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February 3, 2020 There will be a brief meeting for all girls interested in playing softball next fall on

Wednesday February 5th after school in room 341. If you cannot attend please see Coach Tracy for information.

Congratulations to Gia Blanks on her 3rd Place finish at the 1st ever Nebraska Girls wrestling state Tournament. Gia won 3 matches on her way to making history for Bellevue West Wrestling this weekend. Way to Go Gia

The TBird Nest is officially open. Stop by room 151 before school, during lunch, or after school to grab a quick breakfast, snack, or lunch. We also have other household items and clothing available. See Ms. Dacey, Ms. Flynn, or Ms. Arkfeld if you have any questions!

Seniors, School Traditions will be here this Wednesday and Thursday during lunch to distribute your graduation product order. Please check your student email today for important information regarding graduation.

Congratulations to the girls 200 medley relay team composed of Isabelle Hanson, McKenna Decker, Grace Fettig and Grace Barta who broke the 24-year-old school record with a swim of 1:56.27. Great swim ladies.

All girls interested in playing tennis this year, there will be in an informational meeting on Thursday, February 13th in room 331 at 3:30 p.m. If you can not attend please see Coach Avila.

Come support the Spanish Club by eating at Chipotle tomorrow night from 4pm-8pm before the home basketball games. Mention Bellevue West Spanish Club before you pay. Thank you for your support!!

It’s FBLA week! This week the bird house will be offering a 25% discount on all apparel. Members will also be in the commons today during lunch collecting donations for Food Bank for the Heartland. For every one-dollar donation you make, you get one raffle ticket to enter into a drawing to win a free drink everyday this week.

As we celebrate Black History month, we continue to highlight African Americans that have opened doors for generations of young people such as Harriet Tubman who helped hundreds of American slaves escape along the secret route to freedom known as the Underground Railroad in the years before the Civil War. Born a slave herself, Harriet Tubman fled from Maryland to freedom in Philadelphia in 1849. For the next 10 years she made repeated secret trips back to Maryland, leading over 300 escaped slaves north to freedom in Canada. After the Civil War began in 1861 she also served the Union as a scout, spy and nurse. Her success at shepherding others to safety earned her the nickname “the Moses of her People” and made her a lasting symbol of the American anti-slavery movement. In 2016, the U.S. Treasury announced that Harriet Tubman would replace President Andrew Jackson as the face on the $20 bill.

February 4, 2020

There will be a brief meeting for all girls interested in playing softball next fall on Wednesday, February 5th after school in room 341. If you cannot attend please see Coach Tracy for information.


Seniors, School Traditions will be here on Wednesday and Thursday during lunch to distribute your graduation product order. Please check your student email today for important information regarding graduation.

All girls interested in playing tennis this year, there will be in an informational meeting next week on Thursday, February 13th in room 331 at 3:30 p.m. If you can not attend please see Coach Avila.

Come support the Spanish Club by eating at Chipotle tonight from 4pm-8pm before the home basketball games. Mention Bellevue West Spanish Club before you pay. Thank you for your support!!

It’s FBLA week! This week the bird house will be offering a 25% discount on all apparel. Tonight FBLA will be hosting a fundraiser at Don & Millies from 4-8. All you have to do is say you are with Bellevue West FBLA and 20% goes back to our program. Thank you for your support!

There will be an informational meeting about the 2021 Trip to France at 6PM on Tuesday, February 11 in room 222.

Congrats to the forensics team for their performance at Millard West on Friday. Tamyia Bender placed 1st in consolation finals in Original Oratory, earning her first bid to NIETOC. Robyn Boyland placed 4th in Original Oratory Consolation finals, earning her second national bid and qualifying to NIETOC in Houston in May.

As we celebrate Black History month, we continue to highlight African Americans that have opened doors for generations of young people such as Nelson Mandela spent 27 years as a political prisoner in South Africa before becoming, the country’s first black president. Nelson Mandela was a leading member of the African National Congress (ANC), which opposed South Africa’s white minority government and its policy of racial separation known as apartheid. The government outlawed the ANC in 1960. Mandela was captured and jailed in 1962, and in 1964 he was convicted of treason and sentenced to life in prison. He began serving the sentence as prisoner number 46664 on Robben Island, near Cape Town. But instead of disappearing from view, Mandela became a prison-bound martyr and worldwide symbol of resistance to racism. South African President F.W. de Klerk finally lifted the ban on the ANC and released Mandela in 1990. Nelson Mandela used his stature to help dismantle apartheid and form a new multi-racial democracy, and he and de Klerk shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Nelson Mandela was elected the country’s president in 1994. He served until 1999, when he was succeeded by his deputy Thabo Mbeki. Mandela remained a celebrated figure in South Africa and throughout the world until his death in 2013. His autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, was published in 1994.

February 5, 2020 Girls interested in playing softball next fall, there will be a brief today after school in

room 341. If you cannot attend please see Coach Tracy for information.


Seniors, School Traditions will be here today and Thursday during lunch to distribute your graduation product order. Please check your student email today for important information regarding graduation.



