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The student news site of Pleasant Valley High School

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The student news site of Pleasant Valley High School

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Jae Jepsen

Jae Jepsen, Editor-in-Chief

Jae Jepsen is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and is thrilled to serve as 2023-2024 Editor-in-Chief for the Spartan Shield Online! In past years, she has written for the Boston Terrier at Boston University's Summer Journalism Institute, worked as Copy Editor online, and been print News Editor. Outside of journalism, Jae is the Vice President Out-of-House for the PV Drama Officer Board, and participates in theatre both on and off stage. She has been a representative on Spartan Assembly throughout all of high school. After graduation, Jae hopes to major in journalism and pursue a career in the field.

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PV powderpuff teams competing in a game on Sept. 16.

[Photo] Pleasant Valley girls tackle powderpuff football

September 15, 2023
Senate File 496 has changing many aspects of the classroom- including the names that teachers can call their students

Iowa education law creates changes for students and teachers

Jae Jepsen, Editor-in-Chief
September 11, 2023
Though the May 15 incident is by far the worst, Junior Lynsey Stevenson has been isolated from her peers at numerous other choir events

‘I felt like I was just a shadow’: PV fails to meet expectation of inclusivity

Jae Jepsen, Editor in Chief
May 30, 2023
Members of the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) have gone on strike after contract negotiations failed to yield the changes they desired.

WGA strike has ‘striking’ impacts

Jae Jepsen, Copy Editor
May 18, 2023
The inaugural Spartan Spotlighters production came to a close on April 30 to much acclaim. They performed “The Wizard of Oz”, and featured disabled students between seventh and 12th grades.

Spartan Spotlighters take audiences ‘Over the Rainbow’ with remarkable performance

Jae Jepsen , Copy Editor
May 17, 2023
The exaggeration of niche style aesthetics is creating an expectation to fit into a singular category, even when fully involving oneself is near impossible.

Everycore: The obsession with categorizing fashion

Jae Jepsen, Copy Editor
May 11, 2023
North Scott Director of Curriculum and Instruction Bernadette Burstkern will be taking over Mike Zimmer’s job as Director of Secondary Education in the fall.

Brustkern to take over as PV Director of Secondary Education

Jae Jepsen, Copy Editor
May 2, 2023
PV Junior Brie Howell and her friends took part in the trend of extravagant concert fashion, going all out to see Harry Styles’ Love on Tour.

A musical met gala: The evolution of concert fashion

Jae Jepsen, Copy editor
April 18, 2023
Seniors have taken to social media to share their college decisions, providing counsel and caution to younger students as they ponder their own futures.

Statistical sorrow: Seniors share college decisions on social media

Jae Jepsen, Copy Editor
April 11, 2023
Parasocial relationships are formed when a fan of a celebrity begins to form a real attachment to them despite there being no real interaction or relationship between the two.

The illusion of intimacy: Fans prone to forming parasocial relationships with celebrities

Jae Jepsen, Copy Editor
April 4, 2023
Before Phi Phi Leh beach closed in 2018, there were over 6,000 visitors a day, contributing significantly to pollution on the island.

The dark side of tourism

Jae Jepsen, Copy Editor
April 4, 2023
Undefeated yet empty: How PV’s student section neglects female athletics

Undefeated yet empty: How PV’s student section neglects female athletics

Jae Jepsen, Copy Editors
March 21, 2023
High publicity trials have a permanent fixture of American culture, giving the media a newly formed responsibility for the outcomes of cases.

When the media plays juror

Jae Jepsen, copy editor
March 6, 2023
The controversial Stanford List suggests the elimination of harmful language, and includes words with unfavorable origins.

Stanford offensive language list attempts to make progress, addresses the wrong issue

Jae Jepsen, Copy Editor
February 28, 2023

[Video] Swords and storytelling: PV drama’s experiments with stage combat

Jae Jepsen, Copy Editor
February 22, 2023
Spotify’s bedroom pop playlist contains songs by both well known and obscure artists, and has over 1 million likes.

Made at home: The rise of bedroom pop in the digital age

Jae Jepsen, Copy Editor
February 20, 2023
Students take a bow at this year’s Penguin Project performance

PV drama pulls back the curtain on new ‘Spartan Spotlighters’ production

Jae Jepsen, Copy Editor
February 14, 2023
Since diabetes drugs have gone viral for their weight loss capabilities, shortages have been seen across the country.

The ethical dilemma of Ozempic

Jae Jepsen, Copy Editor
February 8, 2023
As criticism and memes about a show go viral, more people choose to watch it so they can add to the storm of hatred.

About the buzz: How the era of hate-watching is influencing media

Jae Jepsen, Copy editor
January 30, 2023
The 2023 American Girl of the Year Kavi Sharma is the first Indian-American doll in the series, which has long been representative of various cultures and backgrounds.

[Photo] American Girl of the Year 2023 brings representation to South Asian children

January 30, 2023
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