Social media platforms have given users unprecedented access to one another, creating a digital world where trends spread in an instant. It is a place where users carefully curate what they want to share....
Every morning, the pledge of Allegiance echoes through the classrooms of Pleasant Valley High School. Students rise from their seats, hand on chest, and declare their “allegiance to the flag.”
The...
Many students and adults utilize language learning apps on a regular basis in hopes of learning a new language. However, many users solely maintain their streak and do not retain useful information about...
Literature with figurative language, vivid imagery and craftful storytelling has recently become harder to find in bookstores with the emergence of sexual content in novels.
The emergence of these novels...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is an increasingly helpful tool that can help approach problems in all aspects of life. Its extensive help comes at a price, as it directly affects the environment with increasing...
The incoming generation, Gen Alpha, is experiencing a pattern in their development that has never been seen in prior generations. Children ages 9 through 12 are completely skipping over their “awkward...
In recent years, the Pleasant Valley Community School District has been dealing with a concerning decline in the number of special education aides, or paraeducators. Due to extreme budget constraints,...
In the last two weeks, America has witnessed its president side with a dictator responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths across three years of war, rather than supporting a democracy attempting...
On Monday Feb. 3, Governor Kim Reynolds introduced a bill that would require all Iowa high school seniors to score 60% or higher on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Naturalization Test to...
Ava Sauser, Student Life Editor
• February 27, 2025
Every week, people flock to their nearest Crumbl store to get a taste of the weekly lineup. Unknowingly, they spend their money on high-calorie foods worth nearly half their daily caloric intake.
Social...
Last weekend, the rapper known as Kanye West posted a series of offensive comments on X, the most widely offensive being anti-Semitic claims such as distinguishing his respect for Hitler and even claiming...
Technology has changed the classroom dynamic drastically, and while online resources are convenient and timely, many have started to feel that an overreliance on such tools has negatively impacted learning...
