Sidney Brockmann is the Social Media Manager of the Spartan Shield. As her first year writing for the Shield, Sidney is excited to be a member of the Spartan Shield. Throughout her years at Pleasant Valley High School, Sidney...

Bryce Rubel is a senior working as the multimedia manager for the shield. Bryce has been heavily involved in both basketball and soccer, managing to win Pleasant Valley's first state title in the latter. Bryce loves to compete...

Senior, Natalie Richmiller, is the Photo Manager for the Spartan shield. She is a National Honors Society Member at Pleasant Valley. She is 18 years old and looking forward to graduating high school and attending The University...

Ryan Vance is currently a Senior at Pleasant Valley and is the Business Manager for the Spartan Shield. He is a varsity starter for the PV Boy’s Swim Team, and he is also a team captain. Next year, he plans to study engineering...

Anagha Sudhindra serves as a copy editor for the Spartan Shield (2021-2022) and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the print Spartan Shield (2022-2023). In school, she heavily involves herself in both clubs and academics. As an avid student,...

Shravani is a junior at Pleasant Valley high school and serves as a Copy Editor on the Spartan Shield. In her free time, she enjoys playing tennis and spending time with her friends. Shravani is a dedicated student, taking many...

Lauren Anderson is a Senior at Pleasant Valley and serves as Copy Editor for the Spartan Shield. She has played volleyball for over five years, and her time in the sport has led her to coach as well. You may recognize her as a...

A senior at Pleasant Valley, Keval Wagher is a Copy Editor for the Spartan Shield. Within school, he expands his expertise with challenging classes like AP Physics and French. As an aspiring Civil Engineering major, he also takes...

Caroline Sierk is a Copy Editor for the Spartan Shield and a senior at PVHS. She is also a member of the PV Publications team, where she works as the Business Manager and the Photo Manager. Aside from journalism, Caroline is heavily...

Ava Hahn is a current senior at Pleasant Valley High School. She is 17 years old and has grown up in the Quad Cities. Ava works as a barista at Atomic Coffee Bar and loves when friends visit her there, so make sure to say hi if...

Molly Rawat is finishing up her senior year as the Feature Editor for the Spartan Shield. Throughout her high school experience she has been an athlete for the cross country team all four years, with three of those as a varsity...

Makenna Leiby is a junior at Pleasant Valley High School and the arts and entertainment editor for the Spartan Shield. When Makenna is not in school, she works at hand and hand, a daycare for children with disabilities. In addition...

Owen Gannaway is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and the Sports Editor of the Spartan Shield Online. Owen is entering his fourth season playing soccer and helped the soccer team get their first state championship in school...

Carson Knebel is currently an active senior at Pleasant Valley High School and works as the Student Life Editor of the Spartan Shield. Carson is excited to expand his horizons and challenge his abilities this year by working on...

Lauren Puthoff is currently a senior at Pleasant Valley. She is kept busy as a two-year Spartan Assembly representative and as a member of the National Honors Society. After school hours, you can find her at a Positive Place,...

Parker Paulson is a Pleasant Valley Senior and currently serves as the Spartan Shield’s news editor. Parker can often be heard singing at Pleasant Valley Choir concerts. He is a member of Chamber Choir and the Leading Tones,...

Vishnu Challa is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and is the Site Manager of the Spartan Shield. He plays clarinet in band and enjoys challenging himself in courses such as AP Physics 2. Outside of school, he applies his...

Allisa Pandit is the Innovation Manager for the online Spartan Shield. After writing for the Spartan Shield for three years, Allisa took on the role as Editor-in-Chief of the print Spartan Shield. This role allows Allisa to work...

Kushi Maridu, a former Site Manager for the Shield, is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and takes up the job of being a Co-Editor-in-Chief this year. He ran for the PV cross country team for all four of his years at th...

Alyssa Smith is a senior at Pleasant Valley and plans to continue her education at the University of Iowa studying business analytics and marketing. She is a lover of green tea and dogs and you can often find her hammocking i...

Brady Hunter has been a Pleasant Valley resident since his first years in school. Not only is he a member of the National Honors Society, a group that honors the awards of high achieving students. He also is a player on the Plea...

Chloe Isbell is an involved senior at Pleasant Valley High School. Being an avid member of Publications for the past two years, she was selected as Co-editor of Chief of the Yearbook for this school year. All of her success in aca...

Mukul Kulkarni is a Senior at Pleasant Valley High School and will be working as a Copy Editor for the Spartan Shield. He is a passionate musician, teaching himself drumset and successfully auditioning for a snare drum [position on t...

Erika Holmberg is currently a senior at Pleasant Valley and serves as the Copy Editor for the Spartan Shield. In addition to the Shield, Erika is actively involved in the arts. She is a Drum Major for the Pleasant Valley Band, s...

Alyse Zuiderveen is an involved senior at Pleasant Valley where she participates in Chamber Choir, jazz choir, Students for Political Action, Model UN, National Honor Society, and is the president of the Pleasant Valley Turning Poin...

Alex Hunter has been a student at Pleasant Valley High School since day one of his educational career. Residing in the National Honors Society and Men’s Soccer Team, Alex has his hands full with a plethora of accomplishments, ...

Jillian Keppy, senior, is very involved in activities both inside and outside of school. She has been on Spartan Assembly for two years and is going into her fourth year with PV’s girls’ golf team. She is a member of Positi...

Josie is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and plans on continuing her education at the University of Iowa majoring in graphic design with a creative writing minor. She has grown fond of the arts and often uses fashion as ...

Heath Rice has lived in Iowa his entire life, but his growing passion for writing has given him an edge to more fulfilling experiences than the average Iowan. At the young age of seventeen, Heath has advanced experience in part...

Mitchell Wood is a senior in Pleasant Valley High School and the Sports Editor of the Spartan Shield Online. As his fourth year playing golf and being a three-year varsity starter, he’s currently one of the captains of the PV G...

Harper Clark is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School. She participates in many different activities outside of school. That being said, Harper still sets aside time to be an avid member of the learning community here at Plea...

Shobini Iyer is currently a senior at Pleasant Valley and serves as the Co-Editor-in-Chief for the Spartan Shield. Aside from Honors Journalism, Shobini’s favorite classes consist of AP Physics and AP Calculus. In addition to...

Isa Burkhart is an involved senior at PV where she is the Captain of the varsity cheer squad and participates in many honors classes. Outside of school, Isa spends her time working as the Lead Teacher of Christ’s Family Church Day...

Vinay Joshi is a Senior at Pleasant Valley and serves as the business manager for the Spartan Shield. A dedicated musician, you may recognize him on the snare drum leading the Spartan Marching Band during football games. He was s...

Jayne Abraham is the Editor-in-Chief for the Spartan Shield. She has written for the shield for two years and enjoys writing in her free time. Jayne is also heavily involved in several organizations at PVHS including the Positive ...