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Aditya Narayan, Copy Editor
Aditya Satya Narayan is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and serves as a copy editor for the Spartan Shield. After high school, Aditya plans to major in Aerospace Engineering at an undecided university. Besides Honors Journalism, Aditya's favorite classes are AP Physics 2 and Statistics. During his time in high school, Aditya has been one of the most committed members of the Pleasant Valley Spartan Marching Band, which led him to be selected as a co-section leader for the Clarinet section. In concert Band, Aditya was selected to be in the Iowa All-State band for clarinet in his junior year. In his free time, he enjoys watching movies, hanging out with friends, and excessively typing away on 10fastfingers.com to get to his goal of 100 WPM.
Roger Weng, Copy Editor
Roger is a senior in Pleasant Valley High School and a copy editor in the Spartan Shield. He has interest in many different topics ranging from engineering, boxing, wrestling, gaming, and cooking. Roger intends to go into college as an aerospace engineering major and thus is taking a multitude of classes to benefit himself like AP Calculus and Engineering Problems. Additionally, Roger volunteers at the local Moline Animal Aid Shelter because of his love for animals and willingness to support those in need. He also participates in the military cadet program called Civil Air Patrol where he is actively involved every week as a cadet flight commander for other cadets to improve his leadership skills and aeronautical knowledge for the future. Roger is glad to be part of the Spartan Shield and excited about his role as copy editor this year.