The Foothill Dragon Press

Gun safety controversy reaches gun shows in Ventura County

Ailanie Martinez, Reporter • December 29, 2021

Ventura County has found itself caught in the crosshairs of the debate on guns, with a focus on gun shows. The Ventura County Fairgrounds has long held shows for organizations like Crossroads of the West...

The Holidays come alive at the Foothill Tech winter fest

Emma Ippolito, Reporter • December 22, 2021

The winter breeze swept through Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) as the various holiday decorations swayed along with it. Foothill Tech students walked around in various holiday pajamas...

Ho Ho Ho! BioScience supports Be The Match with a winter coin drive

Ailanie Martinez, Reporter • December 20, 2021

The giving season is in full swing for the BioScience Academy and Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) community. Throughout the week of Dec. 13, 2021 a fundraiser for the organization Be The...

BREAKING NEWS: Ventura Unified superintendent addresses nationwide violence threats

Adler Striegel and Olivia Zoll • December 16, 2021

In an email sent out to all Ventura Unified School District (Ventura Unified) families on the morning of Dec. 16, 2021, Superintendent Roger Rice notified students and parents of recent news of threats...

Ventura Unified’s School of Choice lottery takes a hit after declining enrollment

Caroline Hubner, Reporter • December 16, 2021

As the end of the Fall semester approaches, Ventura Unified School District (Ventura Unified) opened applications for the annual School of Choice (SOC) transfer window. School of Choice is a program that...

BioScience students get a special visit from the Ventura County Fire Department

Emma Ippolito, Reporter • December 12, 2021

The crisp coastal breeze ruffled the scrubs of the BioScience Academy students at Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech), as they sat and listened to a demonstration done by the Ventura County...

Hot or Not: Students reflect on the decades themed Spirit Week

Caroline Hubner, Reporter • November 29, 2021

As the holiday season approaches, the Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) Associated Student Body (ASB) organized a Decades Spirit Week to prelude the much anticipated Thanksgiving break. The...

Foothill Tech students save lives at annual blood drive

Emma Ippolito, Reporter • November 17, 2021

The sun blazed harshly as students headed into the Vitalant Blood Donation Center to donate blood on Sunday Nov. 14, 2021. Ran by the Foothill Technology High School( Foothill Tech) BioScience program,...

Cohort 16 prevails at the annual BioScience Olympics

Emma Ippolito, Reporter • November 8, 2021

The fog hung over the BioScience Cohorts as they did their beginning chants before the start of the annual BioScience Olympics on Nov. 4, 2021 at Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech). The BioScience...

A new tradition: Foothill Tech’s second annual Día de Los Muertos celebration represents Latinx culture and community

Caroline Hubner, Reporter • November 5, 2021

Following the Halloween holiday and Ventura Unified School District’s (Ventura Unified) fall break, students at Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) and the Be Heard club hosted a colorfully...

Foothill Tech lifts community service requirements

Emma Ippolito, Reporter • October 23, 2021

As previously announced by Principal Russel Gibbs on Oct. 15, 2021, Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) students will no longer be required to have community service hours in order to graduate....

COVID-19 vaccine protestors take to the streets following the new California student vaccine mandate

Caroline Hubner and Emma Ippolito • October 22, 2021

On Oct. 18, 2021 the Ventura Unified School District (Ventura Unified) and Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) were hit hard by low attendance rates due to the state-wide walkout against the...