Blue Valley Southwest High School

Blue Valley Southwest High School
Address
17600 South Quivira Road [1]
Overland Park, Kansas 66062
United States
Coordinates 38°48′36″N 94°43′34″W / 38.809981°N 94.726015°W / 38.809981; -94.726015Coordinates: 38°48′36″N 94°43′34″W / 38.809981°N 94.726015°W / 38.809981; -94.726015
Information
School type Public, High School
Established 2010
School board Board Website
School district Blue Valley School District
CEEB Code 172302 [2]
Principal Scott Roberts
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1099
Campus Suburban
Color(s)

Forest Green, Black, and Silver

              
Athletics conference Eastern Kansas League
Mascot Timberwolf
Website School Website

Blue Valley Southwest High School is a fully accredited public high school located in Overland Park, Kansas, United States, and one of five currently operated high schools in the Blue Valley School District. The school opened in August 2010. The principal is Scott Roberts, and the assistant principals are Lisa Wilson and Gary Howard. Its feeder school is Aubry Bend Middle School. In total, Blue Valley Southwest is a 321,000-square-foot (29,800 m2) facility.[3]

The school mascot is the Timberwolf and the school colors are forest green, black, and silver.

Facilities

Blue Valley Southwest is sited on a 112-acre (0.45 km2) plot. The 300,000-square-foot (28,000 m2) high school will serve 1,600 students in grades 9-12. The design of the building is organized around a courtyard, with all common spaces: theater lobby, administration, cafeteria, library, and cyber cafe opening directly onto this central space. The courtyard allows students an easy connection to the outdoors, while keeping them safe and secure. Recognizing that students tend to gather in small groups, the sloping courtyard permits several distinct zones: an amphitheater, breakout patio for the theater patrons, open green space, and seating terraces for the library and cafeteria.

The academic area has been organized into four small learning communities. These spaces are designed to move easily between a variety of curricular models: grade level houses, academic departments, or interdisciplinary academies. At the heart of the academic zone is the media center and a distributed administrative suite. The outstretched wings of the academic communities are linked to the library and administrative zone by Flexible Teaching and Learning Areas which allow larger, more flexible teaching spaces for special projects and informal common space.

The new school incorporates many eco-friendly design ideas. Central to this effort is a below floor, quiet, displaced air delivery system which allows improved indoor air quality and thermal comfort while using less energy to deliver conditioned air. The building features a good deal of natural day lighting, with borrow lights throughout the interior, indirect lighting with higher ceilings, and daylight sensors. The building has highly reflective roofing materials and locally produced materials such as Kansas brick and limestone. The school was sited with careful attention to solar orientation to minimize heat gain yet maximize views. An existing pond was enhanced to collect storm water run-off and provide water for irrigation of the surrounding landscape.

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

Blue Valley Southwest is a member of the Kansas State High School Activities Association and competes in the Eastern Kansas League. Blue Valley Southwest teams compete at the 5A level.

State Championships

State Championships[4]
Season Sport Number of Championships Year
Winter Swimming and Diving, Girls 2 2013, 2014
Total 2

See also

References

  1. ↑ GNIS for Blue Valley Southwest High School; USGS; November 3, 2003.
  2. ↑ High School CEEB Code Search
  3. ↑ Sims, Joel (May 20, 2009). "Can Do In Kansas". Perkins+Will. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
  4. ↑ "State Records & State Champions" (English). Retrieved 2010-02-05.

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