Laura Chen is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and currently serves as the Co-Editor-in-Chief for the Spartan Shield. Outside of journalism, she enjoys her AP 3D Art and sociology classes. At PV, Laura is the co-presiden...

Prerna Vanga is a senior and is currently serving as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Spartan Shield. This is her third and final year working for the Shield; Prerna has worked as Assistant Editor-in-Chief and seasonal editor for the pri...

Shaha Bhugra is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and currently assists the Spartan Shield as the News Editor. Post-high school, Shaha plans to double major in pure mathematics and physics at **REDACTED**, with the hopes...

Sydney Smith is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and serves as the Feature Editor. At PV, Sydney is a Drum Major for the Spartan Marching Band and is an active member of Chamber Choir, Leading Tones Jazz Choir, and Women in ...

Ishika Desai is a junior at Pleasant Valley High School and she serves as the opinion editor for the Spartan Shield. Ishika’s favorite classes are Honors Journalism and AP Lang. She is also a member of Key Club, Spartan Ass...

Ian Benge is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and currently serves as the Sports Editor for the Spartan Shield. Ian is very involved in the school’s bands where he plays percussion for marching band, concert band, an...

Grace Ludwig is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and currently serves as the Arts and Entertainment Editor for Pleasant Valley’s Spartan Shield. Outside of working on the Spartan Shield Grace serves as the Co-Editor-i...

Clare is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and is serving as the Student Life Section Editor. At PV, Clare is the captain of the varsity dance team, and she is a member of Chamber Choir and Wind Symphony. She loves perfor...

Grace Schmidt is a senior  at Pleasant Valley High School and currently serves as the Business Manager for Pleasant Valley’s Spartan Shield. This will be Grace’s second year as a staff member of the Spartan Shield. As of th...

Sunayana Khadka is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and serves as a Photo Manager for the Spartan Shields. She enjoys taking classes like AP 3-D Art, Photography, Psychology and Principles Biomedical Science. Sunayana en...

Rithik Vijaykumar is a senior at Pleasant Valley and serves as the photo manager for the Spartan Shield. Rithik’s favorite classes are physics and anatomy. Rithik has an interest in medicine and hopes to pursue a career in hea...

Bennett Teitle is a senior at Pleasant Valley and serves as a Photo Manager for the Spartan Shield. He is passionate about all things aviation and hopes to pursue aeronautical engineering in the future. Bennett is involved in ...

Riley Rashka is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School serving as the multimedia manager for the Spartan Shield. He participates in marching, concert, and jazz band, along with being on the tennis team. He plans to double major ...

Vee Donart is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and serves as the PV Only Editor for the Spartan Shield. Vee is quite active in both band and orchestra and is the principal clarinetist of the Quad City Youth Symphony Or...

Hannah Horsfield is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and is a Social Media Manager for the Spartan Shield. Throughout her high school career Hannah has participated in Cheerleading, Track and Field, Sparkles, and Love y...

Sean Murphy is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and serves as a copy editor for the Spartan Shield. Sean hopes to pursue a career in anything aviation related. Sean Moved from Rockford, Ill into the Pleasant Valley Commun...

Brian Chen is currently a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and serves as a Copy Editor for the Spartan Shield. At PV, his favorite classes include Physics and Anatomy & Physiology. After high school, Brian plans on stu...

Ashley Eddingfield is currently a copy editor for the Spartan Shield. Enrolled as a senior at Pleasant Valley High School, Ashley plans to attend the University of Virginia after graduating early. As an academically motivated st...

Tejas Gokhale is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and serves as the Copy Editor of the online Spartan Shield. Tejas is passionate about table tennis and intends to form a table tennis club at PV. Outside of school, Tejas...

Mackenzie Fah is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and serves as the Copy Editor for the Spartan Shield. Mackenzie is a part of the track and field and softball teams for the high school. Outside of school, Mackenzie en...

Rithwick Lakshmanan is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and serves as the Spartan Sheild's Site Manager. Rithwick wants to pursue Mechanical Engineering in College and hopes to start his own robotics company in the fut...

Abhinav Anthati is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and serves as the Site Manager for the Spartan Shield. Abhinav hopes to pursue Computer Science in college, and he enjoys taking classes like Calculus III due to his ...

Ayah Alsheikha is a junior at Pleasant Valley High School and Editor-in-Chief of the Print Spartan Shield. Ayah is passionate about the environment as president of Environmental Club, and as a member of Citizens’ Climate Lobby. I...