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COVID-19 Testing • American Education Week • Device Info
COVID-19 Testing and Resources for BV Staff, Students and Families
Throughout this school year, Blue Valley’s priorities have been the safety of our students and keeping students in school and in person as we know this is critical to their long-term success and well-being. MAWD Labs is offering a local COVID-19 testing option that is available for students, staff and their family members. This option is available through a Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) grant provided directly to MAWD Labs.
MAWD Drive-In Testing Clinic Info
Location: 14950 Newton Drive, Overland Park, KS 66223 (Northwest of CAPS on the Blue Valley School District Campus)
Hours of Operation:
Monday-Thursday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Friday 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Please note that the MAWD Drive-In Testing Clinic is experiencing increased testing needs this week.
Testing Appointments: Call (913) 239-4371
Parent/Guardian Consent: A parent/guardian will complete a consent form and must be with the student at the drive-in clinic to give verbal permission during the first test.
Test Type: Nasal self-swab and saliva PCR tests are both offered at the clinic. Individuals should refrain from eating or drinking 30 minutes prior to the saliva testing.
Test Results: Test results are sent to the provided email/text address and to Blue Valley Health Services generally within 12-16 hours.
Thanksgiving Schedule
Closed: Nov. 24 - 27
Open: Nov. 28 from 10 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Inclement Weather Schedule
The MAWD Drive-In Testing Clinic will be closed whenever school is cancelled for inclement weather.
COVID-19 Resources
Blue Valley families can find a variety of COVID-19 resources on the district website including general COVID-19 information, community testing locations and vaccine information from Children’s Mercy.
BV Celebrates American Education Week
Missed out on the American Education Week celebrations? Follow us on social to catch all the highlights of the week.
Today our followers saw BV learning in action at Prairie Star Elementary, Oxford Middle, Blue Valley West and Aubry Bend Middle. Students were engaged in the learning experience in all classes like: social studies, science, math, english, world language, arts, and more. Check out some photos from the day. To see all photos and what the classes were learning, visit and like Blue Valley Schools on Facebook.
Prairie Star Elementary
Oxford Middle
In Ms. Main’s 6th grade science class, students were showcasing their topographic maps they created!
Blue Valley West
Device Reminders - Leaving the country
For security reasons the district blocks all inbound/outbound connections to/from foreign countries. This is due to the high number of cyber security attacks that take place against the District’s network on an hourly basis. For this reason the District cannot provide technical support or assistance to those students or staff that choose to take their Blue Valley device out of the country.
The District does NOT recommend taking any Blue Valley device out of the country:
Students and Staff will not be able to access necessary systems such as canvas, employee online, and/or email.
The District cannot secure, monitor, or keep inventory of the device while it is out of the country.
The District cannot provide remote support or security updates for the device while it is out of the country.
If students or staff feel that they have a critical need to access the District’s Network from outside of the country, they will need to do so on a personal device only, and they would need to install and use a VPN client on their personal device.
The District cannot make recommendations or provide technical assistance with the installation and/or use any VPN client on any personal device.
Students and staff must understand that there is no guarantee of successfully connecting to any of the District’s internal systems while using their personal device in or out of the country.
Parents will still be able to access their Canvas Parent account from outside the country, it is not housed on a BV server it should connect without any issues.
We are taking every precaution we can to ensure that the Blue Valley Network remains safe!
Blue Valley Schools
Email: bvinfo@bluevalleyk12.org
Website: www.bluevalleyk12.org
Location: 15020 Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park, KS 66223, USA
Phone: 913-239-4000
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BlueValleySchoolDistrict
Twitter: @BVSchools