Graduation parties happening despite the COVID-19 pandemic
Lena Ahrens, Social Media Manager
May 25, 2020
Due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus, states all across the U.S. have been on a ‘stay at home’ basis. Businesses, facilities, sporting events, schools and graduations have either been postponed or cancelled all together. Within the month of May, many states have started to reopen. Gradually in the...
Community coming together despite COVID-19
Maggie Peterson, Business Manager
May 25, 2020
Alleman’s community was shaken last week when two seniors were involved in a car crash and had to be airlifted to Iowa City. But even during a pandemic, the community came together. Immediately following the news of the accident tributes were being posted on social media by close friends and family...
Fishing tournament used to combat Covid-19
Jack Young, Photo Manager
May 24, 2020
With quarantine making it harder to hang out with your friends and have fun, a group of PVHS students decided to create a fishing tournament to combat this odd time. The idea originated last year when Junior Seth Clausen and Sophomore Drew Micek wanted to have a fishing tournament and it was a ...
Quarantine Is Preparing Seniors For The Next Chapter
Ilah Perez-Johnson, Sports Editor
May 22, 2020
After Governor Kim Reynolds announced the closure of schools in Iowa, the class of 2020 is left heartbroken. Seniors are going to have to finish the rest of the best year of their life at home, away from friends and teachers. However, while this time is very upsetting, many Pleasant Valley students are s...
COVID-19 causes concern for students looking for summer jobs
Ellie Scranton, Student Life Editor
May 18, 2020
The summer is a time for high school students to begin making money and preparing for adulthood. However, COVID-19 brings uncertainty to many students as their chance for a summer job is questioned or changed completely. As the state opens up in the next week, restaurants, coffee shops, and gyms will r...
Seniors won’t let coronavirus stop their last dance
TJ Brown, Copy Editor
May 18, 2020
Events have been cancelled across the state, including ones often seen as milestones in high school. Sports, graduation, senior prom and more have either been suspended indefinitely or completely scrapped. However, many students are set on having some semblance of a normal senior year. This has taken ...
Six Foot Celebration: Graduation parties in COVID-19
Anton Dahm, Copy Editor
May 15, 2020
Graduation parties have created some of the fondest memories for departing seniors in the past. As a way to formally bid farewell to classmates, these parties help seniors move onto their post-secondary lives. But, with the novel coronavirus pandemic and social distancing, many characteristics of graduat...
How the coronavirus has messed with students’ circadian rhythms
Blake Sherman, Photo Manager
May 11, 2020
With the coronavirus sweeping the globe and students staying home for the quarantine period with students have developed new sleep schedules and waking times. There are many bad things to be reporting about the world right now, including deaths, and new cases of the coronavirus. However, there see...
Birthdays in quarantine: Birthday parades become the new normal
Sunny Wolfe, Copy Editor
May 11, 2020
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, gatherings of more than ten people are not permitted. For many, birthdays are up in the air. People don’t know how to celebrate while following CDC guidelines. As a result, friends and family are turning to drive-by birthday parades to try and make those with birt...
Entrepreneur from home: Students make masks for the greater good
Preksha Kedilaya, News Editor
May 4, 2020
Amidst the pandemic, students are finding unique ways to give back to their community while staying safe. Some students have picked up old hobbies like sewing. Sophomore Sidney Brockmann has not sewn in years, but seeing others use their sewing skills to make masks on television inspired her to do...
Celebrate accordingly
Regan Denny, PV Only Editor
May 4, 2020
This time of self quarantining makes it seem as though the world has completely stopped. Time, however, has not stopped. People are still aging and major life events are still occurring. Plenty of birthdays are passing during this time of quarantine and social distancing. This global pandemic has not...
Quarantine proms: Replacing a once lost memory
Morgan Ramirez, Photo Manager
April 27, 2020
From the classes the students take, the sporting events people watch, the friends many people make, and the dances a lot of students go to, being a high schooler is full of many life changing experiences. Prom is something every high school student looks forward to. They’re finally an upperclassm...