Do you like to draw or paint? Please join the Art Club today after school in room 612

As we celebrate Black History month, we continue to highlight African Americans that have opened doors for generations of young people such as George Washington Carver was a celebrated botanist and inventor at a time when it was still rare for African-Americans to reach those heights. The son of a Missouri slave, George Washington Carver grew up to attend Iowa State University, earning a bachelor’s degree in 1894 and a master’s in 1896. He then joined the faculty of Booker T. Washington‘s Tuskegee Institute. Carver’s attempts to find crop alternatives to cotton led him to study and work with the peanut. Eventually he created more than 325 products from the humble peanut, helping to create demand for the plant and establish it as a major American crop. Although George Washington Carver is often credited with inventing peanut butter, it seems others had created that product before Carver began his own work with peanuts. Carver also worked with sweet potatoes, soybeans and pecans, among other plants, and his work helped change the face of agriculture in the American south.

February 6, 2020 Girls interested in playing softball next fall, there will be a brief today after school in

room 341. If you cannot attend please see Coach Tracy for information.

There is a WAST meeting TODAY during GPS in Ms. Ettinger's room to discuss singing telegrams and our Valentine's Day party next week. You must attend if you plan on attending the party or if you are involved in singing telegrams. Sign up in Ms. Ettinger's room before lunch.


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Seniors, School Traditions will be here today during lunch to distribute your graduation product order. Please check your student email today for important information regarding graduation.



The theatre department is selling singing telegrams for Valentine's Day. Want to send a surprise to your bestie or boo? Want to embarrass a teacher? Then buy a singing telegram for $3 during lunch and help the theatre department! We will serenade them during their advisory or GPS, so make sure you know these. See Ms. Ettinger with any questions.

As we celebrate Black History month, we continue to highlight African Americans that have opened doors for generations of young people such as Ecologist Wangari Maathai who won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her years of work with women to reverse African deforestation. Wangari Maathai went to college in the United States, earning degrees from Mount St. Scholastica College in Atchison, Kansas (1964) and the University of Pittsburgh (1966). She returned to Kenya and earned her PhD from the University of Nairobi (1971), then worked as a professor in their department of veterinary medicine. In 1976, Maathai began promoting a tree-planting program to reverse deforestation and provide firewood for Kenyan women. Soon known as the Green Belt Movement, the program led to the planting of millions of trees and made Wangari Maathai a major political figure in Kenya. In 1997 she ran unsuccessfully for president and for a seat in Parliament, but in December of 2002 she was elected to Parliament, and in 2003 she was appointed by President Mwai Kibabi to the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Wildlife. Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004, with the Nobel committee citing “her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.” She was the first African woman to win a Nobel.

February 7, 2020 The TBird Nest is officially open. Stop by room 151 before school, during lunch, or

after school to grab a quick breakfast, snack, or lunch. We also have other household items and clothing available. See Ms. Dacey, Ms. Flynn, or Ms. Arkfeld if you have any questions!



The theatre department is selling singing telegrams for Valentine's Day. Want to send a surprise to your bestie or boo? Want to embarrass a teacher? Then buy a singing telegram for $3 during lunch and help the theatre department! We will

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serenade them during their advisory or GPS, so make sure you know these. See Ms. Ettinger with any questions.

Are you interested in working in education some day? If so, consider joining Educators Rising, Bellevue West's fastest growing club. There will be an Educators Rising meeting for future educators in room 152 on Monday, February 10th during GPS. Please see Mr. Harrison to pick up a Yellow GPS Pass PRIOR to the meeting. If you have any questions, contact EdRising President Raven Boyland.

Congratulations to West Connection for their first place finish at the UNO show choir competition yesterday. They also won caption awards for Best Choreography and Best Band for the AA division. West Connection would like to thank the Bellevue West students that came to their performance last night to cheer them on!

As we celebrate Black History month, we continue to highlight African Americans that have opened doors for generations of young people such as Kofi Annan was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 through 2006. Kofi Annan was a U.N. veteran who took his first job with the organization in 1962 and worked his way up through various posts, including Deputy Director to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (1980-83) and Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping (1995-96). Annan was the first Secretary-General chosen from the ranks of the U.N.’s staff. He was also the first black man to hold the post. In 2001 Annan and the United Nations were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their ongoing work in global peace and cooperation. Annan was elected for a second five-year term in 2001, and served until the end of 2006.

February 10, 2020 All girls interested in playing tennis this year, there will be in an informational

meeting this Thursday, February 13th in room 331 at 3:30 p.m. If you can not attend please see Coach Avila.

There will be an informational meeting about the 2021 Trip to France at 6PM tomorrow February 11th in room 222.

Are you interested in working in education some day? If so, consider joining Educators Rising, Bellevue West's fastest growing club. There will be an Educators Rising meeting for future educators in room 152 on today during GPS. Please see Mr. Harrison to pick up a Yellow GPS Pass PRIOR to the meeting. If you have any questions, contact EdRising President Raven Boyland.

The Thunderbeat is seeking applicants for its 2020-2021 publications staff. If you are interested in filmmaking, writing, photography, podcasting, or broadcasting, stop by 426 during 3rd, 5th, 7th, get a pass for GPS, or before or after school and talk to a current staffer to learn more. Come be a part of our award-winning team! Applications are due February 21, so there is still plenty of time.

