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Apple juice is sold in the PVHS cafeteria along with a cranberry grape juice blend.

Top 5 Juices

Katie Haas, Photo Manager
May 19, 2025
One Direction's debut album, Up All Night, was released in 2011. Photo Credit to One Direction.

Top boy bands

Katie Haas, Photo Manager
May 19, 2025
Epic (2013) starring Amanda Seyfried as MK and Josh Hutcherson as Nod. Photo Credit to Blue Sky Studios.

Top Underrated Children’s Movies

Katie Haas, Photo Manager
May 19, 2025
“The Summer I Turned Pretty” is releasing the third and final season in July of 2025.

The final season of “The Summer I Turned Pretty” reignites brotherly love triangle criticism

Katie Haas, Photo Manager
May 19, 2025

Engineering Problems Competition

Katie Haas
May 18, 2025
Grace Boleyn is shown running a relay at the Lady Lancer Relays on March 27, 2025.

Athlete of the Week: Grace Boleyn

Katie Haas, Photo Manager
May 12, 2025
Netflix Original, The Life List, is ranked number seven in movies on Netflix.

REVIEW: Netflix’s “The Life List” encourages viewers to pursue their dreams

Katie Haas, Photo Manager
April 29, 2025
The receipt for two tickets to see the re-release of Pride & Prejudice (2005) starring Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfayden and Rosamund Pike.

Two centuries later, “Pride and Prejudice” continues to capture hearts

Katie Haas, Photo Manager
April 29, 2025
Sports betting app Draft Kings is open to the NCAA college basketball betting options page.

Betting Madness: How March Madness fuels America’s gambling surge

Katie Haas, Photo Manager
April 16, 2025
PV girls' track seniors are happy to be competing on their home track for the first time since 2023.

Senior night success: PV girls track dominates with a rare home advantage

Katie Haas, Photo Manager
April 14, 2025

Culture over Coffee Episode #68: Coffee Shops

Katie Haas, Photo Manager
April 7, 2025
This is the album cover ofTaylor Swift’s “Lover.” Photo Credit: Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift’s worst songs

Katie Haas, Photo Manager
April 2, 2025
Entrance to Grand Teton National Park in northwestern Wyoming.

National parks: Preserving nature, combating climate change and inspiring generations

Katie Haas, Photo Manager
April 2, 2025

Dad rock playlist

Katie Haas, Photo Manager
March 28, 2025
Girls varsity soccer team huddles before a game against Davenport North.

Throwing it back to 2024 Varsity runner, Caitlin Quinn, is pictured competing at Muscatine. The girl’s team dominated in season meets last year before going on to win the state meet.

[Photo] The start of the 2025 track season brings excitement and ambition

Grace Boleyn, PV Only Editor
March 4, 2025
Senior Elodie Stroup stressed about an upcoming assignment.

From stigma to support: The growing presence of mental health days at PVHS

Katie Haas, Photo Manager
March 3, 2025
There are many types of pasta but there are five that stand out from the rest: Tortellini, Bucatini, Conchiglie, Fettuccine and Cavatappi.

Top five pastas to try

Katie Haas, Photo Manager
February 26, 2025
This is a shelf of children’s movies, including original and non-original productions from the 2000s and 2010s.

Hollywood’s creativity crisis: Studios recycle old hits over crafting new stories

Katie Haas, Photo Manager
February 24, 2025
Kendrick Lamar’s super bowl halftime show was full of easter eggs and powerful messages. Lamar goes against societal expectations to call out cultural problems in America with patriotic references and roles.

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: Controversial, Political and Unapologetic

Katie Hass, Photo Manager
February 24, 2025
The dating landscape has changed, especially for young teens who are surrounded by the internet.

Modern Romance: Media pushes unrealistic expectations in relationships

Muskan Mehta and Katie Haas
May 2, 2024
PV huddles up after a point in the state semi-final against Dowling Catholic on Nov 1, 2023.

[Photo] Successful Pleasant Valley Volleyball season comes to an end

Luke Allaman, “Failed It” Producer
November 14, 2023
Western Maui in March of 2023 before the devastating Maui fires

[Photo] Maui wildfires bring mixed outlooks on tourism

Prerna Vanga, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
September 11, 2023
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