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The Foothill Dragon Press

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The Foothill Dragon Press

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Tips to beat the heat

Marin Valerio September 4, 2017

With temperatures climbing up to the high 90s, general discomfort, dehydration and even heat strokes are common. In order to ensure health during this record-breaking weather, refer to these tips for...

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Assistant Principal Perez is excited to support students, teachers

Amanda Perez September 4, 2017

Eva "Tina" Perez comes to Foothill with an abundant amount of insight, knowledge and skill under her belt. She couldn’t be more excited to share and advise with Foothill students. As the new assistant...

New English teacher Schmidt in her Foothill classroom. Credit: Abigail Massar / The Foothill Dragon Press

Schmitt and the quest for rigor

Matthew Godfrey September 3, 2017

With four years of collegiate softball and countless hours spent surfing, Brooke Schmitt is starting the next rigorous chapter in her life as a teacher at Foothill, and she couldn't be more excited. Shifting...

Freshmen walking the halls on orientation day. Credit: Abigail Massar / The Foothill Dragon Press

The Class of 2021: First day thoughts

Lauren Shields August 26, 2017

As the Class of 2021 wanders around the Foothill halls, trying to find their place in the unfamiliar environment, stories, opinions and goals begin to arise. To hear some of the freshmen voice their...

Credit: Clare Knutson

Tips to achieve the perfect summer road trip

Clare Knutson June 15, 2017

Road trips are the quintessential summer adventure, but they aren’t all just blasting tunes and laughing with your friends as you roll through scenic country. Road trips can turn really miserable in...

Linda Kapala receives a bouquet of flowers to honor her service at Foothill before retiring at Senior Awards Night. Credit: Jocelyn Brossia / The Foothill Dragon Press

Linda Kapala: “You touch them, they touch you”

Clare Knutson June 14, 2017

Linda Kapala has been a familiar and friendly face in the Foothill media center, helping students find information on everything from good books to read to college information to organizing community service....

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Foothill students and their worlds at home

Chloe Hilles June 13, 2017

     Foothill is known for its collection of quirky students who all have different characters that add to the campus atmosphere. From musicians to scientists to pun loving teens,...

Photo collage credit: Grayson McCoy / The Foothill Dragon Press

Three Foothill teachers share their stories of immigration

Chloe Hilles June 13, 2017

As students, we are curious about where the people who teach and mentor us everyday come from. The teachers at Foothill have diverse and unique backgrounds. Some of them are alumni, some are from out of...

Credit: Grayson McCoy / The Foothill Dragon Press

Aasha and Kahar McCullum: Unrelated siblings brought together through family and culture

Chloe Hilles June 13, 2017

Two Nepali-American Foothillians, unrelated by blood, religion or gender. Two white, Venturan mothers. What binds the four together? To start, the last name McCullum. Kahar McCullum ‘17, the eldest...

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Enkela Qoshlli ’18: “Both of my cultures have shaped me”

Kathryn Brandi June 13, 2017

“It’s kind of romantic,” Enkela Qoshlli ‘19 said about her mother. “She was selfless in hoping.” Although raised in Ventura, Enkela was born in Germiston, South Africa where her parents...

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Yoanna Soliman ’19: The “intense” journey from Egypt to the United States

Nick Zoll June 13, 2017

Born in Port Said in 2001, Yoanna Soliman ‘19 spent the first eight years of her life in her native country of Egypt. However, she and her family were essentially forced to migrate to California. Soliman...

Auditory Nostalgia: The music of Foothill teachers youth

Auditory Nostalgia: The music of Foothill teachers’ youth

Lorenzo Alexander June 13, 2017

Music carries an eternal power. All emotions in the human repertoire can be easily recalled through incoming sound. Whether feelings are found in the strum of a chord or amidst the beat of a drum, hearing...

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