Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) is a high school program which operates multiple different
magnet programs for students who live within the
Blue Valley School District
Blue Valley USD 229 is a public unified school district headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, United States. Located in east central and southeast Johnson County, Kansas, covering of Overland Park including parts of Leawood and Stilwell, a ...
, regardless of whether they attend a Blue Valley school.
Each course takes one semester and takes up half of the student's day, with the rest of their time spent at their home high school.
Courses and Clubs
Accelerator
* Global Food Industries
* Innovate
Biosciences
*Molecular Medicine and Bioengineering
*Environmental Science
*Bioscience Research
*CAPS Bioclub
Business, Technology, and Media
*Global Business
*World Language & Business Leadership
*Digital Design and Photography
*Filmmaking
*Multimedia Journalism
*Technology Solutions
Engineering
*Engineering
*
FIRST Robotics Competitionbr>
Team 2410
Human Services
*American Justice: for All
*Teacher Education
Medicine & Healthcare
*Foundations of Medicine I
*Foundations of Medicine II
*Sports Medicine
*Exploring Health Professions
Robotics
In 2010,
FRC Team 2410, named the Metal Mustangs, from
Blue Valley North High School moved to the facility. Since then, two
FIRST Tech Challenge
FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), formerly known as FIRST Vex Challenge, is a robotics competition for students in grades 7–12 to compete head to head, by designing, building, and programming a robot to compete in an alliance format against other te ...
teams have also been started, named the Cobalt Colts FTC 6547 and Metal Mavericks FTC 11874. The Cobalt Colts won the
2019 FTC World Championship.
References
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Public high schools in Kansas
Educational institutions established in 2010
Education in Overland Park, Kansas
Schools in Johnson County, Kansas
2010 establishments in Kansas
Special schools in the United States