As Pascack Valley has shut down due to the pandemic, the Executive Council has decided to host Valley Cup, the school pep rally, virtually on Wednesday. An in-person Valley Cup would have been held on May 21.

“The idea of a virtual Valley Cup was a combined effort by the entire council,” said Anna Urrea, Executive Council president and senior. “We knew we wanted to do something to keep everyone engaged and keep the Valley Cup spirit.”

A trick shot competition is the only event being held for this Valley Cup, and students and faculty members had the opportunity to submit videos of themselves doing trick shots to Urrea through email by Tuesday. A Google Form will be sent in an email to the school Wednesday morning for voting, and the winners will be shown on PVTV’s episode on Friday.

Sophomore Alex Schlessinger, who is the vice president of the sophomore council, participated in the competition.

“I think it was a great idea to help unite PV in these tough and challenging times,” Schlessinger said. “I think the Valley Cup is one of the things a lot of PV students are missing, so I think this is a great opportunity to attempt to revive the spirit that we are missing right now.”

Urrea said the council might come up with more Valley Cup competitions, including art and baking, for people with different hobbies to feel “more comfortable” about getting involved.

“It took about two weeks to plan this because we were bouncing ideas back and forth between the council,” Urrea said. “Then, we had to get our idea approved by the school and administration, and also figure out the best way to go about things.”

Urrea said a point system for the contest has not been decided yet.

“We might just recognize the winners and keep the unity between the school, rather than dividing it between grades again,” Urrea said. “The council is running it, but we really wanted to open it to the whole PV community, so we encourage students of every grade, and of course PV faculty to get involved too.”

In the meantime, the council is also coming up with activities to keep students entertained during the quarantine by doing multiple mini-competitions throughout the weeks.

“I’m looking forward to seeing people get involved,” ” Urrea said. “I think it is something to look forward to — seeing all your peers in these videos and seeing them have fun.”

Since the school is shut down, Urrea said that the council has not decided when the official Valley Cup winner will be announced.

“We are going week by week,” Urrea said. “We are going to try and work out that and the points, and we are planning on talking about that soon.”