Blue Valley High School

**Blue Valley High School** (established 1891) is a local public high school in Blue Valley, Nebraska. It is home to many students, including the newest generation of heroes and villains.

## History

The graduating class of the former year ranked in the top 1% of the nation.

Three months ago, the school held a student body government election. Cindy Burman and Yolanda Montez were the top candidates for class president, with Yolanda eventually being elected. Cindy, jealous of Yolanda's success, set a group text to the students and faculty that contained topless images of Yolanda. Humiliated, Yolanda was forced out of the presidency.

## Series

### Season 1

Blue Valley High prepares for another year with a fresh batch of students. It hosts its open house, which turns to a confrontation between Brainwave and Courtney. He commands her to bring the Cosmic Staff to the school at midnight or he will harm her mother. That night, Pat Dugan goes in Courtney's stead, using his S.T.R.I.P.E. Armor to confront Brainwave. Stargirl suddenly arrives and battles Brainwave in the parking lot. During the battle, she tries to blast him with the Cosmic Staff but misses, and shatters the BVHS school sign. A school bus, several cars, and parking signs were also damaged that night.

Courtney goes to school the next day and notices the janitor cleaning up the debris that is the BVHS sign. Students gather around the sign looking at it in awe, but Courtney quickly walks by to avoid suspicion. When she goes inside this school, she notices regional talent show paraphernalia decorating the halls and a student advertising the show. On the way home from the talent show, Stargirl's fight with Icicle moves to a bridge where the BVHS students are traveling home from the talent show. Icicle uses his ice powers to freeze the bridge over and cause an accident. Luckily, STRIPE intervenes and saves the bus and everyone in it. However, Icicle uses his powers again when everyone is safe to cause a fatal car accident that kills one of the students. The school held a memorial for the student that night.

Courtney learns that a few months prior, now social outcast Yolanda Montez was one of the more popular girls before her boyfriend, Henry King Jr., betrayed her by leaking her topless photos. Yolanda was even in the school presidential race against Cindy Burman. Courtney follows Yolanda into the school gym where she begins what will become a long term friendship. The girls work together to find new recruits for their superhero team, eyeing a few students at the school before deciding against them. Courtney temporarily stores the JSA's artifacts in her locker. Meanwhile, Cindy makes a point of inviting a select few students to her house for a Halloween party that evening.

As school goes on as it would normally would, Artemis Crock remains the star player of the football team until her coach benches her for unruly aggressive tactics against a teammate. Artemis's parents become upset that the coach benched Artemis but not the male instigator of the fight. Larry and Paula, who is also the gym teacher at the school, take matters into their own hands and confront the coach after hours in the BVHS parking lot. They try to threaten the coach into putting Artemis back on the team but he refuses. They promptly hit the coach over the head with a baseball bat and bury his body in the woods. They are reprimanded by Jordan Mahkent, who received a text from Principal Anaya Bowin complaining about them killing another faculty member.

In the days that follow, Courtney is paired with Cindy Burman for science class and they almost begin a friendship over their mutual plans not to attend the upcoming homecoming dance. At the football game that night, Cameron Mahkent works up the courage to ask Courtney to the dance and she accepts, canceling her plans with Cindy which upsets the teen. Courtney accepts this and returns to her seat when she sees Principal Bowing acting oddly. She suits up as Stargirl and follows Bowin, but has an untimely collision with the supervillain Shiv. Their battle crosses many hallways and shatters doors before they stumble into the gym. The blasts from the Cosmic Staff bounce off walls but Shiv gains the upper-hand against Stargirl and nearly defeats her. Stargirl's amnesiac ally saves her life while the staff searches for Pat Dugan. It leads him to the gym where Stargirl lays unconscious.

After the battle, janitor Justin experiences hallucinations of holding the Cosmic Staff while he works. He returns to his janitorial closet where he doesn't seem bothered by the medieval paraphernalia in his possession. He then hallucinates Dragon King in the mirror before looking at a photograph of The Pit Stop, deciding to visit Stripesey. Meanwhile, the student body mourns the death of Henry King Jr. who had been killed under ominous circumstances. The JSA are the only ones who know the truth behind his death, and are forced to endure the memorial in his honor and the empty speech that Henry King Sr. delivers to the student body. Courtney had been willing to give up her alter ego of Stargirl, even having told her friends at lunch that she planned to leave Blue Valley with her mother. This changes during the memorial services when she and the JSA hear the telepathic threats from Brainwave.

