The new era has begun. Fifty-three students and 15 faculty members met Thursday afternoon via Zoom to lay the groundwork for the selection of PV’s new nickname and mascot. The Mascot Selection Committee,...

Although still in progress, local health officials have completed “enough” of their contact tracing investigation and recommend that Pascack Valley remain fully remote through Jan. 18 with a scheduled...

Pascack Valley’s Mascot Selection Committee will be holding its first meeting toward selecting a new mascot on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. on Zoom due to COVID-19 contact tracing investigations at PV. This...

Pascack Valley will utilize a fully remote learning schedule for Tuesday and Wednesday, according to an email from Superintendent Erik Gundersen. The decision came after the district was “made aware...

Pascack Valley Regional Board of Education Secretary Yas Usami swore in four new BOE members during Monday night’s BOE meeting held in Pascack Valley’s cafeteria and on Zoom. The new members are Kelly...

(Editor’s Note: The Board of Education approved the removal of the Pascack Valley and Pascack Hills mascots, the Indians and Cowboys, in June. PV is one of many schools in New Jersey that has had a mascot...

The Pascack Valley Regional Board of Education bid farewell to board members Brian Hallowell, David Steinberg, Arnold Scher, and Kenneth Ralph during Monday night’s BOE meeting held in-person at Pascack...

Before the decision in June to retire the Pascack Valley mascot and nickname, the Indians, the district found itself in a strange position. PV had been utilizing the PV block letters as the school logo, rather than the image of an Indian head. Although the district began phasing out the Indian head logo, it continued to be occasionally used by community members. Like PV, Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School in Scotch Plains, New Jersey also went through a period of uncertainty after it retired its Native American inspired logo, but kept its nickname, the Raiders.

District Superintendent Erik Gundersen said district nurses will meet with representatives from the Northwest Bergen Regional Health Commission by the “middle to end” of this week to determine whether...

Senior Natalia Chinchilla said that the “biggest” challenge in hosting virtual clubs is trying to get every member involved.  Chinchilla participates in numerous extracurricular activities, including...

Pascack Valley and Pascack Hills decided to remove their mascot, the Indians and Cowboys, in June. Recently, several high schools across New Jersey have questioned their controversial mascots and nicknames. In our 10th installment of our “What’s in a Name?” coverage package, staff editor Abby Shapiro and staff writer Sarah Shapiro report on a similar situation at Wayne Valley High School.

District Superintendent Erik Gundersen said that all in-person school activities until Dec. 14 will be suspended or held remotely due to the increasing positive COVID-19 cases in the district. This was...