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The student news site of Pleasant Valley High School

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The student news site of Pleasant Valley High School

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Amy Oberheart and her “core” group at the Boston Conservatory summer program

Staying musical over the summer

Morgan McCartney, Business Manager September 4, 2019

Over the summer, students have been kept busy with their numerous activities. Whether they were involved in cross country, football, tennis, or dance, activities also extend into the musical realm. Drama...

Spiderman

Marvel’s Sticky Situation

Darsh Balani, Business Manager September 4, 2019

One of the highest grossing Marvel movie sequels, The Spiderman series featuring beloved actor Tom Holland, may soon co me to an end because of a failure to get a new deal done with Sony.  Disney wanted...

Orchestra students work on completing research for the ensemble project, which is part of the second semester orchestra final.

Orchestra students luck out in second semester final

Annie Warner, Copy Editor May 21, 2019

For PVHS second semester orchestra students, it can be discouraging as they sit down to take their written final while the band and choir perform concerts in lieu of their final. Each branch of the...

Freshmen, Harper Clark, hugging Director Bill Myatt after being inducted into the Thespian Honor Society.

Recap: PVHS Drama Awards Night

Odin McDonald, Photo Manager May 21, 2019

As the 2018-2019 school year comes to an end, the PVHS theater department held their annual Drama Awards Night on May 14. All students who participated in the theater productions and competitions throughout...

Program for the 2019 Choral Awards Concert on May 13.

PV choir hosts its annual awards night

Alexander Haack, Arts and Entertainment Editor May 20, 2019

The choirs of Pleasant Valley High School held their final performances of the 2019 school year on Monday, May 13. Before the concert, parents and students congregated in the cafeteria to celebrate...

Pleasant Valley theater students at the Iowa Thespian Festival in November.

The International Thespian Festival will open with PV students on stage

Natalie Murphy, News Editor May 20, 2019

Two summers ago, the Pleasant Valley Theatre Department had the opportunity to take their fall 2016 musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, to the International Thespian Festival in Lincoln,...

Serial killer Ted Bundy confessed to 30 homicides that he committed across seven states between 1974 and 1978.

Review: Netflix’s “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile”

Trinity Malmen, Staff Contributor May 20, 2019

The film “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile,” released on Netflix on May 3, has grabbed people’s attention and has been the talk of social media. This movie is a biographical crime thriller...

Senior Emma Tews performing at her dance recital at Holzworth Performing Arts Center.

Dancing to the end

Jeanelle Cho, Copy Editor May 20, 2019

As the end of the year approaches, dance studios from all around the Quad Cities have been busy preparing and performing their final recitals. PV senior Emma Tews performed with her fellow Belle Academy...

Corrine Johnson as a cowgirl in the Family Museum Dance Company’s mini production of “Toy Story”

This is spARTa: meet Corinne Johnson

Jeanelle Cho, Copy Editor May 20, 2019

Corrine Johnson is currently a freshman at PVHS. Although she is a part of the Social Committee and Model UN Club at the high school, she is also heavily involved with dance outside of school. Johnson,...

Pleasant Valleys full orchestra at their Large Group contest.

A year in review: PV Orchestra Edition

Alyssa Paulson, Photo Manager May 19, 2019

Year after year, Pleasant Valley High School’s orchestra continues to get better and better. This year, the orchestra removed the separation between the grades, creating one mass orchestra. In past...

Alton Barber poses in front of the famous Cinderella Castle at Disney World

Disney is all about that action

Varun Vedula, Feature Editor May 16, 2019

Disney has started rebooting some of their favorite animated films as live-action movies with real people and computer-generated imagery(CGI). Many children were raised with Disney animated films. Films...

Director Rod Medd stands along side his band after their performance.

Large Group Reflection

Alyssa Paulson, Photo Manager May 15, 2019

Pleasant Valley’s Band, Orchestra, and Choir programs all competed in the State Large Group Festival on May 3 and 4. Overall, Pleasant Valley accumulated over five Division I ratings; however, the directors...

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