The official twitter account of Blue Valley West. it is run by the administrative team. It is intended to be a platform for communication and recognition.
One of our very own BVW dads and one of our own Jaguar alums has stepped up to the plate and accepted the challenge! Are you singing this song too Jags?
#bvwfamily
#loveourdads
#onceajagalwaysajag
Our students are awesome!! All of our educators are excited to welcome back students next week, but today some students at Blue Valley West cheered our teachers back to school!
#Bvproud
@westjags
@fox4kc
We had the chance to celebrate these 10 student-athletes today at our fall signing ceremony. We are so proud of the hard work they have put in and we're excited to get to continue watching them compete at the next level. Way to go Jags!
#BVWPride
BVW is SO PROUD of Zac Johnson, he received a call today from KS Commissioner of Education, Randy Watson, sharing that he is a 2022 KS State Horizon Award Winner. The Horizon award recognizes outstanding teachers in their second year.
#BVWEXCELLENCE
CONGRATULATIONS to one of the hardest working teams at BVW.
At OMI, our BVW band took 1st in class and 1st in prelims and then brought home recognition for visual performance and the GRAND CHAMPION trophy.
Well done Jaguars, we are proud of you!!
#BVWPride
📣WE HAVE A NEW STATE CHAMPION📣
Emma Baum showed incredible GRIT this season and is heading into summer with a new 6A KS State Record and as a STATE CHAMPION.
And Jags… she just finished her sophomore season!
#BVWPride
Blue Valley West Community - please join me in congratulating Mr. Lahasky for being named today as a 2024 Milken Educator.
To say that we are PROUD is an understatement. Congratulations to Mr. Lahasky, you deserve it!
#BVWPride
Congratulations to Señor Patino, who earned his National Board Certification. Señor Patino recently shared with me that, "this is the best professional learning I have done and it's made me a better teacher".
Felicidades Señor Patino!!
Today was a great one for the Jaguars! We Celebrated the class of 2021, Baseball won the regional championship, and Girls Swim won state!
#bvwexcellence
@ Blue Valley West
❗️ATTENTION JAGUARS❗️
Your very own Annika Finzen made history yesterday. Annika won both the 200IM and the 100 breaststroke races at state making her 8 for 8 in individual state championship races in her career.
Class of 2020 by this time tomorrow night you will be walking across the stage. We are kicking off this special day a little early with a video that was made by your class officers. Sit back and relax and enjoy the look back--you have come a long way!
An awesome start to the fall season today! XC with time trials, Soccer finishes in a 2-2 tie vs. BVH and Volleyball brings home a W in a win against Mill Valley 💪
We have exciting news Jags! At yesterday’s Board of Education meeting, a recommendation was made to upgrade the activities complex on the Blue Valley West campus to include a varsity-level competition stadium,…
Jag Nation, Elinna continued to make BVW History this week at state… the first Girls State medal winner in program history! Congrats Elinna!!
Thx to
@DotteSportsPix
for capturing this moment of joy!!
HUGE Congratulations to our BVW Tennis team for winning STATE today! Congrats as well to Francisco Landeras for winning the singles state championship!
All six team members finished top four - we're already looking forward to next year!
Shoutout to 2017 BVW grad Kate Cosentino. She opened for Katy Perry last week! Does anyone else remember “Electric Lunch” concerts when Kate would jam in the commons at lunch?
#jaguarproud
#weknewyouwhen
The 2024 Senior Class had their class gift installed over break! We're looking forward to welcoming students back from Spring Break with some fresh wall wraps upstairs.
Thanks to the BVW alumni at Lettersmith Sign & Decal for helping us out!
Congratulation to our BVW Swim & Dive team on an overall 5th place finish at state today!
Junior Jack Punswick brings home a state championship in the 100breast!
Jags win! BVW 13, Harrisburg 0. Hindes picked up the W on the mound w/ 4IP,8Ks,1H(1-0). Leaders at the plate: Alvarez 3-3,2B,2RBI; Lovich 3-4,1RBI,Dew 2-4,3B,1RBI; D.Ryan 2-2,3 RBI; Rose 2-3,2B,4RBI, and the 1st 💣 of the season! BVW starts the season 1-0! Great job men!
#IGYB24
BVW staff gladly stepped out of our comfort zone to wear green today in support of our colleague and family member Kathleen and her son, the Amazing Owen! Cigich Fam, we 💚you!!
KSHSAA 6A state XC championships are today. Good luck to Brock, Quinn, Maya and Hadley as they wrap up an awesome season!
