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The Student News Site of Foothill Technology High School

The Foothill Dragon Press

The Student News Site of Foothill Technology High School

The Foothill Dragon Press

Students react to the #DontJudgeChallenge

Students react to the “#Don’tJudgeChallenge”

Branden Padilla October 19, 2015

There are new trends for teenagers every so often, the newest of which are related to personal appearances and what people deem as attractive. These challenges are performed by people on social media platforms...

5 best foods to try during Trader Joes Pumpkin Palooza

5 best foods to try during Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Palooza

Julia Fickenscher October 15, 2015

Despite the weather, fall is in full gear, and what better way to celebrate the season than with pumpkin? These days, there’s pumpkin flavored everything, and at Trader Joe’s, they really embrace the...

The New SAT: What you need to know and what others think

The New SAT: What you need to know and what others think

Sinjin Serrano October 6, 2015

On March 12, 2005, the SAT was administered and brought along changes the test hadn’t seen before. This included an essay portion, an expanded mathematics section and a changed scoring scale from 1600...

Recipe: Apple dishes for the fall season

Recipe: Apple dishes for the fall season

Brooklyne Shepherd October 6, 2015

With the changing of seasons comes the changing of cravings. As summer seems to fade, and fall begins to arise, our sweet tooth seems to get a little sweeter. This fall, let yourself indulge in your...

Recipe: Pear and apple green smoothie

Recipe: Pear and apple green smoothie

Sinjin Serrano October 1, 2015

As autumn slowly takes place, pumpkins take the spotlight for their use in festivities and the more recent pumpkin-spice products. This season, celebrate a few other fruits in season with the delicious...

Take a moment with these relaxation techniques

Take a moment with these relaxation techniques

Sinjin Serrano September 24, 2015

Often times, a student who is tasked with balancing academics, extracurriculars, home responsibilities and athletics will find they have little time for their own selves. With a packed schedule where the...

Targets decision to gender neutralize causes controversy

Target’s decision to gender neutralize causes controversy

Branden Padilla September 23, 2015

2015 is a big year for Target, who is now gender neutralizing their store signs. For instance, “boys' bedding” will now fall into the category of “kids' bedding.” Kids' toys and bedding, along...

Junior Bella Bobrow and senior Rugile Pekinas are starting an Environmental Club this year on campus. Credit: Carrie Coonan/The Foothill Dragon Press

Environmental club new to Foothill’s campus

Hanna Malco September 23, 2015

After almost a year of planning, junior Bella Bobrow and senior Rugile Pekinas have come together as co-presidents to form Foothill’s first earth-friendly club. After almost a year of planning,...

Superintendent Michael Babb encourages all students to push themselves and play nice. Credit: Carrie Coonan/The Foothill Dragon Press

Michael Babb takes on the position of Ventura Unified superintendent

Rachel Sun September 21, 2015

After Trudy Arriaga’s departure from the Superintendent position in Ventura Unified, Michael Babb stepped in to fill the vacant position. Well experienced in the education and leadership department,...

Carrs new programming class is making coding cool

Carr’s new programming class is “making coding cool”

Clare Knutson September 19, 2015

The beginning of the school year brought with it a new start, but also an experiment for the seventh period students of D-104 (along with a few others embedded in periods one and five) and their advisor...

Valerie Zeko: lighting the passion for reading and learning

Valerie Zeko: lighting the passion for reading and learning

Sinjin Serrano September 3, 2015

With the start of another school year comes new additions to the Foothill staff. Among them is Valerie Zeko, who is now teaching English 10 and 11. However, Foothill is far from unfamiliar ground for her. With...

Josiah Guzik: a newcomer with a history

Josiah Guzik: a newcomer with a history

Clare Knutson August 31, 2015

For the new Spanish 2 and 3 teacher Josiah Guzik, coming to teach at Foothill is not only a new adventure, but also “kind of like a homecoming” too. Except that this time, instead of sitting at the...

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