Local firefighter budget goes to COVID
Sam McGrath, Business Manager
October 20, 2020
The city of Bettendorf has been expanding, building and innovating consistently in the past few years. When a city is constantly growing, the constituents expect city leaders to develop their emergency services. These concerns were brought to the surface when 27-year-old Michael Brown lost his li...
How teachers are combatting cheating on online tests
Jonathan Glaum, Multimedia Manager
October 19, 2020
This school year, hybrid students attend in-person instruction every other day, while remote learners do not. This has made it difficult, and sometimes impossible, for teachers to administer tests in-person. Teachers are finding it challenging to prevent students from cheating on exams, as there are...
The White House becomes a COVID-19 hotspot
Taze Wilson, Lead Editor
October 16, 2020
As of Oct. 6, 12 members of the White House staff and President Trump's personal orbit have tested positive for COVID-19, including the president himself. The White House has become a COVID hotspot and the president a superspreader. The President announced that he and the First Lady had tested po...
Independent freshman homecoming frustrates staff, students
Ingrid Hofmann, Editor In Chief
October 14, 2020
A large group of freshman students held their own private homecoming on Oct. 3 after Pleasant Valley High School postponed the school's annual dance. Photos from the evening, which their social media posts named "Un Hoco 2020," shows the group of students formally dressed and unmasked. In one photo,...
Scott Community College shuts down due to COVID-19
Akash Pradeep, Feature Editor
October 13, 2020
In the wake of a spike in COVID-19 cases in Scott County, Scott County Community College (SCC) decided to close down its Belmont Campus on Oct. 5 and send students online for the week. Officials noted cases were increasing among employees on this campus, which allowed its Urban Campus to remain open...
The road to the Supreme Court
Taze Wilson, Lead Editor
October 6, 2020
Since the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court has been in the media spotlight. While the process is incredibly important, some Americans do not know how a new justice is added to the Court. In the most basic of definitions, the Supreme Court consists of nine justices who presid...
Nobody won, the American people lost
Sam McGrath, Business Manager
October 6, 2020
After an exhausting hour and a half, the first of three presidential debates led to a very disappointing outcome-nobody won. Shouting matches between the two debaters and the moderator led to a bipartisan agreement: this was one of the worst debates in American history. On the Republican side, President Donald Tru...
Bangladesh to bougie: ending the forced labor in China
Corea Conner, Photo Manager
October 5, 2020
While Bangladesh has taken steps to decrease child forced labor over the past few years, adult laborers still face horrific conditions. 80 percent of these garment industry workers are women experiencing strikingly inhumane conditions. Women experience sexual harassment and rarely receive maternity ...
Extra funding allows all PV students to receive free breakfast and lunch
Kelly Brewer, Social Media Manager
October 5, 2020
Pleasant Valley School District has received funding that allows students to receive one free breakfast and one free lunch per day. PV recently switched food programs from the National School Breakfast and Lunch Program to the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). The Federal Government has pro...
Unprecedented school schedule results in increase of failing students
Jonathan Glaum, Multimedia Manager
September 29, 2020
The 2020 fall semester for Pleasant Valley High School students has altered from how students have traditionally learned from previous years. There has never been a time where so much self-sufficiency has been required of students, and the students who are incapable or unwilling to take learning into ...
Safety First: PV updates safety procedures in compliance with COVID-19 regulations
Addi Steele, Photo Manager
September 29, 2020
In past years, PVHS has been free of backpacks and doors have been locked. But, thanks to COVID-19, safety priorities have changed throughout the school.. Previously, backpacks were to be banned in classrooms due to safety concerns. It went from drawstring bags only to mesh and clear bags allowed to no...
A fight from behind the bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s notorious legacy on the Supreme Court
Ingrid Hofmann, Editor-In-Chief
September 28, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, affectionately known as RBG, passed away Sept. 18 following a years long battle with metastatic pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg had suffered from a series of health complications over the past 2 years, prompting many to encourage her to retire. However, Gins...
