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The student news site of Pleasant Valley High School

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Divorces can quickly impose detrimental effects on the livelihood of students by creating evident barriers in healthy family dynamics. Photo credit to Robert Hobkirk, Creative Commons.

Consequences of divorced parents affect students well-being and academic performance

Armaan Bhagwat, Photo Manager January 4, 2024

Many factors in life can play a role in academic and physical struggle, and these factors are often uncontrollable. High school is a difficult period for teenage students, and the effects of a divorce...

Scholarship opportunities for upcoming college students have opened up for all those involved in the workforce, especially larger companies such as Starbucks, Amazon, and McDonalds. Photo credit to Mohamed Hassan via Pixabay, Creative Commons.

Scholarship opportunities for high schoolers in the workforce

Aedan Burkhart, Photo Manager January 4, 2024

Scholarship opportunities for upcoming college students have opened up for all those involved in the workforce, especially larger companies such as Starbucks, Amazon, and McDonald's. One of the leading...

Balancing collaboration with competition allows students to develop a variety of assets necessary for the future.

Striking harmony: Balance of collaborative and competitive learning environments allows for optimal results

Armaan Bhagwat, Photo Manager January 3, 2024

Calculus tests are handed back to a class of students, each anticipating their scores. One by one, faces display an array of emotions, from exuberance to discontentment. One student, originally pleased...

School drills getting more attention with additional safety sensors being placed.

Schools drills’ ineffective impact on student safety harms the school environment

Roger Weng, Copy Editor January 3, 2024

School drills have been a long-standing practice since the advent of public education. They gained major implementation in the 1950’s as a response to the fears of the Cold War and nuclear fallout. Today,...

Social media apps such as Instagram can have a negative affect on students attention spans. Photo credit to Sara Kurfeß on Unsplash, Creative Commons

Attention spans are getting shorter for students due to social media

Alex Blunk, Classroom Manager January 3, 2024

Students are becoming increasingly more distracted in and out of school due to a multitude of reasons: their attention spans are on the decline and focus levels are reaching a low. Distractions can...

Block scheduling’s time structure shown through magnet blocks.

Block scheduling shapes the future of student academics and wellbeing

Roger Weng, Copy Editor January 3, 2024

Experienced throughout the entire country, students are acclimated with the traditional period scheduling of classes.  The reasons why schools chose this method of scheduling is partly due to shorter...

Seniors throw their graduation caps on graduation day on May 28, 2023.

Seniors graduate early due to immense benefits and opportunities

Muskan Mehta, Social Media Manager January 3, 2024

As the first semester reaches its end, most seniors feel weary about spending four more months in high  school. But for those graduating early, this is not the case.  A small selection of students...

PV seniors stay focused on their work during study hall.

Reducing the effect senioritis has on Pleasant Valley students

Justin Clemons, Nailed It Anchor December 21, 2023

According to Degree Choices, 4 out of 5 students are affected by senioritis— a term used to describe the affliction of high school seniors with a lack of motivation to complete their school work.  Similar...

A student with both the home-page of Google Classroom and the home-page of Canvas open on their computer.

The Troubles of Online Classrooms and Grading Systems

Luke Eckman, Photo Manager December 20, 2023

With the huge explosion in technology that the 21st century has seen, many new innovative systems have been developed to help students and teachers organize, assign and complete school work more effectively...

The art hallway at Pleasant Valley High School, with some of the students works hanging on the wall. The art classroom is also pictured, where students take a majority of the art classes.

Art Classes provide students with unique skills

Ariana Assadi, Design Manager December 19, 2023

The first classes to be cut when schools lose funding are the arts, regardless of the benefits schools have seen from allowing students to learn skills not in the required curriculum.  There are many...

Prior to the American Math Competition, students organized summer meetings to prepare for the test. Their dedication has paid off as three students advance to the next round of competition. Photo credit to Ameya Menon

Students succeed in first round of national math competition

Laura Chen, Feature Editor December 19, 2023

In November, PV students competed in the American Mathematics Competition (AMC). Run by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), the AMC is the first stage in the national math competition series. Students...

Astronomy, the study of everything around us.

Accredited professor speaks at Astronomy Club meeting

Nikhil Behere, Opinion Editor December 18, 2023

Baylor’s  Dr. Augusto Callido attended PVHS’s Astronomy Club on Wednesday, Dec. 13,  via Zoom meeting to talk about the search for extraterrestrial life. The meeting attracted many individuals from...

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