Super fans will stop at Lawrence otw to Salina today!! 🏆🏆
Run fast Jags!!!!
More state gold for
@BVWestJAGS
senior Annika Finzen, who defends her 6A 200 IM title in 2:02.40, more than 6 seconds ahead of the field.
#KSHSAACovered
Today will only be one day. We will refuse to let today’s heartbreaking news define us. We want you here JAGUARS as soon as we can get you here. Let’s come together and go all in on doing whatever we can to get…
Our Jags had a great day at state track finals!
Luke Finzen 🥈 400m
Girls 4x800 🥉
Brock Olsen - 4th and School Record in 3200m
Girls 4x400 - 6th
Well done to all of our track athletes competing!
Only minutes ago,
@KsCommissioner
called
@plankford3
to share that she had won the KS Horizon Award which recognizes excellence in second year teachers. There isn't a finer example of BVW Excellence than our Paige. We are so proud!
Blue Valley West’s Annika Finzen wins the 100 breaststroke w/ time of 1:02.12, earning her 8th individual gold medal of her career.
Blue Valley North’s Margo Hauser takes 2nd w/ 1:04.86
#KSHSAACovered
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@CapFed
Hello Midway, USA! The team has arrived in Overland Park, Kansas this morning to surprise a social studies educator at Blue Valley West High School with a $25,000 Milken Award. Congrats Alex Lahasky, you’ve just been named a Milken Educator! Upon entering Alex's 11th grade
Jag Nation: WHAT ARE YOU DOING TONIGHT??
A) Cheering on our baseball team in the STATE CHAMPIONSHIP game vs. Olathe South -6:00pm, Hoglund Stadium, Lawrence
B) Cheering on our girls soccer team in the state semi final-6:30pm, Hummer Park, Topeka.
C) Only A or B are correct
Congrats to Coach Allison and our BVW baseball players represented on this list! Well deserved recognitions for individual members of an outstanding TEAM.
@BvwBaseball31
#BVWFamily
Rishabh Barve, our NINTH GRADER, finishes 5th in the nation in Oratory at NCFL! We are SO proud of you, and of our entire amazing group of (very young) national qualifiers. The future of BVW speech and debate is very bright!!
@westjags
And in 4-Speak, the Jaguars end the tournament in 2nd place! Congrats to juniors Arya, Arnesh, Iman, Sarah, Rishabh, and Abigail on an outstanding season.
@westjags
Jags, we have a new STATE CHAMPION!!
Jack Schreiber won the 100breast event today!
Other celebrations from state swim:
Team took 5th overall
200 medley relay - 🥉
Moyer - 100 Back - 🥈
In the life of a teacher, our job never stops when we walk out the doors at the end of the school day-not talking about the grading or lesson planning here.
Two students were trying to jump their car.
@BVWRowlen
gave them a life lesson, got their car started, & sent on their way!
INF 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗵 is ready for a breakout sophomore season in 2024.
✅ Played in 19 games as a freshman last spring, hitting .294 at home
✅ Came within a triple of hitting for the cycle vs. Texas Southern
✅ 19th round pick of the
@Mets
in 2022
#MizzouNOW
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Kansas City's NWSL team
@thekccurrent
released their KC Current II roster recently, and SEVEN of the 24 players named to the roster played at Sporting Blue Valley.
Maycee Bell - DEF
Bella Field - FWD
Felicia Knox - MF
Addison Lang - MF
Mia Paugh - DEF
Syndey Watts - MF
Lydia
Jags!!! Get your carpools organized and HIT THE ROAD. Your BVW Volleyball team is playing Mill Valley at 1pm at Tony’s Pizza Event Center in Salina in the state SEMIFINAL!!
LET’S GOOOOO!!!!!
We're not done yet Jags.... After finals are over, head to Lawerence for our semifinal baseball game at 1:15 ... and check out soccer in their semifinal game in Topeka at 6:30. Let's gooooo!!!!!!
Congratulations to the following students receiving an Academic Letter!
Visit the link posted at 8 pm to view a printable format.
#bvwestclassof2020
#seniorawards
We’re missing a couple, but congrats to our novice teams who had a winning record and received a medal! Shout out to Arav/Naveen and Sai/Nick for going undefeated!
@westjags
Overland Park kid. First round draft pick. MLS Best XI. MLS Defender of the Year. MLS Cup Champion. U.S. Open Cup Champion.
@USMNT
World Cup veteran. Soon, a Sporting Legend.
Husband, father, & community icon. 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨.
#ThankYouBes
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@MattBesler