Blue Valley West High School is a fully accredited public high school located in Overland Park, Kansas, and one of five currently operated high schools in the Blue Valley Unified School District. The school opened in August 2001, and has a current enrollment of approximately 1600 students. The principal is Tony Lake, the associate principal is Cindy Roach, and the assistant principals are Linda Kapfer and David Stubblefield. Its two feeder schools are Lakewood Middle School and Pleasant Ridge Middle Schools. The school mascot is the Jaguar and the school colors are red, black, and white. The school ranked 850th in the 2009 Newsweek ranking of the top 1,500 schools in the United States.
Blue Valley West High School opened in August 2001 in order to help educate the increasing population of Overland Park. It was the fourth high school in the Blue Valley Unified School District to open, preceded by Blue Valley Northwest High School in 1993. Blue Valley West is a member of the Kansas State High School Activities Association and offers a variety of sports programs. Athletic teams compete in the 6A division and are known as the "Jaguars". Extracurricular activities are also offered in the form of performing arts, school publications, and clubs. Notable alumni of the school include Matt Besler, MLS player for the Kansas City Wizards.
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