BLUE VALLEY NORTHWEST DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS Fri day, April 30, 2021 Activities FRIDAY, APR 30, 2021 Track: Varsity Meet 3:30pm Multiple Schools Blue Valley District Athletic Complex - Switzer Softball: Varsity Double Header 4:30pm Blue Valley Southwest Blue Valley District Athletic Complex - Switzer Softball: JV Double Header 4:30pm Blue Valley Southwest BV REC Field #18 ________________________________________ SATURDAY, MAY 01, 2021 Tennis: Boys Varsity EKL Tournament 9:00am Multiple Schools Blue Valley High School Swimming: Girls JV/Varsity Diving Invitational 9:00am Multiple Schools SM Aquatic Center Baseball: JV Double Header 10:00am St. James Academy BV Northwest High School Baseball: Varsity Game 11:00am Shawnee Mission-South BV District Athletic Complex - Switzer General - All School The softball program's Teacher Appreciation was held Wed. night. Eleven teachers were recognized who were chosen by the varsity team: -Freshmen Ella Burvee selected science teacher Michael Richards -Freshman Josie Grosdidier selected Spanish teacher Teresa Mustan -Freshman Elise Grosdidier selected math teacher Jamie Ballard -Freshman Danni Waller selected ELA teacher Dan Eigenberg -Junior Sammie Carey selected Math teacher Kerry Kinkelaar -Junior Shayla Edwards selected science teacher Keri Schumacher -Junior Lindsey Farthing selected Social studies teacher Matt Christensen -Senior Olivia Shin selected Special Education teacher and JV softball coach Lauren Richter -Senior Marnie Clark selected Engineering teacher Karen Stohlmann -Freshman Lainie Douglas selected Foreign language teacher Seth Turner. -Junior Brynn Grosdidier selected art teacher Melanie Mikel. The BVNW Girls Soccer team set a fundraising goal of $900 for the Global Orphan project to purchase new school uniforms for students in Malawi, Africa. They collected $741 at the Charity Night game and an additional $633 in online donations combined for a total of $1,374 in funds raised. Those funds raised purchase over 90 school uniforms which also means over 90 student lives positively impacted! The team will be presenting the proceeds of the fundraiser to Bazwell, a former graduate of that school in Malawi, at the BVNW Girls Varsity Soccer game this Thursday night (4/29). The BVNW Girls Soccer Team wants to thank all of the BVNW community who donated generously and helped make this possible. If anyone would still like to contribute, the online site is still open for additional donations at https://give.goproject.org/BVNWgirlssoccer . This year’s DECA Banquet is on Tuesday, May 11 at 6:00 PM in the PAC It is time to celebrate our DECA chapter! Join us while we highlight this year's successes, hand out State awards, recognize ICDC qualifiers, and announce our new BVNW DECA officers! All DECA students and 2 additional family members are invited. Muse Magazine 2021 is finally out! Check out all the student talent BVNW has to offer! Every year Muse members put together a new edition of Muse magazine, BVNW’s literary arts magazine, to hand out to all the students in April. Take a look through this digital version and appreciate the hard work of the contributors who submitted their work, as well as the staff who selected pieces to be published and put it together. If you haven’t gotten the hard copy of the magazine yet, get yours now before it runs out in Room 109! Check out the digital version of Muse Magazine now and see all the wonderful student talent BVNW has to offer! 