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Graffiti Coverage

The Pascack Valley Choir performs during the PVRHSD's Unity in the Valley event. Unity in the Valley was held in the PV auditorium on Tuesday, March 19.

Unity in the Valley highlights

Matt Austin and Rachel Cohen March 20, 2019

The Pascack Valley Regional High School District hosted a Unity in the Valley event featuring a keynote presentation from New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, a message from New Jersey Rep. Josh...

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal speaks about his experiences with discrimination while as a federal prosecutor. He presented at Unity in the Valley with community members, students, and religious leaders on Tuesday, March 19.

PVRHSD holds Unity in the Valley event at PV

Rachel Cohen and Madison Gallo March 20, 2019

New Jersey's 61st Attorney General Gurbir Grewal is the first Sikh in the U.S. to become an attorney general. Gurbir gave a keynote presentation, along with prominent community members, students, faith...

The first Sikh Attorney General, New Jersey's Gurbir Grewal spoke at Pascack Valley's Unity in the Valley event on Tuesday, March 19. Grewal chatted with Smoke Signal Editor in Chief Madison Gallo prior to the event.

Exclusive interview with NJ Attorney General

Madison Gallo and Josh DeLuca March 20, 2019

(Editor's Note: Prior to Tuesday's "Unity in the Valley" event, The Smoke Signal had a chance to sit down with New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, the night's keynote speaker, for an exclusive interview....

A swastika was found in one of PV's boys bathrooms upstairs in September, and, consequently it was closed for investigation. After a string of hate and bias incidents at PV, a minor was charged and is being held responsible for at least one of the incidents.

Minor charged in hate and bias incident

Madison Gallo and Rachel Cohen March 4, 2019

A minor was recently found responsible for at least one of the hate and bias incidents at Pascack Valley High School and has been charged by the Hillsdale Police Department, according to an email sent...

A swastika was found in a boys bathroom stall on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at George G. White Middle School in Hillsdale. Principal Donald Bergamini informed the Hillsdale Schools community in an email sent on Tuesday.

Anti-semitic graffiti discovered at George G. White School

Rachel Cohen, Staff Editor December 5, 2018

A swastika was found on a third floor boys bathroom stall in the afternoon by school personnel at George G. White Middle School on Tuesday, Dec. 4.  After graduating George G. White Middle School in...

Pascack Hills Principal Glenn deMarrais and Mrs. Heather Lutz, a Literature of the Holocaust and English teacher at Hills, react to the recent vandalism discovered in a boys bathroom. Several swastikas and a racial slur were found etched into partition walls of a stall by a faculty member on Nov. 30.

‘Outrage followed by disappointment’

Rachel Cohen, Staff Editor December 4, 2018

Pascack Hills Principal Glenn deMarrais said his “first reaction was outrage followed by disappointment” when multiple swastikas and racial slurs, drawn with pencil into the partition walls of a second...

Multiple swastikas and a racial slur were found etched into patron walls in a boys bathroom at Pascack Hills. The bathroom was immediately closed and the Montvale Police Department was contacted.

Hateful graffiti discovered at Pascack Hills

Rachel Cohen and Josh DeLuca December 3, 2018

Several swastikas and a racial slur were found etched into parition walls of a boys bathroom in Pascack Hills on Friday, Nov. 30. Since then, the bathroom has been shut down, the graffiti was removed,...

'Actions speak louder than words'

‘Actions speak louder than words’

Rachel Cohen, Staff Editor November 29, 2018

The Pittsburgh shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27 took 11 innocent lives. It has sparked a national conversation and the rise of other anti-Semitic incidents across the country in the past...

Students stand in the shape of a heart during the Movement of Unity.

Pascack Valley participates in ‘Movement of Unity’

Josh DeLuca, Sports Editor November 26, 2018

In the wake of the recent anti-Semitic graffiti and hate speech that was found at Pascack Valley, the student body participated in a “Movement of Unity” on Nov. 21. According to an email sent by...

Letter to the Editor: 'We all need to take responsibility'

Letter to the Editor: ‘We all need to take responsibility’

Shauna McLean, Pascack Valley Student November 20, 2018

(Editor's note: The opinions expressed in this letter are not necessarily those of The Smoke Signal or its staff.) Dear Editor, I could pretend to be surprised. Many people are doing so. Symbols...

PV students took the final sections of PARCC testing Tuesday.

‘Student-led Movement of Unity’ planned for Wednesday

Madison Gallo, Editor in Chief November 19, 2018

A 'student-led Movement of Unity' is set to take place in the morning Wednesday, Nov. 21, around 8:45 a.m. This is not a walkout as to avoid making the movement political, according to Vice President of...

Hate crimes on the rise across United States

Hate crimes on the rise across United States

Madison Gallo, Editor in Chief November 19, 2018

In the wake of what has been happening at Pascack Valley regarding the graffiti that was recently uncovered by The Smoke Signal, it is apparent that PV’s situation is not a unique case. Anti-semitic...

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