There will be an Ecology Club meeting tomorrow February 11th during GPS

The Bellevue West High School Air Force JROTC Silent Sentry Drill Team continued their winning season at the Lee's Summit High School Flying Tigers Invitational Drill Competition in Missouri on 8 February 2020. Results were: Unarmed Exhibition: 1st place (Commanded by Lindsey Steen). Overall Unarmed: 1st place. Armed

Regulation: 2nd place (Commanded by Matthew Pritchard). Armed Exhibition: 2nd place (Commanded by Russell Turnley). Solo Exhibition: Damien Mealey, 2nd Place. Dual Exhibition: Russel Turnley and Matthew Pritchard, 2nd Place. Next up is Smith-Cotton High School in Sedalia, Missouri, on Saturday, 15 February!

Congratulations to West Connection show choir for making finals and winning 4th runner up at the Lincoln Southwest Showdown on Saturday. Congratulations to Julia Ramirez for winning the solo competition and performing her solo at finals.

Congrats to the forensics team for their performance at Bellevue East on Saturday. Our team placed 2nd overall. Individual medalists were: Tyson Forbes and Darian Draft - 1st in DUO Interp. Darian Draft - 3rd in Informative & 2nd in Oratory. Eme Starbuck, Emma McManus, & Caroline Berg- 2nd in Oral Interpretation of Drama. James Griffin - 3rd in Humorous Interp. Hannah Kost- 5th in Poetry & 6th in Dramatic Interp. Tyson Forbes- 4th in Dramatic Interp. Caroline Berg- 6th in Oratory. Emma McManus- 3rd in Program of Oral Interp. Honor Mealey- 1st in Program of Oral Interp.

As we celebrate Black History month, we continue to highlight African Americans that have opened doors for generations of young people such as Louis Armstrong was the most famous jazz trumpeter of the 20th century. Louis Armstrong began playing in New Orleans clubs and saloons in his early teens. By the 1920s, Armstrong was touring the country and leading his own band, the Hot Five (later the Hot Seven); he kept touring and performing for the next five decades. Louis Armstrong was particularly famous for his innovative, loose-limbed improvisations; some call him the first great jazz improvisor. His gravelly voice and sunny persona were a hit with the non-jazz public, and later in his career he was seen as a cheerful ambassador of jazz all over the world. Armstrong appeared as himself in movies like High Society and Hello, Dolly! The theme song from the latter film became his most widely-known recording. Louis Armstrong was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an “early influence” in 1990.

Reminder to students, the front office will NOT be accepting any Valentines Day deliveries. If you wish to show your special someone you care, please listen to the following announcements:


Key Club is selling Valentine's Day stuffed animals to give to friends. They come with a heart to write a message. Purchase at lunch this week, 2/10-2/13, $1.00 for a small animal and $2.00 for a large animal. Thank you for your support!


meeting this Thursday, February 13th in room 331 at 3:30 p.m. If you can not attend please see Coach Avila.

There will be an informational meeting about the 2021 Trip to France tonight at 6PM in room 222.

There will be an Ecology Club meeting tomorrow February 11th during GPS.

Sophomore senate will meet tomorrow during GPS in room 335!

Congratulations to senior LeAnne Bugay and her short documentary titled "Grace," on being accepted into the 2020 Omaha Film Festival. LeAnne's documentary, which chronicles sophomore cross country runner Grace Schaefer, will premiere at the film festival on Thursday, March 5 at 8:30 p.m. at Aksarben Cinema.


This Friday the girls and boys’ basketball teams are hosting Millard North at 5:30 and 7:15pm in the Thunderdome. The 7:15pm boys game will feature the #1 ranked Millard North Mustangs and your #2 ranked Bellevue West Thunderbirds. Due to the expected capacity crowd, we will presale tickets in the activities office throughout the week. Adult tickets are $6 and student tickets are $4. If you have an activity card you will not need to purchase a ticket but you will need to have your activity card on Friday to get into the game. Purchasing a ticket will not guarantee you a seat in the gym but will enable you to skip the line at the door on Friday evening. Please plan to arrive early to guarantee yourself a seat in the gym on Friday. We want to have the best crowd of the year as Millard North is already buying tickets to attend. You won't want to miss this great event. Hope to see everyone there and good luck to both the girls and boys’ basketball teams.

As we celebrate Black History month, we continue to highlight African Americans that have opened doors for generations of young people such as Maya Angelou’s 1969 autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, was nominated for a National Book Award and made her a symbol of pride for African-American women. In the 1950s Maya Angelou had been a dancer and stage actress, and she was active in the civil rights movement; she became a coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, thanks to a request from Martin Luther King, Jr. During the 1960s she spent five years in Africa, working as a journalist and a teacher. Meanwhile, she was writing. Maya Angelou returned to the United States and in 1969 published I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. In 1972 she was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for her collection of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ‘fore I Diiie. In the following years, Angelou continued teaching, writing, acting, producing, recording (she won Grammy Awards for the spoken word for the years 1993, 1995 and 2002) and collecting honorary degrees from across the United States. In 1981 she became the Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. At Bill Clinton’s request, Angelou wrote a poem — On the Pulse of Morning — for his 1993 inauguration as U.S. president. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2011, three years before her death.


