Dead End at 2:50
Darrelyn Dollar and Kyler Murphy
January 29, 2019
Filed under News, October Print
BLOCKED. Students and staff react to the new gate in the parking lot near the North entrance. Last year students and staff were able to drive behind the building and leave through the North exit, but after the new gate was added in, that option is no longer available due to the fact that the gate is...
The Spotlight: Multi-Media Edition
Hannah Cole, Managing Editor
January 25, 2019
Filed under News, Uncategorized
As the new year begins, reporters of The Spotlight explore new ways to deliver interesting content regarding the community and BV West. Social media, videos, and podcasts are all making an appearance on the BV West news webpage. Social Media Reporters are working to provide information on events in the...
Teachers Stress and Sacrifice
Natalie Lindmark, reporter
December 13, 2018
Filed under News, Uncategorized
The chatter among the halls year on year express the stress students feel that they're under, but have the students ever stopped to wonder about teachers and the stress they're put under and the sacrifices they make? With every job students have, teachers have three jobs surrounding that job. The main ...
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 ...
Oh, the Places You’ll Go
Lauren Prehn, Editor-In-Chief
November 8, 2018
Filed under News
With even a quick glance into the office of counselor Tara Lebar, a taupe colored cabinet cluttered with college magnets catches the eye. “I started this collection throughout the years [so] everytime I go on a campus visit, I try to buy a magnet,” Lebar said. “This way I can get those schools...
Voice Your Vote
Hannah Cole, Managing Editor
November 1, 2018
Filed under News
My young heart beats quickly as I approach the polling center. My hands reach up, grasping for my parents’ assurance. A sense of maturity yet youthful exuberance occupies my mind. I take a step forward into the voting booth and into the future of my country. My dad lifts me up and I carefully sel...
An Angel, Changing the World, and taking Biology 4th Period
Jewel Slemmons, 21CJ Reporter
October 8, 2018
Filed under News
The world has an angel, and she’s a high school student. Angel More is a 15-year-old junior who lives in San Carlos, Calif., and attends Menlo School. She’s like other teens in many ways, but unlike most, More swims in dark, cold, open waters before school and is setting world records for marathon swimming (and mountain climbing) to raise money for Children International, an organization that helps children around the world find a path out of poverty. More’s efforts are making headlines across the country, includi...
Homecoming Royalty 2018
Anna-Katherine Marquette, Kylie Sheline, Megan Stone, Reporters
September 9, 2018
Filed under News, Top Stories
Making a Ripple, Changing the World.
Hannah Cole, Reporter
May 21, 2018
Filed under News
Make a ripple, change the world. This is the goal of the SevenDays movement. On April 13th, 2014, Dr. William Corporon, Reat Underwood and Terri LaManno were murdered by a Neo-Nazi at the Jewish Community Center and at Village Shalom in Overland Park. This tragedy compelled Mindy Corporon, daughter...
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