Anna Thorne and Ella Litchfield review the past year.
Continuous Coverage
Site Excellence
Story Page Excellence
Excellence in Writing
Multimedia Excellence
Audience Engagement
Voices of the Valley Episode #4, Our year in rewind
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Anna Thorne, Arts and Entertainment Editor
Anna Thorne is currently a senior at Pleasant Valley and has a love for friends, family and all things summer. Other than her role as the Arts and Entertainment editor for the Spartan Shield, she enjoys her job as a nanny and spends lots of time with her youth group at St. Paul Lutheran Church. She is an active member of Pleasant Valley’s Chamber Choir — although she hates singing in front of people — and finds joy in late night car rides. Anna is also involved in extracurriculars such as National Honor Society, Social Committee and the Spartan Ambassador Program. Christmas movies make her smile all year long, and aside from her love for people, she also enjoys listening to new music. She plans to major in speech language and hearing sciences next year in hopes of becoming a Speech Language Pathologist, and is interested to see how living away from her twin brother, Alex, will go. Anna aspires to make someone smile everyday and strives to show kindness to everyone.
Ella Litchfield, Photo Manager
Senior Ella Litchfield is the Spartan Shield’s Photo Manager for this semester. Along with the Shield, Ella is a Spartan Assembly representative and a long-time member of the Girls Learning International Club. When she isn’t at school, Ella enjoys spending time with her family and friends, painting, thrifting and working at the local Dunn Brothers Coffee shop. She has many passions, but her favorite is journalism, which explains her involvement in publications and position as the Editor-in-Chief of the yearbook, The Valenian. She plans to continue her passion for journalism after graduation as well as study business at an undecided college. Ella is ecstatic to be a part of the Spartan Shield team and can’t wait to see what experiences await her.