• Buckaroo Bash ~ 1/28/23
  

• A Letter from Your Principal

• 1st Semester Grades Published 1/11

• Athletic Announcements

• Dancing with the North Stars Clinic

• Bell Schedules
  

• Finals Schedule

• Mark Your Calendar

• 8th Grade Enrollment Night ~ 1/18/23

• Counseling Updates

• Class of 2025 Announcement

• Student Announcements

• Medical Messages

• Parent Announcements

• Senior Info ~ Class of 2023

• Blue Valley 2023 Bond

• Durham Bus Information

Mustang Community,

We hope you all had a great holiday season, and we are excited as we move into the second semester of the school year! It is important to us that your student has a good beginning to the semester, and we would encourage you to discuss how they can utilize Academic Support Time (Mon-Thurs) to get help from their teachers as well as getting homework completed.

As you may be aware, over winter break, we were able to complete installation and training for a new layer of physical security at Blue Valley North. The new crisis alert system empowers all staff members to initiate a call for help. With a simple push of a button on a specialized badge, building officials are alerted to:

• Everyday events such as medical or student emergencies
• Crisis situations which require a campus-wide lockdown

We want to ensure students and staff know what to do and where to go in an emergency situation. On Monday, January 23, we will have an opportunity to conduct a lockdown lights out drill with students and staff using our new system. During the drill, students will see lights flash in every room and hallway, instructional messages pop-up on their district-provided devices, and messages over the intercom.

Thank you for your support as we strive to provide the safest learning environment possible for our students. Have a great weekend!

Dr. Tyson Ostroski

Our students had a great first semester of learning, and we continue to see the positive impacts of our learning management system, Canvas, in our classrooms. Please note this important information regarding grades and courses in Canvas.

End of Semester Information

On December 20, courses in Canvas concluded and will no longer be visible on the Canvas Parent app. A concluded course is only visible through the Canvas Website. To view concluded courses, open Canvas in a web browser, log in, and click on the Courses tab. Click View All Courses and scroll down to find the past enrollments.

Final exam scores and other individual assignment grades can be viewed in Canvas. Semester grade reports will be published in ParentVUE on Wednesday, January 11.

Need some help?

Blue Valley has a variety of resources available for parent support on the district’s Canvas web page: www.bluevalleyk12.org/canvas.

5:15-6:00 Optional Athletic Fair

Feel free to arrive anytime between 5:15-6:00 to learn about and speak with the various BVN athletic programs. Teams will have an assigned location in the commons with coaches and players available to speak about each program and distribute information. Please make sure you arrive in time to find a seat before the enrollment portion of the evening commences in the Performing Arts Center at 6:00 PM.

6:00-6:35 Enrollment Information (Performing Arts Center)

• 6:00-6:05 Welcome and Evening Overview
• 6:05-6:25 Core Class Presentations
  (ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, & World Language)
  
• 6:25-6:35 Counselor Presentations
  Graduation requirements and 4-year planning
  Enrollment in 9th-grade classes

6:45-7:45 Open House (Commons)

Departments will give short presentations in the PAC during the times listed below. Parents and students can attend the sessions in which they are interested. Between sessions, families can visit tables and talk to department representatives. When not presenting, department chairs and co-curricular representatives will be available at tables in the commons to visit with parents and answer questions.

Co-Curricular Presentations (Performing Arts Center)

• 6:45-6:55 Journalism (Yearbook, Newspaper, Broadcast)
• 6:55-7:05 Band/Choir/Orchestra
• 7:05-7:15 Performing Arts (Theatre, Debate/Forensics)
• 7:15-7:25 Business and Technology
• 7:25-7:35 Fine Arts (Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Photography, etc.)
• 7:35-7:45 FACS/Industrial Tech

FCA Meetings

FCA meets on Wednesday mornings from 7:00 - 7:30 a.m. in the Little Theatre. Come for fellowship and fun! If you have questions, please email BVN teacher, Jason Jones at JJones05@bluevalleyk12.org .

Student Support After School Program

Officer Tony Latas, BVN Student Resource Officer, and Sean Birdsong, BVN Student Support Liaison, are running a Student Support After School program. This program is Monday and Wednesday, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. in room 602. This time is for students who are routinely waiting a few hours for rides after school, having any failing grades, and/or missing assignments that need to be completed.

This is also a good opportunity for students needing community service hours. If your student is interested in volunteering or you have questions, have your student see Officer Latas, Mr. Birdsong or any BVN Administrator. Thank you!

Safe Schools Reporting

Blue Valley Schools is committed to promoting and fostering a safe environment in and around all of our schools. Through the convergence of physical and intellectual security measures, we are continuously working to prevent, mitigate, respond to and recover from a wide range of emergencies. Please check out available ways to report safety concerns.

ParentVUE URL updated -- Action Needed

Over the summer the URL for ParentVUE changed. Click here for the new URL: ParentVUE

Parents will need to have the new URL or they won’t be able to login to ParentVUE or request a password reset. The Blue Valley School District website and the BVN website have both been updated with the new URL so the parents can access the link from Parent>ParentVUE.

In addition, this also impacts the ParentVUE app. Parents will need to update their device to the correct link.

Student Digital ID Cards

Students have a digital student ID card on their phones. If you paid for a Student Activity Pass, it should say that on the ID and students will show this to get into games. They can save their ID on their home page on an iPhone, or it can be saved as a favorite page on an android phone. If students were absent on Picture Day or if they have any trouble loading the ID, they can come to Student Services for help.

Family Activity Passes

All Family Activity Passes and Adult Individual Passes have been distributed. If you paid for your Family Activity Pass by the end of the day on September 13 but haven't received it yet, the cards were sent home with your student. If you purchase a pass after September 13, you need to contact Lori Freeman, BVN Bookkeeper, to obtain your cards.

Are you moving? Have you moved?

Please contact the BVN Registrar, Suzy Doherty, by email at sdoherty@bluevalleyk12.org .

All registered Blue Valley voters will have an opportunity to vote in a no tax rate increase bond election in January 2023. Bond projects include investments in facilities, safety and technology that will benefit staff and students for years to come.

Here are a few ways to learn more about Bond 2023.

• Listen to a podcast: Take time to listen to two 15-minute podcasts about Bond 2023 & Facilities and Bond 2023 & Safety.

• Watch a video: Watch a short video that breaks down how bond funds can be used. Want to learn more? Watch an informational video that highlights the opportunity to invest in facilities, safety and technology projects through Bond 2023.

• Review the Bond 2023 website: The Bond 2023 website includes information about voting, answers to frequently asked questions and more.

• Register to vote: All registered Blue Valley voters will automatically receive a mail ballot around January 11. Not a registered voter? Register online.

Click HERE. This is a great way to see photos of the athletic teams & performing arts students, find out more about their coaches and directors, and read a greeting from the BVN Principal & the Mustang Club Presidents.

Additionally, please take note of the advertisements from our corporate partners and give them your business whenever possible. We thank them for their support of the Mustang Club and our Blue Valley North students.

North Notes is a newsletter for the parents and students of Blue Valley North High School. If you have questions, please contact Janet Roush, Assistant to the Principal, at JRoush@bluevalleyk12.org .

Office Hours are Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. The office will be closed on Monday, January 16 for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday.