Executive Council President Anna Urrea said the final virtual Valley Cup will most likely determine if the juniors or seniors win the trophy. The winner is aiming to be announced on June 16, the last day of school.

The event, which is a music video competition, was released Saturday morning.

“First we weren’t doing points because we wanted this to keep everyone together and not have it be a competition,” Urrea said. “Later on, we decided that since people put so much time into it, that should be rewarded. We ended up giving points to all the winners and to their respective grades.”

The competition will have only faculty members voting instead of the student body. Each grade submitted one video.

“This was inspired by the [dance competition], which is usually in the last Valley Cup,” Urrea said. “ I know everyone looks forward to that and likes to watch it. We really wanted to keep that going. It is a lot of work for the council, but I think it is a good turn-out and really rewarding in the end.”

Urrea said the virtual Valley Cups had had “great turnouts” and the council has received a lot of positive feedback.

“When the Executive Council was talking about [a virtual Valley Cup], we really didn’t know how it was going to go,” Urrea said. “It was kind of a shot in the dark, but we were very happy with how it turned out.”

Urrea said that the council wanted to give every grade the opportunity to be creative, work together, and participate.

“My favorite moment, since I was the one getting all the video submissions and making the end-video, was when I would see what people were submitting,” Urrea said. “It was really nice to see people who may have not normally had the opportunity to participate in the Valley Cup at school because maybe they were nervous or they are not the most athletic. Now, they got to participate in a competition where they could show their talents in other ways.”

English teacher Tina Marchiano competed in the past Valley Cups, the trickshot and talent competitions. Her nephew and students were involved in her video submissions.

“I liked both [competitions] for different reasons,” Marchiano said. “I liked the trickshot one because it was fun to see how people used that idea creatively in different ways. It was also really fun to do the talent show and see everyone’s different takes on talent — it wasn’t just singing. It was skateboarding and all different kinds of things.”

Marchiano said the Valley Cups have brought the community together during the pandemic. 

“It was something that people could really be a part of, more than just academically, because we know that PV is a lot more than just the academics that goes on,” Marchiano said.

Urrea said she is happy that she got to experience being president for the 2019-2020 school year, which has always been fun for her.

“To the councils, I think they all did an amazing job this year even when we weren’t in school,” Urrea said. “They put all they had into it.”