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Meet the 2019 Prom Court

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Maya McClain
The 2019 Prom Court poses for a photo in front of the Pleasant Valley High School sign.

This year’s prom dance, Midnight & Roses,  is only a day away, on May 4th, where the 2019 Prom King and Queen will be announced. Get to know who your Prom Court Nominees are.

 

 

 

Girls

Anna Griffin

Katie Lewis

 

Anna Griffin is an astounding athlete on the Pleasant Valley Girls Basketball team. She also plays trumpet in the PVHS Band, where she has created some of her fondest memories. “I’m most looking forward to dancing! Whoever wins prom queen and king, we can all be dancing queens,” said Griffin. Griffin plans to major in Human Physiology and minor in Psychology at the University of Iowa.

 

 

Natalie Murphy

Sarah Fierce

Natalie Murphy has been heavily involved in the PV community. She is an All-Stater in PV’s Chamber Choir and is the Co-Editor in Chief of the Spartan Shield. Natalie is pursuing a political science degree and spanish minor at Arizona State University. She hopes to one day pass meaningful legislation in the federal government.

 

 

 

 

Kara Neuhaus

Laura Mullen

Kara Neuhaus is an environmentalist at PV who plans to study Environmental Policy and Planning at the University of Iowa. Her favorite memory from PV is cheering for the football team in the student section on frontline. Kara has played various sports throughout high school including volleyball for all four years.

 

 

 

 

 

Angela Pandit

Jennie Peakin

Angela Pandit has extraordinary leadership skills as she has been an active member of Spartan Assembly all four years of high school and an executive member for two years. She is the business manager of the Spartan Shield and was the social media manager of the Spartan Shield Online. In the fall, she will be attending the University of Iowa and studying political science and business.

 

 

 

Sarah Thomas

Sarah Thomas

Sarah Thomas is an avid gamer and hopes create a career out of her love of video games. Thomas is going to the Laguna College of Art and Design to study video game art. Obsidian and Double Fine are some video game companies that Sarah aspires to become an artist at one day. Sarah also participates in theatre shows and plays the alto saxophone in band.

 

 

 

Boys

Jacob Bandy

Maya McClain

Jacob Bandy is amongst some of the most intense soccer fanatics at our school, playing on a club team as well as holding the position of National Honor Society co-chair in our school’s chapter. This passion of soccer will be continued by Bandy at Missouri University of Science and Technology where he plans to major in mechanical engineering.

 

Spencer Clark

Laura Mullen

Spencer Clark is a member of Pleasant Valley’s band, choir, theatre department, and swim team. He cherishes his memories with the swim team the most, especially winning PV’s first ever boys MAC Championship banner. He plans to attend Grinnell College to study an undecided major this fall.

 

 

 

 

Jimmy Guest

Varun Vedula

Jimmy Guest is a lover of theatre at PV. Jimmy also sings in the Leading Tones, an acapella jazz group at PV. He is looking forward to running through the tunnel of people at prom when they announce his name for being on the prom court. He plans to attend University of Evansville for Theatre Studies.

 

 

 

 

Odin McDonald

Harper Clark

Odin McDonald has acquired a great amount of skills in the performance arts with his work in improv at PV; here, he has been in the improv group WACIT for 3 years. “Feeling the electricity of the crowd and being able to make people laugh in a matter of seconds was incredible,” said Odin. Odin will be continuing his education studying business at the University of Iowa followed by attending law school.

 

 

Quint Thompson

Quint Thompson Sr.

Quint is an multisport athlete, having participated in basketball, cross country, track and field, soccer and football. He will be studying mechanical engineering at Western Illinois University and simply desires to have fun and create a good life for his family. As Quint likes to say, “We came for a good time, not a long time.”

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Varun Vedula, Feature Section Editor
Hello! I am the Feature Editor of the Spartan Shield Online. Some of my favorite things to do include a participating heavily in robotics and singing in the Leading Tones Jazz Choir. I am also am the president of Astronomy Club and enjoy listening to music and browsing the web in my free time. I plane to pursue a STEM career at an undecided university next year.  
Maya McClain, Photo Manager
My name is Maya McClain, I’m one of the Photography Managers. I enjoy spending my free time taking pictures in and out of school. You can usually find me on the field or court taking pictures at school football, volleyball, basketball, and soccer games. Outside of school I enjoy drawing and painting along with taking and editing pictures of friends and nature. My goal for next year is to go to Mizzou and study photojournalism.  
Harper Clark, Student Life Editor
Harper Clark is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School. She participates in many different activities outside of school. That being said, Harper still sets aside time to be an avid member of the learning community here at Pleasant Valley, and is a part of the National Honors Society. Outside of school Harper enjoys spending time with family and friends. She also loves to spend time with her pit bull rescue, Mister. Harper has dedicated a large portion of her life to dance and hopes to double major in dance and psychology in college. This summer, she had the opportunity to participate in a three week dance intensive at Boston Conservatory at the Berklee College of Music. Her dance background comes from Belle Academy where she not only participates in classes, but also teaches a few of her own! This dance experience has earned Harper the opportunity to choreograph the musical at the junior high this year. Harper has always participated in theater and is an active member of the drama club. She has great leadership skills that will help her to direct the high school’s one act this year. After last year, Harper can’t wait to explore scholastic journalism as well as other scholastic endeavors.
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