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meeting tomorrow in room 331 at 3:30 p.m. If you can not attend please see Coach Avila.

There will be an Ecology Club meeting today during GPS in room 142.

Sophomore senate will meet today during GPS in room 335!

WAST will be having a Valentine's party for our meeting this Thursday during GPS. Please bring a snack to share if you want to take part in the festivities. Can't wait to celebrate with you! Come and sign up on Wednesday on the call board so you can be excused.

Come join the Creative Writing Club. We meet every Monday from 3:30-4:30 in room 115. See Mr. Steele if you have any questions.


Need a little extra cash for Valentine's Day, how about some gas money or even need to get a college fund started? Well enter the split the pot raffle at lunch and make sure to be in the student section on Friday night. $1.00 per raffle. Your attendance is required in order to claim the prize! Let’s help support our basketball players to a victory over Millard North. The other half of the pot will be donated to the Make-A-Wish foundation. Stop by our table today and Thursday.

This Friday the girls and boys’ basketball teams are hosting Millard North at 5:30 and 7:15pm in the Thunderdome. The 7:15pm boys game will feature the #1 ranked Millard North Mustangs and your #2 ranked Bellevue West Thunderbirds. Due to the expected capacity crowd, we will presale tickets in the activities office throughout the week. Adult tickets are $6 and student tickets are $4. If you have an activity card you will not need to purchase a ticket but you will need to have your activity card on Friday to get into the game. Purchasing a ticket will not guarantee you a seat in the gym but will enable you to skip the line at the door on Friday evening. Please plan to arrive early to guarantee yourself a seat in the gym on Friday. We want to have the best crowd of the year as Millard North is already buying tickets to

attend. You won't want to miss this great event. Hope to see everyone there and good luck to both the girls and boys’ basketball teams.

As we celebrate Black History month, we continue to highlight African Americans that have opened doors for generations of young people such as Jesse Owens is remembered for one stunning week in 1936, when he won four track and field gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. Jesse Owens was born in Alabama and moved to Cleveland with his family as a boy. While still in high school, he tied the world record of 9.4 seconds in the 100-yard dash. That earned him a spot at Ohio State University, where as the “Buckeye Bullet” he set more world records. “In his junior year at Ohio State, Owens competed in 42 events and won them all, including four in the Big Ten Championships, four in the NCAA Championships, two in the AAU Championships and three at the Olympic Trials.” The Summer Games of 1936 were held in Berlin, where Nazi leader Adolf Hitler seemed determined to display the superiority of the German “Aryan” race. Owens, an African-American, put that notion to rest with victories in the 100- and 200-meter dash, the broad jump (a forerunner to today’s long jump) and the 4×100-meter relay. The performance made Jesse Owens both an Olympic hero and a lasting symbol of black pride. In 1976, President Gerald Ford awarded Owens the prestigious Medal of Freedom.





meeting today in room 331 at 3:30 p.m. If you can not attend please see Coach Avila.

WAST will be having a Valentine's party for our meeting this today during GPS. Please bring a snack to share if you want to take part in the festivities. Can't wait to celebrate with you! Come and sign up on Wednesday on the call board so you can be excused.

Come join the Creative Writing Club. We meet every Monday from 3:30-4:30 in room 115. See Mr. Steele if you have any questions.

Have you ever wanted to draw or paint? Come join the Art Club Wednesday, February 19th from 3:30 to 5 pm. Hope to see you there!

The Thunderbeat is seeking applicants for its 2020-2021 publications staff. If you are interested in filmmaking, writing, photography, podcasting, or broadcasting, stop by

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426 during 3rd, 5th, 7th, get a pass for GPS, or before or after school and talk to a current staffer to learn more. Come be a part of our award-winning team! Applications are due February 21, so there is still plenty of time.

Need a little extra cash for Valentine's Day, how about some gas money or even need to get a college fund started? Well enter the split the pot raffle at lunch and make sure to be in the student section on Friday night. $1.00 per raffle. Your attendance is required in order to claim the prize! Let’s help support our basketball players to a victory over Millard North. The other half of the pot will be donated to the Make-A-Wish foundation. Stop by our table today and Thursday.

This Friday the girls and boys’ basketball teams are hosting Millard North at 5:30 and 7:15pm in the Thunderdome. The 7:15pm boys game will feature the #1 ranked Millard North Mustangs and your #2 ranked Bellevue West Thunderbirds. Due to the expected capacity crowd, we will presale tickets in the activities office throughout the week. Adult tickets are $6 and student tickets are $4. If you have an activity card you will not need to purchase a ticket but you will need to have your activity card on Friday to get into the game. Purchasing a ticket will not guarantee you a seat in the gym but will enable you to skip the line at the door on Friday evening. Please plan to arrive early to guarantee yourself a seat in the gym on Friday. We want to have the best crowd of the year as Millard North is already buying tickets to attend. You won't want to miss this great event. Hope to see everyone there and good luck to both the girls and boys’ basketball teams.

