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Aedan Burkhart, Photo Manager
As of 2023-2024, Aedan Burkhart is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and works as the photo manager of the Spartan Shield. He deeply enjoys cooking whether it be for himself or his family and friends, and is always looking for new recipes and meals to try out. When he’s not cooking at home, you can usually find him out playing dek hockey at the Crow Creek Park in the D6 dek league. In order to fund his usual activities and hobbies, Aedan is currently employed at the Chick Fil a branch at the Northpark Mall, where he is actively striving for employee of the month for that 50 cent pay raise. And if he isn’t currently working hard cooking, working, or playing, he also loves going out to malls and lunches with his friends to spend all of his hard earned money. But last and certainly not least, Aedan will also now find himself busy with helping to manage the legendary Spartan Shield newspaper!
Luke Eckman, Photo Manager
Luke Eckman is a Senior at PV and is the Photo Manager for the Spartan Shield. Luke hopes to continue his education by studying to be an aerospace engineer in college. He enjoys taking classes like Calculus 3, and AP Physics 2, due to his love of engineering. You might see Luke running around town with the Cross Country team, and he also participated in the Trap Shooting Club. He is also an Eagle Scout who loves the outdoors, and he enjoys skiing, hunting with his friends, and biking local trails. Luke continues his love of biking by working at Healthy Habits bike shop. He also can't wait to work with the journalism team on the Spartan Shield this year!