Incoming freshmen share their thoughts on orientation, Freshman Class Day
September 9, 2013
Blue Valley welcomed the class of 2017 on Aug. 14 for freshmen orientation. During this time, BV’s new students were given the opportunity to walk through their schedule, locate their classrooms, and visit their teachers for around five minutes.
Freshmen Tessa Campbell said she was anxious to come to school for the first time.
“I was nervous,” she said. “But I am pretty sure everyone was.”
Campbell said without her friends by her side, it made her first day uncomfortable.
“It [was] very awkward especially if you were walking by yourself and don’t have any friends around you,” she said. “[But] its a pretty good school.”
There to help direct the incoming freshmen was BV’s Tiger Mentors. Positioned around the school, mentors were there to offer their help and direction of the school. Mentor senior Ariba Ahmad said she thought the day was successful.
“I think it really helped the freshman get their bearings and get an idea of how high school would play out,” she said.
On the following Friday, BV hosted their annual class picnic featuring Mix 93.3 disk jockey Steve Serrano. Serving pizza and cookies for lunch, the entire school made their way to the new stadium. During the picnic, students were able to watch the band and drill team perform, as well as the cheerleaders, and participate in the traditional class competition, lead by principal Scott Bacon.
Freshman Abby Boman said she looks forward to being a Tiger.
“I am very excited to be a tiger at Blue Valley High School because Mr. Bacon is really cool and we are really spirited,” she said. “I love school spirit.”
To end the day, freshmen met up with their mentors in the gymnasium to participate in relay races and games.
“[We] just [played] get-to-know-you games,” she said. “Activities that helped the kids loosen up and [bring] a little competition into it.”
Campbell said she enjoyed the games, but thought there could have been some improvements.
“I thought the freshmen day was fun if you participated,” she said. “I feel like if there was more opportunities and [if] more people could have participated, it could have been better.”
Raine Andrews is a senior this year and is the co-photo editor of the Tiger Print. She is enjoys reading and photography. Raine is a part of the BV cross...
![Recently choir students performed their second annual cabaret, however elements of this show is a little different than the previous event.
Senior directors Ann Vasa, Erika Kolseth, Ann Heitman (slide 5) and Jonah Kahn had to make modifications such as wearing BV district-approved masks, choreographed social distancing, and cleaning every mic after use due to the coronavirus.
“It was actually fun [despite] having to adjust the way we would normally do things because of COVID,” Heitman said.
Not only were changes made for health purposes, but this year’s cabaret displayed a wider array of show-tunes. Junior Hadley Way (slide 1), holds her hair up straight while rapping “Cabinet #2”.
“In choir, we normally sing classical music or Broadway songs,” Way said. “Being able to rap Hamilton and portray Lin Manuel’s character on the stage brought out a different side of performing that makes me engage the audience and have fun rather than worry about the right notes.”
With a less restrictive shift in health protocols, cabaret was able to perform in the PAC with 50% capacity.
“It was the first show the upperclassmen got to be a part of,” Heitman said. “It was so different than anything else we’ve done before which I think made it memorable and a fun experience.”](https://bvtigernews.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