The Injustice Society of America's plan to enact Project New America takes effect as they release satellites that broadcasts Brainwave's telepathic power across the country to alter the minds of every adult. The football field at BVHS opens up as two large satellite towers emerge as they emit the frequencies across Blue Valley. The teachers are left in a trance while the students watch in confusion. Stargirl flies above the field and uses the Cosmic Staff to destroy the satellites, exposing her existence to the students and faculty. The next day, after defeating the ISA, the team gathers at BVHS to say goodbye to Justin who is leaving Blue Valley to find his old teammates.

### Season 2

The start of the summer means the end of classes for most students, though Principal Sherman tells the Whitmore-Dugan parents that Courtney Whitmore has to attend Summer school because of her missed classes. Otherwise, she won't join her friends in starting her junior year. Subsequently, Courtney attends the classes alongside Yolanda Montez, whose parents are forcing her to attend summer classes as a way to stay out of trouble. Joining them in Paul Deisinger's history class is former musician Isaac Bowin. The longer she's in class, the more attuned Courtney becomes to the lessons, answering Mr. Deisinger's questions to the surprise of Yolanda. Courtney merely mentions that things are easy when she reads the book.

### Season 3

With Summer vacation officially over, a new year begins as Courtney Whitmore and her friends become juniors, while Mike Dugan and Jakeem Williams enter BVHS as freshman. Cindy Burman also re-enrolls in the school. On the second day of school, Sylvester pulls Courtney out of math class, taught by Miss Woods. Meanwhile, Cameron's frustration over not being able to paint boils over and he knocks his canvas over. Mr. Deisinger asks if he's okay, and Cameron leaves to get some air.

Mike and Jakeem meet in the bathroom of BVHS, scanning the stalls to make sure they're alone. Mike gives him the wish to find out who killed The Gambler. He went through a dozen drafts, so it's foolproof. It feels like cheating to Jakeem, but Mike urges him to just do it. Jakeem makes the wish and Thunderbolt zaps awake. He burns the answer into the wall in giant pink calligraphy letters, adding an exclamation point at the end - "The killer has many names!". Mike exclaims it's a rip-off, wanting him to wish for it again. Jakeem reminds him they can't wish for the same thing twice. They decide to leave before anyone sees what Jakeem did to the wall. They hurry out, the "boys" bathroom door closing behind them.

The bell rings, signaling the end of class. Miss. Woods stops Cameron as he's leaving. She spoke with Mr. Deisinger, who told her that Cameron hasn't been painting. He also hasn't turned in his assignment to her today, which isn't like him. She asks if everything is alright. He claims things are fine, he's just been preoccupied. He asks to do the assignment tonight instead. She tells him not to worry about this one. She knows she considered the strictest teacher at Blue Valley. Even her coworkers avoid her at the lounge or at lunch. But she only puts up a wall because she's dealt with things, too, in school that she's carried. So if there's anything he would like to talk about, she's happy to listen. Cameron snaps harshly that he said he's fine, and to leave him alone. From the doorway, Rick calls out to Cameron, telling him not to be a jerk as she's only trying to help. Cameron glares at Rick then looks back to Miss. Woods, apologizing. She assures him that's quite all right. Rick steps into the room. Just because Cameron's a spoiled rich kid doesn't mean he can talk to people however he wants. Cameron already said he was sorry. Cameron starts to leave but Rick refuses to move, resulting in a rather strong shoulder-check that sets Cameron back. Miss. Woods calls out to the boys in a disciplinary tone. They stare at one another intensely with piercing looks. Rick warns that if Cameron talks to her like that again, he will be sorry. He questions "cool" and Cameron scoffs back "cool" before leaving the room. Rick looks up to Miss. Woods, who admonishes his actions. She knows his heart's in the right place, but calling Cameron names isn't going to help. He nods as he picks up his bag, merely replying with an okay.

