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'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...
(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 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 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 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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
