varsity and JV home game against Blue Valley Southwest. Please consider donating in person or online! https://give.goproject.org/BVNWgirlsoccer Any SENIOR interested in participating in our Athletic Signing Ceremony on Thursday, May 13th, please see Mr. Hilton or Mrs. Hoffmeister in the office. Blue Valley’s 2021 graduations to be held at the district activities complex: BVNW – Saturday, May 22 8:30pm (rain date is Tuesday, May 25 at 5:30pm) Meetings JV and Varsity Girls soccer players: There will be a short meeting in room 111 at 2:45 today. Counseling Congratulations The Express took first place in the newspaper special edition division in the National Scholastic Press Association’s Best of Show Spring Contest. This was for the newspaper’s February issue on race. Individual national honors were won by: Senior Allison Dragoo, eighth place in Yearbook Design Sophomore Ashlyn Van Horn, sixth place in Yearbook Design Seniors Izze Lentfer and Bella Rinne, fifth place in Podcast Senior Ella Hutnick, fourth place in Editorial Leadership Congratulations to KAY Service club newly elected Board Members for the 21-22 school year. These new board members will begin their duties after their induction at the KAY end of year celebration on Sunday April 18. All KAY members are invited to this celebration in Atrium at 5:30pm. KAY Service Club 2021-2022 Board Members Co-Presidents: Julianne Zheng Lillian Li Service: VP: Aiyan Sanjanwala Yeanna Moon Directors: Daniel Moon Sai Narayan Communication: VP: Arisha Vishnani Social Media Director: Gautham Shankar Recreation: VP: Sriya Annem Directors: Nabeel Ahmad Abbie Kratofil Recording Secretary: Kusuma Murthy Accounting Secretaries: Nihith Ravikanti Emily Natanova Treasurer: Sree Nagaraj New Head Wrestling Coach - Pending BOE Approval Pending BOE Approval, The Blue Valley Northwest Athletic Department is proud to announce the hiring of Zack Orrick as the new Head Wrestling Coach. Coach Orrick becomes only the 2nd Head Wrestling Coach in the history of the BVNW High School Wrestling Program after taking over after the retirement of Coach Tim Serbousek. Read more… The BVNW Track and Field team had another fantastic performance at the Blue Valley Relay’s on Friday April 9th. Boys Results: - In the Boys 1600 Meter Run, Nate Schemmel placed 3rd with a time of 4:39 - The 4x 100 Meter Relay Team placed 3rd with a time of 45.09 - The 4 x 110 Meter Shuttle Hurdle Relay Team placed 3rd with at time of 1:15 - The 4 x 200 Meter Relay Team placed 2nd with a time of 1:35 - The Distance Medley Relay Team placed 2nd with a time of 11:15 - Nathan Cassidy placed 4th in the pole volt - Gabe Peterson placed 2nd in shot put and 3rd in discuss - Dylan Barthol placed 3rd in the Javelin throw Girls Results: - Emma Bartholome placed 2nd in the 300 Hurdles with a time of 50.05 - The 4 x 800 Meter Relay Team placed 1st with a time of 10:08 - The Distance Medley Relay Team Placed 1st with a time of 13:01 Make sure to congratulate these athletes for a job well done! – Lora Warren http://instagram.com/bvnwnews http://bvnwnewsphotos.smugmug.com/ http://twitter.com/bvnwnews http://facebook.com/bvnwnews http://bvnwnewsphotos.smugmug.com/ Inclusion statement: Blue Valley Northwest values every individual and the diversity they bring to our community. Everyone shall be treated fairly in language and in action without regard to race, religion, national origin, financial status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. We students, parents and staff, will hold each other accountable to this mission. Follow BVNW on: https://www.facebook.com/bluevalleynorthwest https://twitter.com/BVNW https://www.instagram.com/bvnw_huskies/ .