As we celebrate Black History month, we continue to highlight African Americans that have opened doors for generations of young people such as Frederick Douglass was a former slave who became one of the great American anti-slavery leaders of the 1800s. Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Maryland but in 1838, at age 20, he escaped to freedom in New York. A few years later he went to work for abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, traveling and speaking on behalf of Garrison’s paper The Liberator. Frederick Douglass published his memoir Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave in 1845. Eloquent, smart and determined, Douglass gained fame as a speaker, began his own anti-slavery publications and became a ‘conductor’ on the Underground Railroad that helped lead slaves to freedom. In later years he became a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln and helped persuade Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. He also was a strong supporter of women’s rights. For all these reasons, Frederick Douglass is often described as the founder of the American civil rights movement.




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February 14, 2020- No School- Happy Valentine’s Day

February 17, 2020 - No School- Teacher Work Day

February 18, 2020 Attention Spring Sports Athletes: Spring Sports will begin on Monday, March 2nd.

All athletes planning to play soccer, baseball, boys golf, girls tennis, or track and field must have an athletic physical on file in the activities office as well as an activity card before practice starts on Monday, March 2nd. If you have questions about your athletic physical or need an activity card, please stop down to the activities office before March 2nd. You will not be allowed to tryout or practice unless all completed paperwork has been turned in.

The Thunderette dance team is looking for new members for the 2020-21 season. Clinics and auditions are the week after Spring Break, March 23rd –March 27th. If you are interested, please pick up a tryout packet in the main office today!

If you are interested in playing golf this season, please attend a meeting after school on Monday February 24 in room 131. The meeting will discuss tryout information, practice schedules, and the upcoming season. If you can not make the meeting but are interested in trying out, please let Coach Klug know.

Come join the Creative Writing Club. We meet on Monday’s from 3:30-4:30 in room 115. See Mr. Steele if you have any questions.

Have you ever wanted to draw or paint? Come join the Art Club Wednesday, February 19th from 3:30 to 5 pm. Hope to see you there!


The Air Force Junior ROTC Marksmanship Team competed in the regional Civilian Marksmanship Program competition this past weekend in Ohio and finished 3rd out of 10 teams. The team consisted of Caitlin Haydam, Diego Ellis, Aaliyah Goodloff, Alexia Woodall and Claire Denton. Diego Ellis finished 2nd overall out of 37 shooters and earned an invitation to the national championship in March at Camp Perry, Ohio. Congratulations to Bellevue West's Marksmanship Team in their first-time ever competing at the national level.

The Bellevue West High School Air Force JROTC Silent Sentry Drill Team competed at the 15th Annual Smith-Cotton High School Tiger Drill Meet in Sedalia, Missouri, on 15 February 2020. Results were: UnArmed Regulation: 4th place (Commanded by Damien Mealey). Dual Exhibition: Russell Turnley and Matthew Pritchard, 2nd Place.

Individual Drill Down: Jimmy Gow, 4th Place. Next up is Papillion-LaVista South High School next Saturday, 22 February!

Looking for a job? Papio Fun Park is hiring for the upcoming season! They are looking for high school sophomores and juniors with strong public speaking & people skills. You must be 16 by June 1st. If hired, training will begin mid-march. If you are interested, you can pick up a flyer in the Career Center!

Seniors the University of Nebraska Lincoln will be here Friday Feb 21 at 9:30 to answer questions about admissions, housing and registering for classes. If you are interested in attending, please check your email for the link to register.

As we celebrate Black History month, we continue to highlight African Americans that have opened doors for generations of young people such Charismatic, outspoken and nicknamed “The Greatest,” heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali was the dominant heavyweight fighter of the 1960s and 1970s. Later in life he became an icon of African-American pride and one of the most famous athletes in the world. A fighter of exceptional speed, cunning and flair, Muhammad Ali won the world heavyweight title on three separate occasions over a span of 15 years. He was born Cassius Clay, and under that name he won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. He claimed his first title by defeating Sonny Liston in 1964; his brash confidence was on display before the fight when he said of his fighting style, “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can’t hit what the eyes can’t see.” He had a long-running rivalry with fellow heavyweight Joe Frazier, whom he fought three times: Ali lost the first match in 1971, but won rematches in 1974 and 1975. Muhammad Ali also defeated George Foreman in the famous 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” held in Kinshasa, Zaire. Though his skills declined markedly in later years, Ali kept boxing until 1981, when he retired with a record of 56-5 in his 61 professional fights. In later years, Muhammad Ali suffered from Parkinson’s Disease, a motor-skills illness which slowed his movement and left him mostly unable to speak in public. Still, he remained one of the world’s best-known and most popular athletes; his 1996 appearance to light the ceremonial flame at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta was an especially nostalgic occasion. Muhammad Ali was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 by President George W. Bush, who called Ali “a fierce fighter and a man of peace”.

February 19, 2020 Attention Spring Sports Athletes: Spring Sports will begin on Monday, March 2nd. All

athletes planning to play soccer, baseball, boys golf, girls tennis, or track and field must have an athletic physical on file in the activities office as well as an activity card before practice starts on Monday, March 2nd. If you have questions about your athletic physical or need an activity card, please stop down to the activities office before March 2nd. You will not be allowed to tryout or practice unless all completed paperwork has been turned in.


