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The Foothill Dragon Press

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The Foothill Dragon Press

Seniors present Dragon Talks across campus

Seniors present Dragon Talks across campus

Allison Clark May 29, 2013

[dropcap size=dropcap-big]S[/dropcap]eniors wearing everything from a girl scout uniform to an explorer outfit took over every classroom on campus today as part of the new senior project titled Dragon...

Seniors Hailey Abourezk-Pinkstone and Stephen Mariani won the awards of Best All Around Female and Best All Around Male, respectively. Credit: Aysen Tan/The Foothill Dragon Press

Class of ’13 Seniors recognized at Awards Night

Melissa Marshall May 22, 2013

The crowd that gathered in Buena High School’s auditorium on Tuesday night hushed as Senior Class Advisor Melanie "Captain" Lindsey called for the beginning of Senior Awards Night, and for an end...

A survey of Foothill students shows cheating is an ongoing concern for students and staff. Credit: Aysen Tan/The Foothill Dragon Press

Cheating ‘rampant’ and ‘like a plague’ at Foothill, surveys show

Glenda Marshall May 21, 2013

. [dropcap size=dropcap]I[/dropcap]n an anonymous survey of 254 Foothill students conducted in April by the Dragon Press, 92 percent indicated they have participated in an activity that breaks the Ventura...

Senior Andre Sehati performs with his band, Andre and the Giants, at Air Guitar. Credit: Bethany Fankhauser/The Foothill Dragon Press

Air Guitar 2013 (39 photos, video)

Benjamin Limpich May 19, 2013

  Tie dye shirts and peace signs embellished the food stand-filled courtyard as dancers stretched and musicians tuned their instruments in preperation for Air Guitar, Foothill's annual talent...

Junior Emily Graves and sophomore James Florez dance together at this years "magic" prom. Credit: Josh Ren/The Foothill Dragon Press

Magic fills air at Foothill prom (35 photos)

Canela Lopez May 19, 2013

Swanky 1920s music trickled out of the smoky entrance of the Saticoy Country Club as magic filled the air at Foothill’s annual prom last night. Most students attending the “magic” themed dance...

Sophomore Ben Limpich and VUSD superintendent Trudy Arriaga attend the PAAC debate on whether sports at Foothill will have a positive or negative outcome. Credit: Josh Ren/The Foothill Dragon Press

PAAC debates decision to implement sports at Foothill

Kendelle Gallagher May 17, 2013

Students filed into room I109 during Thursday's PAAC debate to argue whether or not offering sports at Foothill was ultimately a good decision, and the vast majority was against the change. The...

P.E. teacher Emily Stevens was hired as Foothills new athletic director for the 2014-15 school year. Credit: Aysen Tan/The Foothill Dragon Press

Stevens hired as Foothill’s first athletic director

Glenda Marshall May 17, 2013

In the coming years, Foothill will be experiencing big changes in its physical education department, and P.E. teacher Emily Stevens has been chosen to lead the revolution. Administration announced Tuesday...

The Foothill Dragon Press staff took home 10 first place awards at the Ventura County Star high school journalism awards ceremony. Credit: Melissa Wantz/The Foothill Dragon Press

The Foothill Dragon Press takes home 18 awards from Ventura County Star ceremony

Hailey Tallman May 17, 2013

Motivated young journalists, printed or published online, gathered on the patio outside of the Ventura County Star office yesterday evening to receive awards for the best news, features, sports and other...

Senior Holly Tokar is ranked 11th in the country for pole vaulting. Credit: Cindy Tokar. Used with permission.

Tokar smashes records in pole vaulting, perseveres through injuries

Anna Cogswell May 12, 2013

Ranked 11th in the country for pole vaulting, senior Holly Tokar has been smashing records left and right locally. Breaking the Ventura High School stadium record on March 9 with a 12'3" jump, Tokar...

Singer Lexi Rule performs at the Schools For Salone benefit concert. Credit: Bethany Fankhauser/The Foothill Dragon Press

Local student musicians perform to raise awareness for Sierra Leone and West Africa (33 photos, video)

Hailey Tallman May 12, 2013

Filled with electric guitar solos and grinning faces, a benefit concert was held at Community Presbyterian Church last night to raise money for the people in poverty in Sierra Leone. Hosted by Foothill...

Editor-in-Chief, Rachel Crane, gets doused with water, a tradition started three years ago when the Dragon press won its first Pacemaker. Credit: Aysen Tan/ The Foothill Dragon Press

The Foothill Dragon Press honored with most prestigious student journalism award

Anna Cogswell May 10, 2013

The Dragon Press is now one of only seven online student publications to receive both the Pacemaker and The Golden Crown this year after receiving NSPA’s highest honor weeks ago. The National...

Junior Kienna Kulzer won in the category of High School Fiction by entering a creative writing piece in the Art Tales contest. Credit: Emily Chacon/The Foothill Dragon Press

Kulzer wins first place in creative writing competition, Art Tales, with “A Thousand Ways”

Benjamin Limpich May 7, 2013

“There are a thousand ways to die,” is Foothill junior Kienna Kulzer’s opening statement in her short story that won first place in the City of Ventura’s fifth annual Art Tales writing contest. In...

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