… That There’s A Hidden Party Locker

The best rumors come “through the grapevine,” which is just how Freshman Nate Hicks heard about this crazy rumor.
“I’ve heard that in one of the lockers at this school there’s a secret party room,” he said. “You basically open a locker, you go in, and then there’s just a big hangout area.”
Just as most rumors come to surface from anonymous sources, Hicks doesn’t know the direct origin of the party room myth.
“I heard it from a big group of people. I don’t know who was there but they were just talking,” he said.
Hicks built on to the rumor and shared what he imagined would be inside the room.
“I feel like there’d be like a whole bunch of like lights and stuff, and pizza, drinks, [and a] few arcade games.”
Hicks has high hopes for this locker myth.
“I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if [there was a secret locker]. I really do hope it’s true though.”
The senior reacting to this freshmen rumor was Juju Mayers.
“That’s extremely false,” Mayers said. “No one uses lockers and they’re all connected directly to a classroom or wall.”
Though she debunked the fantasy, Mayers also wished that it did exist.
“Honestly yeah I feel like it’d be so helpful to just like to ease your mind [when] school gets overwhelming.”

… That There’s Phantoms In The Toilet

There’s always that spooky bathroom that makes you want to run in and straight out as soon as you can. For freshman Ella Whitehair, that’s the 200 hall bathrooms.
“I’ve heard that the bathroom in the 200 [hall] is haunted, [and] yes I think it’s true,” she said. “Apparently there’s like screams in the toilet [from] ancestors that used to go to Blue Valley.”
Although coming to that conclusion on her own would be understandable, the rumor started from the upperclassmen.
“Well, I haven’t heard [the screams myself], I’ve just heard about it from the Tiger Mentors–– all of them, every single one,” Whitehair said.
In response to Whitehair’s statement, Tiger Mentor, senior Catherine Li added her thoughts.
“I would [it’s] say partially true,” she said. “The 200 bathroom isn’t haunted but the ones near the PE stalls are. [Freshmen] think it’s the 200 hallway because right next door is the anatomy classroom [where] they sometimes slice open bodies.”
In contrast to what Whitehair testified about the Tiger Mentors, Li denied the statement.
“I think the freshman is delusional and having visions,” she said.

… That BVH is the Drug School?

The rumor that Freshman Rameen Zaidi heard as she entered high school was that Blue Valley High was the “drug school” in the district. Zaidi said she heard it from a variety of sources.
“[I heard] just from people at other Blue Valley High Schools,” she said. “[And] my tiger mentor said ‘you shouldn’t use the 200 bathrooms– people use those to go do drugs.’”
Zaidi does not use the restrooms at school and doesn’t plan on it.
“I haven’t used any bathrooms at school, they’re gross,” she said. “[But] yes I would avoid the 200 hall [even if I did].”
Zaidi said she does not know if the saying is true or not but it seemed the rumor would be debunked.
She said, “No one’s ever come up to me and been like ‘do you want drugs’ so…”
That is the rumor that Zaidi heard but upperclassmen know that out of the BV district, BVH is not the one to worry about. Senior Lincoln Dahl gave a simple response to the freshman.
“​​No, [drugs] really aren’t that big of an issue here as it is in other schools,” he said. “Obviously, there are people that do it, but not as prevalent.”

… That High School Is Difficult

Freshman Clinton Hellwig was told one valid rumor that High School work is much more demanding than Middle School’s.
Hellwig said, “[I’ve heard] it’s a lot tougher [and] harder than what you’re used to from my friends and their siblings and my siblings too.”
He said that currently, in the beginning of the school year, he doesn’t feel the rumor in full action.
“So far [classes are] kind of [tough] but also not really,” he said. “Some are harder but some are a lot easier.”
However, Senior Bailey Tien verified the rumor and said that high school courses require lots of effort.
“There’s a reason why Middle School comes before high school,” she said. “High school is harder because there’s higher expectations [with] being a little bit older.”
Tien picked one year that was the most difficult and shared her recommendation to manage
school work.
“Junior year was probably the hardest. That’s when we’re first starting our college path and a lot of people take more AP classes and get ready for the ACT’s and SAT’s,” Tien said. “The best advice I can give [freshmen] is to not give up–– even though it’s cliche. There’s going to be a lot of challenges but it’ll all be worth it.”