Have you ever wanted to draw or paint? Come join the Art Club today from 3:30 to 5 pm. Hope to see you there!

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Diversity Club will meet today during GPS in room 143

There will be a WAST meeting this Thursday during GPS to discuss upcoming auditions for One Acts and Ten Minute Play Festival, our service project, helping out with ticket sales for Musical, and Bellevue West's Got Talent. Plus, some fun games! Join us! Sign up TODAY on the callboard outside of Ms. Ettinger's room to be excused.

If you are interested in playing golf this season, please attend a meeting after school on Monday, February 24 in room 131. The meeting will discuss tryout information, practice schedules, and the upcoming season. If you can not make the meeting but are interested in trying out, please let Coach Klug know.



Tickets are on sale now for this year's musical, Little Shop of Horrors. Seymour is a meek assistant at a failing floral shop: the definition of a loser. But when a killer alien plant makes its way into his life, he has to decide how much turning his life around is worth sacrificing. Ticket prices are $10 for adults, $5 for students, free for those with district passes, activity cards, staff, and children under 6. Buy your tickets at bwhsne.booktix.com to reserve ahead of time or at the box office on the night of the show. You have 4 chances to see singing, dancing, bad decision making, and a giant puppet that eats people: Tuesday March 3 at 7pm, Wednesday March 4 at 4pm, Friday March 6 at 7pm, or Saturday March 7 at 7pm. See you there!



As we celebrate Black History month, we continue to highlight African Americans that have opened doors for generations of young people such as Sojourner Truth began life as a slave and ended it as a celebrated anti-slavery activist. Sojourner Truth was born into slavery in New York and was sold several times before escaping to freedom with an infant daughter in 1827. She worked as a housekeeper, lived in a religious commune, and eventually became a traveling speaker and preacher. Prompted by religious feelings, she changed her name to Sojourner Truth in 1843. Although she could not read or write, Sojourner Truth was a captivating speaker: she reportedly stood nearly six feet tall and was a spirited evangelist who spoke out for women’s rights and against slavery. Her memoir The Narrative of

Sojourner Truth was published in 1850 and helped establish her more widely in the public mind. The next year, at a women’s rights convention in Akron, Ohio, she gave her famous speech, “Ain’t I A Woman,” a short but stirring challenge to the notion that men were superior to women. During the Civil War she worked to support black Union soldiers, and after the war she continued to travel and preach on spiritual topics and as an advocate for the rights of blacks and women.

Congrats to the forensics team for their success at Lincoln North Star on Saturday. Individual medalists were: Honor Mealey, 4th in honors finals of Program of Oral Interp. Tamyia Bender, 5th in honors final of Original Oratory and earning her second bid to NIETOC in Houston this May. Four members of the forensics team also competed at the Harvard University National Speech Tournament in Cambridge, Massachusetts this weekend for the first time in school history. Harvard hosts the largest high school speech tournament in the world with competitors from 47 states and 7 countries. Your T-birds were place in outrounds, ranking them in the top 15-30% of competitors in the country. Individual results are as follows: Robyn Boyland: Original Oratory Octafinalist, top 56 of 348 entries (top 16%). Darian Draft: Informative Speaking Octafinalist, top 56 out of 207 entries (top 27%). Tyson Forbes: Dramatic Interpretation Octafinalist, top 56 out of 291 entries (top 19%).




There will be a WAST meeting today during GPS to discuss upcoming auditions for One Acts and Ten Minute Play Festival, our service project, helping out with ticket sales for Musical, and Bellevue West's Got Talent. Plus, some fun games! Join us! Sign up TODAY on the callboard outside of Ms. Ettinger's room to be excused.

It's Macho Man Volleyball time again. Macho Man Volleyball is your chance to get out of GPS and watch some awesome volleyball games! For just $2, you can buy a wristband at lunch that will get you out of GPS and into the games on Thursday, February 27th and Friday, February 28th. All proceeds benefit the American Heart Association.Get your wristband at the Senior Senate table at lunch today!


The Thunderbeat is seeking applicants for its 2020-2021 publications staff. If you are interested in filmmaking, writing, photography, podcasting, or broadcasting, stop by 426 during 3rd, 5th, 7th, get a pass for GPS, or before or after school and talk to a

current staffer to learn more. Come be a part of our award-winning team! Applications are due February 21, so there is still plenty of time.



Congratulations to the following members of the Swim Team who qualified for state this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Ashleigh Ragone, Angelina Allen, Grace Barta, Emma Daniels, McKenna Decker, Grace Fettig, Isabelle Hanson, Elissa Treu, Amber Warak, Claire Wood, Josh Bugay, Robbie Burke, Bryant Horbach, Jarrett McQueen, Tim Nixon, and Jacob Schumate. We have 16 qualifiers this year. Good luck to everyone this week in Lincoln!



