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The Foothill Dragon Press

The Student News Site of Foothill Technology High School

The Foothill Dragon Press

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Michael Bowen the New Campus Supervisor

Amanda Perez March 20, 2018

Michael Bowen, the new campus supervisor, found his way to Foothill after experiencing what it was like to be a coach, lifelong athlete and student. His love for sports and education bore his path to Foothill. Snowboarding,...

Student voice: Arming teachers

Student voice: Arming teachers

Lauren Shields March 17, 2018

While the March for our Lives movement protests for gun control, lawmakers in Florida have passed legislation that provides gun control, but also allows staff members in Florida schools to possess guns...

Hannah Yale20. Credit: Olivia Sanford / The Foothill Dragon Press

Hannah Yale’s response to America’s “epidemic of gun violence”

Marin Valerio March 13, 2018

While gun violence grows more common by the hour, students nationwide are taking a stance and fighting back. Sparked by the devastating Parkland, Fla. shooting, a group of students from the Marjory Stoneman...

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Political situation

Becka Shuere March 10, 2018

The Chinese government is often a source of confusion because its ideology and its political state tend to defy attempts to delineate it. In 1911, after the Qing Dynasty was overthrown and China’s...

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Confucian Philosophy

Sam Bova March 10, 2018

This article will mostly be read by American eyes, and because American culture is extremely pragmatic and primarily interested in “what will put a dollar in my pocket,” the topic of it, Eastern philosophy,...

Photo of Aly Sheehy. Credit: Genevieve Martin of Stoneman Douglas (used with permission)

Aly Sheehy of Marjory Stoneman Douglas is using her voice because 17 of her friends cannot

Sam Bova March 1, 2018

In the United States alone, there have been 1,607 mass shootings since the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown, Conn.—none of which have been met with successful gun control legislation by the U.S....

Dana Eaton stands before the crowd of students and teachers at the ceremony honoring him. Credit: Grayson McCoy / The Foothill Dragon Press

Dana Eaton remembered as the “rock” of Foothill

Lauren Shields February 26, 2018

If Foothill were a night sky, Dana Eaton, Foothill's long-time campus supervisor, would be the North Star. Since the establishment of Foothill in 2000, and up until his retirement in Dec. 2017, Eaton has...

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Foothill alumna uses makeup to do good, be bold

Jocelyn Brossia February 16, 2018

On the night of President Trump’s election in 2016, alumna Katie Sones ‘14 decided to create Lipslut: a makeup company with the intention to resist and persist. Graduating from Foothill in 2014,...

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Practical self care in a world of bath bombs and face masks

Marin Valerio January 24, 2018

Amidst a sea of homework, friends and extracurriculars, self-care is often put on the backburner in order to stay afloat. Students’ perception of “self-care” tends to be skewed to a monthly ritual...

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Student-teacher relationships in the age of social media

Jocelyn Brossia January 19, 2018

Taking off in the early 2000s, social media has been around almost as long as Foothill itself. When networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace were on the rise in the mid-2000s, students now had the...

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Put an end to your procrastination with three simple steps

Amanda Perez January 11, 2018

The school day is over, you're on your way home and you think about what needs to get done. There’s an essay that needs to be written, a packet to turn in and a test to study for. You tell yourself you’ll...

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Staying safe in the Santa Ana winds

Lauren Shields December 6, 2017

The 68,000-acre Thomas Fire has caused a considerable amount of devastation to Ventura County families, as tens of thousands have been evacuated and over 150 structures have been burnt down. The fire started...

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