Cameron angrily stalks through the parking lot. He sees Rick's yellow mustang in the lot and approaches it. He looks down at his hand makes a flicking motion. An icicle shoots out of his palm and impales the tire, flattening it. He keeps walking as it deflates.

Courtney straightens up her locker when Cameron walks over. He apologizes for being a jerk to her and everyone, but most importantly, to her. She asks if everything is okay and he chuckles. Everyone has been asking him that lately. She asks if it is. He flexes his hand then admits he's not sure, but he isn't ready to talk about it just yet. He apologizes but she tells him it's okay. They don't have to talk about it. Thy can just go for a walk together if he wants. They progressively move closer to one another throughout the conversation, now only few feet apart as she looks up at him expectantly.

## Faculty and Staff

### Current

* Harold Sherman (Principal)
* Mr. Paris (Math Teacher)
* Mr. Sullivan (Chemistry Teacher)
* Mr. Karassick (Football Coach)
* Mercedes (Cafeteria Monitor)
* Miss. Woods

### Former

* Coach Hank † (Football Coach)
* Anaya Bowin † (Principal)
* Mr. Levine † (Math Teacher)
* Justin (Janitor: quit)
* Paula Brooks (Gym Coach) (Incarcerated)
* Paul Deisinger † (Art Teacher and History Summer school teacher)

## Attendants

### Former Attendants

* Courtney Whitmore
* Yolanda Montez
* Beth Chapel
* Cameron Mahkent
* Rick Tyler
* Cindy Burman
* Jenny Williams
* Brian Tanner Balloid
* Travis Thomas
* Artemis Crock
* Mike Dugan
* Jakeem Williams
* Josh Hamman
* Mike Adams
* Megan Bennett
* Chris Bradley
* Erika Braun
* Lindsay Butcher
* Matt Byrnes
* Dante Calero
* Christina Childress
* Eddie Cooke
* Rebecca Dowdy
* Josh Carillo
* Matz Carillo
* Laci Jenkins
* Henry King Jr. †
* Joey Zarick †
* Isaac Bowin †

## Extra-Curriculars

* Cheerleading
* Football
* Band
* Sewing

## Appearances

*Additional Season 2 appearances include a flashback in "*Summer School: Chapter Thirteen*".*
*Additional Season 3 appearances include the name and logo being seen in "*Chapter Ten: The Killer*".*

## Notes and Trivia

* The school colors are blue and white.
* Their mascot is a prairie dog.
* They are located in the Newberg school district 29J.
* BVHS used to have a gymnastics program before The American Dream shut it down so that students could focus on more physically taxing group activities such as football and cheerleading.
* The political scene for BVHS was in its prime three-months ago ("*Wildcat*"), and featured a student president race between Yolanda Montez and Cindy Burman.
* The 2020 Homecoming dance theme was "Grease".
* Stargirl's first fight against Shiv happened in the school.
* Underground tunnels link the school to The American Dream, Dragon King's house, and the ISA headquarters. There are two known tunnel access areas: one in Principal Bowin's office, and one in the hallway where the lockers part and reveal the tunnel.
* The interior of the school was rebuilt after episode seven, though the exterior shots continued to be the real high school. The only difference between the set and the location was an exit sign as they couldn't find the exact replica.

## Gallery

Broken BVHS signThree months agoYolanda's pictures leakPresent day gymStill broken signLibraryFootball teamUnderground tunnel entranceAnother tunnel entrance
## References

1. ↑ "*S.T.R.I.P.E.*"
2. ↑ "*Icicle*"
3. ↑ "*Wildcat*"
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "*Hourman and Dr. Mid-Nite*"
5. ↑ "*The Justice Society*"
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "*Shiv Part One*"
7. ↑ "*Brainwave*"
8. ↑ "*Shining Knight*"
9. ↑ "*Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. Part Two*"
10. ↑ "*Summer School: Chapter One*"
11. ↑ "*Summer School: Chapter Two*"
12. ↑ "*Summer School: Chapter Three*"
13. ↑ "*Chapter One: The Murder*"
14. ↑ "*Chapter Two: The Suspects*"
15. ↑ "*Chapter Three: The Blackmail*"
16. ↑ "*Stargirl*"