PV set to play only home Friday night game of the season
Trey Herenda, Sports Writer
October 13, 2017
Filed under News, Showcase, Sports, Sports Showcase
The Pascack Valley varsity football schedule looks different compared to last year. This year, the PV football schedule includes mostly Saturday afternoon home games rather than the typical Friday night games from previous years. This season, all but one of of PV’s home games are on a Saturday aft...
New security to block Chrome extensions
Rachel Cohen, Staff Editor
October 12, 2017
Mr. Paul Zeller, the Director of Instructional Technology in the Pascack Valley Regional High School District, sent out an email to the PV student body at 11:28 a.m. on Tuesday. Â The email addressed that the technology department had viewed PV students installing Chrome extensions to bypass the cont...
Hillsdale Police Department hosts ‘Coffee with a Cop’ event
October 5, 2017
Wednesday was ‘National Coffee with a Cop’ day. In honor of this day, the Hillsdale Police Department held its own ‘Coffee with a Cop’ event at the Hillsdale Starbucks from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sergeant Chris Cognac of the Hawthorne Police Department in California was one of the founders of â...
Class of 2020 to Hold Alzheimer’s Walk
Rachel Cohen, Staff Editor
September 28, 2017
On Sunday, Oct. 15, Pascack Valley Class of 2020 will be hosting an Alzheimer’s Walk at Overpeck Park in Ridgefield Park, N.J. Registration for the walk begins at 8:30 a.m. and the walk starts at 10 a.m. Ms. Ashley Arroyo, a Spanish teacher at PV and the sophomore class advisor, is organizing the event for...
Hillsdale Library extends art exhibition invitation
Rachel Powell, Staff Editor
September 25, 2017
The Hillsdale Library is always seeking artists and photographers to exhibit their work and is extending an invitation to the student body at Pascack Valley. Exhibits may run for one full calendar month, and the library has a hanging system for flat artwork with wires and three lockable display ...
Food options limited at football games
Spencer Goldstein, Sports Writer
September 20, 2017
Hungry fans coming to Saturday’s Pascack Valley football game may have gone home afterward with an even bigger appetite. Last year, the fans had the option of eating a slice of pizza, hot dog, or other typical ballpark foods, but on Saturday, that was not the case. Uncle Louie G's Italian Ices &...
PV observes Suicide Prevention Week
Lauren Cohen, Editor in Chief
September 18, 2017
Last November, the PV community was devastated when Jack Farrell took his own life. Farrell, then a PV senior, was well-liked by his peers and teachers alike. His suicide came as a shock to everyone who knew him. The next morning, PV’s halls were quiet. Tears streamed down the faces of the mem...
Smoke Signal announced as a finalist for GSSPA Awards
Lauren Cohen and Allison Botwinick
September 14, 2017
The Garden State Scholastic Press Association (GSSPA) is New Jersey’s student publication organization. Every fall, it holds a contest in which different student publications are awarded first, second, and third place, as well as honorable mentions, for a multitude of categories in print. This f...
Photo Essay: PV students travel to the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota
Rachel Powell, Staff Editor
September 11, 2017
Over the summer, a group of Pascack Valley students traveled to the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota, home of the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe, with history teachers Leah Jerome and Marisa Mathias. The students volunteered at the Cheyenne River Youth Project. They set up the School Supply Di...
Goodbye mixed English classes
Kelsey Hagen, Staff Writer
June 14, 2017
PV senior Josh Smartenko is a fan of the Honors/CP mixed English class. It is a chance for him to see friends that he might not normally be with in his other classes. Starting the following school year, the Honors/CP English classes will no longer be an option. Currently, PV juniors and seniors have the o...
District redesigns website
Jamie Ryu, Staff Editor
June 13, 2017
The Pascack Valley community can say goodbye to the familiar old website. The technology department launched a new website on the afternoon of June 9. In addition, the administration plans to launch a mobile app in the fall. According to Mr. Paul Zeller, Director of Instructional Technology in t...
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