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 Counseling Congratulations Congrats to the following athletes for their TOP 8 Performances at the Midseason Classic last Saturday at the DAC. Also, HUGE THANKS to the Track and Field coaches whom ran this meet off in record time. --Proud Coaches, Matt LeCount and Rex Vanbuskirk PLACE EVENT ATHLETE PLACE EVENT ATHLETE 7th 100H Emma Bartholome 7th 100m Andrew Gaffrick 3rd 300H Emma Bartholome 8th 200m Andrew Gaffrick 4th 400m Grace Kreeger 1st 800m Riley Beach 8th 110H Luke Sallman 1st 1600m Riley Beach 3rd 300H Luke Sallman 2nd 800m Laya Erickson 4th 300H Lovie Pulliam 3rd 1600m Laya Erickson 7th 800m Ethan Bessette 5th 1600m Sydney Skelton 4th 1600m Andrew Mason 1st 3200m Carolyn Thurlby 5th 1600m Nate Schemmel 8th 1600m Rachel Hostetler 3rd 3200m Sam Hurley 5th PV Nathan Cassity 5th DISC Aidan Behymer 4th SHOT Gabe Peterson 8th SHOT Aidan Behymer 7th JAV Dylan Barthol Here are the choir results from April's virtual KSHSAA State Solo and Small Ensemble festival. Please congratulate these students for their hard work in preparing for this event: I - "Superior" rating Maggie Bunch – SOLO Treble Vocal Natalie Policky - SOLO Treble Vocal Charles Vincent - SOLO Tenor/Bass Vocal Madeline Passett - SOLO Treble Vocal Matthew Gafrick - SOLO Tenor/Bass Vocal Claire Doherty - SOLO Treble Vocal ENSEMBLE - Gabrielle Beilfuss, Maggie Bunch, Christian Chamberlain, Declan Franey, Sidney Gana, Kimberly Gibson, Sam Howard, Josh Hoyler II - "Excellent" rating Hannah Hatton - SOLO Treble Vocal Luke Sallman - SOLO Tenor/Bass Vocal Here are the orchestra results from April's virtual KSHSAA State Solo and Small Ensemble festival. Please join me in congratulating these students for their hard work in preparing for this event: --Mike Arbucci I - "Superior" rating Nayyir Ahmed, 12, ensemble Genevieve Ansay, 12, cello solo Braden Bartalos, 11, violin solo Nils Casey, 9, violin solo Daniel Cheng, 11, bass solo Emma Du, 10, violin solo Ansh Singh Gugnani, 9, bass solo AND ensemble Andrew Gafrick, 10, bass solo Anusha Gampala, 11, violin solo John Gundersen, 11, violin solo Naomi James, 12, viola solo Lois Kim, 9, ensemble Alex Kirby, 10, cello solo Shreyas Krishnan, 9, violin solo AND ensemble Vishnu Kumar, 10, violin solo Josh Li, 12, violin solo Yuwen Li, 12, cello solo Jennifer Liu, 9, cello solo AND ensemble Renee Liou, 11, violin solo Lexi Jones, 9, violin solo Yeanna Moon, 11, violin solo Ryan Mulrenan, 12, violin solo Allie Pannell, 10, violin solo Cameron Quick, 12, cello solo Alex Sweeney, 9, ensemble Carolyn Thurlby, 12, bass solo Megan Wang, 9, ensemble Grace Yan, 12, cello solo Julianne Zheng, 11, violin solo II - "Excellent" rating Nayyir Ahmed, 12, viola solo Alex Cross, 9, cello solo Elliott Gasser, 9, violin solo James McBride, 9, violin solo Megan Wang, 9, violin solo Curtis Yang, 9, violin solo Comments-Only Performances (Student elected to perform without a rating) Sidney Gana, 12, viola Jared Martens, 10, cello Alex Sweeney, 9, cello Sammy Sheshappa, 9, viola Andrew Sokolovsky, 11, cello Here are the KSHSAA Solo & Small Ensemble results for band students! These students worked hard to prepare recordings and submit for ratings. We are proud of them and their hard work! -- Adam Lundine I - Superior Ratings: Ria Agarwal – flute solo Elizabeth Caine – flute solo Regan Cavin. – alto saxophone solo Marco Conti – alto saxophone solo Alex Fink – marimba solo Meredith Goldstein – clarinet solo Abbey Griffin – flute solo Hannah Jamison – clarinet solo Evan Jiang – marimba solo Evan Jiang - snare drum solo Anderson Kono – marimba solo Jackie Lee – clarinet solo Kevin Li – clarinet solo Lillian Li – oboe solo Nihith Ravikanti – euphonium solo Josh Robinson – marimba solo Lauren Ringgenberg – clarinet solo Erin Stark – alto saxophone solo Pragathi Venkatesh – bassoon solo Prithvi Venkatesh – alto saxophone solo Varsha Venkatesh – oboe solo Jane Winkler – trumpet solo Amy Winkler – flute solo Jenna Weyforth – alto saxophone solo Walter Waxman – marimba solo Percussion Ensemble – Alex Fink, Allison Kono, Evan Jiang II - Excellent ratings: Kylie Braun – clarinet solo Cameron Lynn – flute solo Preston Loucks – marimba solo Cody Peng – alto saxophone solo Mahathi Reddy – piano solo Gabby Rock – marimba solo 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. 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