Art dept. provides opportunities

The art department has many exciting opportunities coming up this semester. Each year, the art department makes a mascot of the rivalry Homecoming football team. 

Other opportunities are shown through competitions and idependent study. Competitions and art shows happen throughout the semester. These allow art students to show their talents to many people. 

“I chose to do independent study because I am able to do my art my way,” senior Evelyn Burgess said. “I set a plan for myself and have stuck with it”

Change prompted in show choir

Choir teacher Sam Dollins decided to change show choirs at Blue Valley. In previous years, BV had three show choirs: all male, all female and mixed gender. 

The change has created a varsity mixed and junior varsity mixed show choir. Many show choirs in the midwest have shifted to this style. Dollins decides to follow suit. 

“I wanted something different,” he said. “I want to change where we go to competitions and the way groups are made up depending on what fits our department.”

I pledge allegiance to the flag

A Kansas law and Blue Valley policy since 2002 prompted the immediate daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance beginning Sept. 22.

Because no one sheds their First Amendment rights upon entering the school building, students and teachers alike are not compelled to say the Pledge, though it is a solemn moment calling for respect.

Teachers may be projecting a digital image for the Pledge since many classrooms do not currently have a physical flag.