The Body Issue
Hannah Cole, Editor-in-Chief
December 12, 2019
Before senior Katie Vanbeber entered high school, she remained unaware of the eating disorders and body-image issues that plague many individuals. However, as the pressures of perfection ensued, she witnessed her friends starve themselves to lose weight. "As we progressed in high school, a lot of my...
National Honor Society holds annual induction ceremony Nov. 7
Macy Saulsbury, Photographer
November 16, 2019
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Under One Roof
Kolbie Christensen and Ally Madden
October 3, 2019
It can be hard to imagine teachers’ lives outside of school. Where do they live? What do they do on weekends? Who do they live with? Three teachers and one former student teacher all work under the same roof, and as of last summer, live under the same roof. Second-year teachers Paige Lankfor...
Senior Basketball Players Leave a Legacy
Scott Riddle and Ally Madden
April 26, 2019
The senior basketball players worked tirelessly throughout the season to improve their record. The season started out strong in November in 2018, however the team faced some obstacles when 3 out of the 4 seniors were injured. Senior Matt Cairns was among the injured and expressed his excitement to ret...
Sub-Varsity Success
Brenna Morrison and Julia Tinsman
April 26, 2019
Freshman Kaitlin Meinheit, is a member of the girls C basketball team. The teams’ fourteen game winning streak gathered attention. “Our longest winning streak was fourteen games,” Meinheit said. The girls won fourteen consecutive games, which was the longest games won by the team in many year...
Jolie Barnhart
Rae Zimmerli, Editor-in-Chief
April 25, 2019
Behind every great picture is a great photographer. Senior Jolie Barnhart is Photo Editor of the BV West yearbook and though students have seen prints of her her photos all around school, many of them do not know the girl behind them. Barnhart’s love for photography started long before high school...
A Helping Paw
Natalie Lindmark and Rae Zimmerli
April 9, 2019
Katie Harris, the school social worker, already has one crucial job. A school social worker helps students with any sort of struggle that may occur in or out of school. Harris prides herself on loving her job and the students of BV West, but it is certainly a special case in the way she can connect...
A Shattering Reality
Chelsea Park, Editor-in-chief
December 13, 2018
While many are aware of the prevalence of gun violence in America, the issue is a distant reality. Shootings may seem to occur in faraway areas of the country. However, gun related incidents have affected and continue to affect members of the community. Choir teacher Kimberly Modelski and juni...
Curing S.A.D.
Kennedy Kramer, Reporter
December 13, 2018
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is characterized by major depressive episodes in the fall/winter, but few if any symptoms in the spring/summer. SAD hits teens lives hard and goes beyond sadness, even though the initials suggest otherwise. Most commonly referred to as seasonal depression, it is a type ...
Jillian Dunlay, Reporter
Throughout the large variety of extracurricular activities at BV West, one prominent passion among students is politics. There are multiple opportunities for those students...
Gabi Alexander, Kevin Glenn, and Rajneet Lehal
In the spring of 2019, social worker, Katie Harris, had a dream of organizing an event to benefit another disabled person by funding the acquisition and training of a service...
Kyler Murphy, Reporter
The statistics are staggering: 96.6 percent of Blue Valley students graduate, 90 percent take the ACT (with the highest composite score of all districts in Kansas) and the...