As we celebrate Black History month, we continue to highlight African Americans that have opened doors for generations of young people such as Oprah Winfrey is one of the most successful talk show hosts and multimedia publishers in American TV history. Oprah Winfrey first got into broadcasting in the early 1970s; after anchoring and reporting TV news in Nashville, Tennessee and Baltimore, Maryland, she landed a job on the morning show of A.M. Chicago in 1984. The next year she made the leap to acting, making her movie debut in The Color Purple and earned an Oscar nomination for her work. In 1986 she launched The Oprah Winfrey Show, a TV talk show which featured celebrity interviews and discussions of social issues, along with tearful confessions of personal failings or traumas by guests or by Oprah herself. “Oprah’s Book Club,” a feature of her show highlighting new books, became famous for its ability to create bestsellers. In 2000 she launched her own lifestyle magazine, O. She announced in November of 2009 that she would end her TV show when her existing contract ended, and her final shows were broadcast in May of 2011. In the meantime she had started her own cable channel, called OWN: the Oprah Winfrey Network. She debuted a new interview show on that network, Oprah’s Next Chapter, in January of 2012. In the years since she has continued to run her multimedia empire and devoted herself to philanthropy; in 2013she donated $13 million to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African

American History and Culture. For many years Forbes magazine has listed Oprah Winfrey as a billionaire in its annual wealth rankings. She continues to act occasionally, appearing in movies like The Butler (2013) and Selma (2014) and the 2017 TV movie The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (on which she was also executive producer). Oprah Winfrey was given Kennedy Center Honors in 2010 and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2013.




Are you interested in working in education some day? If so, consider joining Educators Rising, Bellevue West's fastest growing club. There will be an Educators Rising meeting for future educators in room 152 on Monday, February 24th during GPS. Please see Mr. Harrison to pick up a Yellow GPS Pass PRIOR to the meeting. If you have questions, contact Mr. Harrison or EdRising President Raven Boyland.

Baseball will have a tryout meeting on Wednesday, February 26th after school in room 126. Please see Coach Shockey if you have any questions.





Tickets are on sale now for this year's musical, Little Shop of Horrors. Seymour is a meek assistant at a failing floral shop: the definition of a loser. But when a killer alien plant makes its way into his life, he has to decide how much turning his life

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around is worth sacrificing. Ticket prices are $10 for adults, $5 for students, free for those with district passes, activity cards, staff, and children under 6. Buy your tickets at bwhsne.booktix.com to reserve ahead of time or at the box office on the night of the show. You have 4 chances to see singing, dancing, bad decision making, and a giant puppet that eats people: Tuesday March 3 at 7pm, Wednesday March 4 at 4pm, Friday March 6 at 7pm, or Saturday March 7 at 7pm. See you there!


As we celebrate Black History month, we continue to highlight African Americans that have opened doors for generations of young people such as Colin Powell became the first African-American Secretary of State in U.S. history when he took office in 2001. Powell was a career soldier who fought in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He rose through the ranks to become a general, then became national security adviser to President Ronald Reagan. Powell became chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under George Bush directing U.S. forces during the first Gulf War. Powell retired in 1993 and published his autobiography, My American Journey, in 1995. After years on the lecture circuit, he was chosen by George W. Bush to be Secretary of State in 2001. Powell was often perceived to be a moderate among more conservative voices in the administration. He submitted his resignation to Bush in November of 2004, shortly after Bush won election to a second term.



Come join the Creative Writing Club. We will meet today from 3:30-4:30 in room 115. See Mr. Steele if you have any questions.

Are you interested in working in education some day? If so, consider joining Educators Rising, Bellevue West's fastest growing club. There will be an Educators today in room 152 during GPS. Please see Mr. Harrison to pick up a Yellow GPS Pass PRIOR to the meeting. If you have questions, contact Mr. Harrison or EdRising President Raven Boyland.

Baseball will have a tryout meeting this Wednesday after school regarding baseball tryouts. Anyone interested in trying out for this year’s team should be at this meeting in room 126.

If you are interested in playing golf this season, please attend a meeting today after school 24 in room 131. The meeting will discuss tryout information, practice schedules, and the upcoming season. If you can not make the meeting but are interested in trying out, please let Coach Klug know.

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There will be a Mu Alpha Theta meeting today in room 327. See Mrs. Daughtrey if you have any questions.

There will be an Ecology Club meeting tomorrow during GPS in room 142.






Congratulations to West Connection for their 1st runner up finish at the Shake the Lakes show choir festival Saturday in Spirit Lake. They also won Best Vocals of the competition.

The Bellevue West Air Force Junior ROTC Silent Sentry Drill Team competed in the annual Titan Invitational Drill Meet at Papillion-La Vista South High School on Saturday, 22 February 2020. Results were: Armed Regulation, 2nd place, commanded by Matthew Pritchard. Armed Exhibition, 3rd place, commanded by Russell Turnley. Armed Color Guard, tied for 2nd place, commanded by Lindsey Redburn. Overall Armed: 2nd place. Unarmed Exhibition, 2nd place, commanded by Lindsey Steen, Unarmed Color Guard, tied for 3rd place, commanded by Mary Mealey. Overall Unarmed: 1st place (with a $500 scholarship. Armed Solo Exhibition: 2nd place, Damien Mealey, Armed Dual Exhibition: 2nd place, Russell Turnley and Matthew Pritchard. Runner-up to the Grand Champion! Our next meet is this Saturday at UNO.

