The Foothill Dragon Press

Students say goodbye to seniors, inaugurate new members at annual ASB banquet

Benjamin Limpich • April 19, 2013

ASB members passed down their power to their soon-to-be successors by exchanging personal letters, gifts, and encouragement as they celebrated the year at their annual ASB banquet. “We are having...

BREAKING NEWS: Sports at Foothill? Possibility to be discussed by school board Tuesday at special meeting

Glenda Marshall • April 18, 2013

For the first time in the school’s 13-year history, Foothill students may get the chance to play athletics for their own school rather than for Ventura or Buena high schools. The possibility will...

Students create chalk drawings for tomorrow’s Art Show

Kendelle Gallagher • April 18, 2013

The sun poured down on students as they tirelessly put their efforts towards creating chalk drawings for tomorrow evening's Art Show. The chalk drawings will be auctioned off to buyers tomorrow...

Students learn leadership skills while collecting hygienic essentials for homeless families

Lucas Wiltjer • April 16, 2013

Foothill students in the Teen Voice Club are participating in a city-wide home essentials and hygiene care package drive, where hygienic products are collected from various schools and then distributed...

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy benefit concert and Music Fest foster arts programs throughout district (54 photos)

Katie Sones • April 14, 2013

Approximately 1,442 people filled Ventura High School’s Art Deco auditorium on Saturday night to see contemporary swing band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy perform. Donning their usual pinstriped suits and...

Bioscience Academy’s FAD Night informs freshmen, celebrates seniors (36 photos)

Lucas Wiltjer • April 11, 2013

Freshmen and their parents milled around Foothill's campus eating pasta and learning the ins and outs of the BioScience Academy, while seniors were celebrated for their contributions to the academy...

Foothill students test for presence of horsemeat DNA in local meat products

Benjamin Limpich • April 8, 2013

A group of four Foothill seniors found a real-life application for the skills they learned in BioScience's biotechnology course as they used DNA barcoding to test a total of 32 beef products for mislabeling...

Drug-sniffing dogs now allowed to search Foothill classrooms

Glenda Marshall • March 28, 2013

Due to rising concerns of drug use by students in the Ventura Unified School District, the school board has decided that it is in the best interest of the high schools to allow drug-sniffing detection...

Freshmen debate how “America Eats” for the revamped Ninth Grade Project (11 photos)

Anna Cogswell • March 27, 2013

As they anxiously attempted to eat a complementary pasta lunch without spilling on their business attire, freshmen nervously awaited their first big high school project yesterday. After enjoying...

Dragon Press wins Columbia’s highest honor, Gold Crown Award, during New York trip

Allison Clark • March 25, 2013

The Foothill Dragon Press was awarded with a Gold Crown Award at the 89th annual Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) convention last Friday, March 22. The Gold Crown Award is CSPA’s...

Six members of speech and debate to compete at State

Hailey Tallman • March 23, 2013

After beating out a slew of competitors at the State Qualification Tournament that spanned an overall five days, Foothill’s speech and debate team will send six of its members to the State Tournament...

BREAKING NEWS: Drug-sniffing dogs search classrooms on campus for first time

Rachel Crane • March 22, 2013

Today during second period, dogs trained to search and signal for drugs were taken into six randomly selected classrooms in an effort to crack down on students carrying drugs to school. The teachers...