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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

Next year will start a new era at Foothill with athletics starting. Photo Illustration Credit: Aysen Tan/ The Foothill Dragon Press

Update: Foothill’s first athletes to get 20 new teams plus more choices, facilities, programs

Megan Kearney November 13, 2013

  Foothill will welcome the first-ever “Dragon” athletes next year with the start of a new era of sports, and school staff and administrators are busy learning and explaining CIF policies,...

Photo Illustration Credit: Aysen Tan/ The Foothill Dragon Press

Incoming freshmen to get new math classes as district chooses “integrated pathway”

Fidelity Ballmer November 12, 2013

  [dropcap size=dropcap]V[/dropcap]entura Unified School District math teachers made a historic decision October 28 to phase in an integrated math pathway for next year’s freshman class. The new...

Photo Illustration: Kazu Koba / The Foothill Dragon Press

SPECIAL REPORT: New Common Core math standards sweep into Foothill amid criticism and doubt

Fidelity Ballmer November 11, 2013

  [dropcap size=dropcap]C[/dropcap]urrents of doubt and waves of criticism over the Common Core math standards are stirring heated debate locally and across the country. Mathematics professors...

Students digital footprints could be unearthed by colleges at application time

Students’ digital footprints could be unearthed by colleges at application time

Rugile Pekinas November 10, 2013

College application season is in full swing and high school seniors across the nation are pining to distinguish themselves in the hopes of impressing the schools of their dreams. But with the possibility...

Male teachers at Foothill are participating in No Shave November. Credit: Ellie Morrison/The Foothill Dragon Press

“No Shave November” will bring scruffy faces and wild whiskers (17 photos)

Rugile Pekinas November 8, 2013

Male staff members are already starting to get scruffy with the beginning of the second annual No Shave November fundraiser. The focus of the month-long fundraiser is to bring awareness to prostate...

Speech and Debate team conquers at CalState Fullerton Invitational

Speech and Debate team conquers at CalState Fullerton Invitational

Megan Kearney October 21, 2013

Acting out "Mulan" for speech, and debating over the use of military force were only a few of the elements at this past weekend's speech and debate tournament. Foothill’s Speech and Debate team...

New eraser bill may allow California teens to scrub their posts

New ‘eraser bill’ may allow California teens to scrub their posts

Canela Lopez October 20, 2013

Sophomore Hannah Wagar’s bright eyes seemed to cloud with regret as she thought about the Instagram comment she posted ten months ago.  “I didn’t think of the consequences while writing it but...

New state law for transgender students creates concern

New state law for transgender students creates concern

Fidelity Ballmer October 16, 2013

  [dropcap size=dropcap]R[/dropcap]ecent Foothill graduate Tobe Dakin didn't think his peers would be comfortable with him using the men's bathroom during his senior year. Even if if he had wanted...

Freshmen begin to read their books for the Angel Potato Revolution. Credit: Megan Kearney/The Foothill Dragon Press

Rally kicks off second year of “Angel Potato Revolution” (20 photos)

Bryn Treloar-Ballard October 15, 2013

A potato-themed carnival greeted the freshman class on Monday, complete with potato spoon relays, potato sack races, and “Tic-Tac-Potato.” The fun and games were part of the “Angel Potato Revolution,”...

This week is Red Ribbon Week and will be filled with activities to motivate students to be drug free. Credit: Aysen Tan/The Foothill Dragon Press

Red Ribbon Week discourages drug use with daily events

Cliff Danza October 13, 2013

Sophomore Ethan Falls was shocked when a random student offered him marijuana during his freshman year at Buena High School.  “[This guy] pulled out a blunt right in front of everyone. I couldn’t...

Senior Tara Yanez enjoys the Senior Pride Lunch and thinks back to all thats happened throughout high school. Credit: Josh Ren/The Foothill Dragon Press

Senior Pride Lunch creates reflection of high school years

Ben Oliver October 13, 2013

Tara Yanez, a senior at Foothill, was surrounded by music, sunshine, and celebration at the 2013 annual Senior Pride Lunch as she thought back on the time when she saved a little boy’s life. “The...

BioScience students participate in the five-legged race at the BioScience Olympics. Credit:

Students compete for “Golden Crutch” in BioScience Olympics

Bryn Treloar-Ballard October 5, 2013

A bejeweled “Golden Crutch” awaited Cohort 8, the winning class in the BioScience Olympics on Friday. The Olympics are an annual event put on by the BioScience Leadership Team in order to promote...

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