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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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Wage gap for women of color closes slowly

Branden Padilla December 7, 2016

Discrimination between men and women in the workplace is a well-known subject and a sensitive topic to some. The most pressing matter in this topic is the fact that women of color are paid even less than...

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Three simple ways to get more sleep

Clare Knutson November 27, 2016

Sleep is often an elusive thing for high school students. In fact, the majority of teenagers report getting less than the recommended 8-9 hours of sleep each night. Students tend to be up late at night...

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Sebastian Bails the “Musical.ly guy”

Lauren Shields October 12, 2016

Half a year ago, junior Sebastian Bails started off with only a couple followers on social media. Six months later, Bails has over 400,000 fans on Musical.ly, 4,000 subscribers on Youtube, and 17,600 followers...

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Foothill junior Lucas Reed flies solo for the first time

Lauren Shields October 2, 2016

Sunday, the day of rest, was not a restful day for Lucas Reed or his family and friends. On September 25, 2016, Reed took the flight of his dreams, solo, for the first time. Through a small window...

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A look back: stories and memories from Foothill’s past

Sinjin Serrano September 23, 2016

Founded in 2000, Foothill had a humble beginning as a new magnet public high school. Despite only having been open for 16 years, Foothill has achieved a level of recognition that few other schools, old...

Tera Creech joins Foothill with confidence

Tera Creech joins Foothill with confidence

Branden Padilla September 20, 2016

Tera Creech has recently joined the Foothill community as the new biology and chemistry instructor, with an open heart and an open mind. Creech graduated from Cal Lutheran University in 1998, with...

5 easy Mason jar lunches

5 easy Mason jar lunches

Lauren Shields September 9, 2016

Packing lunches in the morning can be a sloppy mess. Throwing whatever you find in the fridge between two bread slices. Encountering that Tupperware of last week's leftover dinner and shoving it into your...

Colleen Malone - excited to teach “where you can go with science”

Colleen Malone – excited to teach “where you can go with science”

Sinjin Serrano September 1, 2016

With 12 years of teaching experience under her belt, Colleen Malone has begun a new journey as Foothill BioScience Academy’s Biotechnology teacher and she is ready to share her love and passion for the...

Binge-watching isnt all fun and Game of Thrones

Binge-watching isn’t all fun and Game of Thrones

Clare Knutson June 7, 2016

A good TV show will make you lose yourself in the world of the characters for a while, but today the majority of Americans are choosing to immerse themselves in a fictional world for far more time than...

Meet the Class of 2016 Valedictorians

Meet the Class of 2016 Valedictorians

Julie Knowles June 5, 2016

This year, Foothill has three Valedictorians. To get this distinction, students must have a cumulative GPA of 4.9. This means that these three have taken all available AP or Honors core courses available,...

Six uses for coconut oil besides for cooking

Six uses for coconut oil besides for cooking

Clare Knutson June 5, 2016

It’s no secret that coconut oil is great for cooking and baking. It adds flavor and is one of the healthiest cooking oils available. It has been shown to aid in digestion, help you burn more fat and...

Students living with type 1 diabetes

Students living with type 1 diabetes

Hanna Malco June 4, 2016

News Medical defines diabetes mellitus as a condition in which the body fails to properly utilize the ingested glucose, colloquially known as sugar. It’s an epidemic affecting more than 29 million Americans,...

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