As we celebrate Black History month, we continue to highlight African Americans that have opened doors for generations of young people such as Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play in baseball’s major leagues in the modern era. Only white players were accepted in the major leagues until 1947, when Jackie Robinson was called up to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He made his first major league appearance on April 15, 1947. Robinson was named Rookie of the Year for 1947 and went on to appear in six World Series in ten seasons with the Dodgers (1947-56). Other major league teams soon followed Brooklyn’s lead and hired black players of their own. Robinson’s stellar play, and his role in breaking the color barrier, led to his 1962 induction as the first African-American in baseball’s Hall of Fame. In 1997, on the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s first year with the Dodgers, Major League Baseball permanently retired Robinson’s uniform number, 42. He is the only baseball player ever to have been so honored. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ronald Reagan in 1984.



All girls interested in Tennis, conditioning beginning today at 3:30 in the commons. See Coach Avila if you have any questions. Hope to see you there!

Baseball will have a tryout meeting tomorrow after school regarding baseball tryouts. Anyone interested in trying out for this year’s team should be at this meeting in room 126.

Tryouts for girl’s soccer will begin Monday, March 2nd through Wednesday March 4th from 4 – 5:30 pm outside on the turf field weather permitting.

There will be a Mu Alpha Theta meeting today in room 327. See Mrs. Daughtrey if you have any questions.

There will be an Ecology Club meeting today during GPS in room 142.


It's Macho Man Volleyball time again. Macho Man Volleyball is your chance to get out of GPS and watch some awesome volleyball games! For just $2, you can buy a wristband at lunch that will get you out of GPS and into the games on Thursday, February 27th and Friday, February 28th. All proceeds benefit the American Heart Association. Get your wristband at the Senior Senate table at lunch today!

It’s DECA week! Participate in the activity at our lunch table 4 out of 5 of the days this week and get a punch card to be entered in a raffle to win a free DECA shirt, a $10 gift certificate to the bird house, or a free drink at the ThunderBrew.


As we celebrate Black History month, we continue to highlight African Americans that have opened doors for generations of young people such as Attorney Thurgood Marshall led the civil rights case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka to a successful hearing at the Supreme Court of the United States in 1954. He became the court’s first African-American justice 13 years later. The descendant of slaves, Thurgood Marshall graduated from all-black Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1930, then received a law degree from Howard University in 1933. He opened his own law practice in Baltimore and became known as a lawyer who would speak up for the rights of African-Americans; this led him to a job with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1936. He spent more than two decades with the NAACP, gaining his greatest fame for the case of Brown v. Board of Education from 1952-54. When the Supreme Court ruled in 1954 that “Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal,” Marshall and the NAACP had won a great victory for civil rights. Thurgood Marshall was nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals (Second Circuit) in 1961, then appointed to the post of solicitor general in 1965 by President Lyndon Johnson. Marshall was appointed to the Supreme Court itself in 1967, where he served for 24 years before he retired in 1991.



All girls interested in Tennis reminder that conditioning begins at 3:30 in the commons. See Coach Avila if you have any questions. Hope to see you there!

Baseball will have a meeting today after school regarding baseball tryouts. Anyone interested in trying out for this year’s team should be at this meeting in room 126.

Tryouts for girl’s soccer will begin next Monday, March 2nd through Wednesday March 4th from 4 – 5:30 pm outside on the turf field weather permitting.

Diversity club is meeting today in room 143 during GPS.

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It's Macho Man Volleyball time again. Macho Man Volleyball is your chance to get out of GPS and watch some awesome volleyball games! For just $2, you can buy a wristband at lunch that will get you out of GPS and into the games on tomorrow and Friday. All proceeds benefit the American Heart Association. Get your wristband at the Senior Senate table at lunch today!

It’s DECA week! Participate in the activity at our lunch table 4 out of 5 of the days this week and get a punch card to be entered in a raffle to win a free DECA shirt, a $10 gift certificate to the bird house, or a free drink at the ThunderBrew.


As we celebrate Black History month, we continue to highlight African Americans that have opened doors for generations of young people such as Rosa Parks became an icon of the American civil rights movement simply by refusing to give up her seat on a city bus. In 1955, Rosa Parks was an African-American living in Montgomery, Alabama — a city with laws that strictly segregated blacks and whites. On December 1, 1955, after her day of work as a seamstress at a local department store, Rosa Parks boarded a city bus. When she refused to give up her seat to a white man, the bus driver called police, and Rosa Parks was arrested and fined. The resulting bus boycott by African-Americans, led by Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., caused a national sensation. The boycott was a success and led to desegregation in Montgomery and elsewhere in the United States, making Rosa Parks a national icon of civil rights and African-American pride. Rosa Parks was no stranger to the civil rights movement: she had been elected secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP in 1943, and was serving in that role at the time of her arrest. She later moved to Michigan and worked as an aide to Congressman John Conyers, Jr. from 1966 until her retirement in 1988, and she founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development in 1987. Rosa Parks was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Bill Clinton in 1996. After her death, she became the first woman ever to lay in honor in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building. She was pictured on a U.S. postage stamp in 2013.

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