Sophie Kolax, Staff Editor
Sophie Kolax is a senior and the Managing Editor at the Valley Echo. Her article “PV sophomore cast in movie” was published in the Pascack Press in 2020 and she was featured in Best of SNO (Student News Organization) for her article “Polish slave labor camp survivor reflects on WWII and the current violence in Ukraine.” She’s looking forward to her fourth year in the publication and continuing to spread news and stories in the Pascack Valley community. When she’s not writing for the Echo, she enjoys reading fiction, listening to music, and traveling with her family.
![Sofia Davidson, a survivor of a Polish slave labor camp in World War II reflected on the similarities between that war and Putin's war with Ukraine. "[Putin and Hitler] want to be in charge, they don’t want to let other people or countries do what they want," Davidson said.](https://pvhsecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/russia-v-ukraine-photo.png)
![Custodians Diego Giraldo and Javier Diaz dive into their lives and their work at Pascack Valley. “I know that [with] everything I do, I have to do it the right way because it can impact a lot of people,” Giraldo said.](https://pvhsecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/3546E5DE-5358-46C5-83E0-463E3744CFC8-675x900.jpeg)
![Supervisors of each department were able to decide if they would require a midterm exam would be given. “[Cumulative exams are to be] built-in as part of their instructional program,”
Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Dr. Barry Bachenheimer said.](https://pvhsecho.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_6281-e1641997976312-900x675.jpg)
