Dance Moves
- Gas Pedal
- Harlem Shake
- Twerking
Headline News
- The government shuts down for 16 days.
- Evidence of the use chemical warfare is discovered in Syria.
- Massive wildfire affects Yosemite National Park.
- Bomb goes off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
Newsmakers
- Miley Cyrus twerks at the VMAs — her music video for “Wrecking Ball” causes controversy.
- Royal baby, Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge, arrives.
- Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s baby is named North West.
Trending Topics
- Videos are posted on a new social media, Vine.
- Anonymous questions are given on Ask.fm accounts.
- Chevron pattern becomes popular in clothing and accessories.
- Vineyard Vines, Lilly Pulitzer and other preppy clothes reach the closets of many Blue Valley students.
Sports
- Royals’ winning percentage is .531.
- Chiefs go undefeated for nine wins.
- Sporting KC stands second in the Eastern Conference in their regular season and advances to the final match in the MLS Cup.
Top Moments at BV
- New football stadium is built and opened at Blue Valley.
- BV Relay For Life ranks 10th in nation from combined money raised.
- BV loses power at 9:45 a.m. causing school to be let out at 11:15 a.m. on Jan. 29.
- Fence is put up around mobiles — students can no longer enter the school through mobile doors.
- A controversial Tiger TV episode sparks the #freejosh movement.
