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Senior Chris Hanna, junior Dominique Callegari, and senior Anthony Khadonian perform at the fourth annual Festival of Fools. Credit: Jackson Tovar/The Foothill Dragon Press

Festival of Fools provides a “night of laughs” (8 photos, video)

Allison Clark March 24, 2012

Thunderous applause rang throughout Foothill’s Spirito Hall Friday night as the Speech and Debate team’s third annual Festival of Fools took place inside. Festival of Fools is a slightly more...

Sophomores Jesa Bryant-Simental (left) and Holly Guzman (right) have fun on an inflatable maze during Fridays Renaissance Rally. Credit: Felicia Perez/The Foothill Dragon Press

Students celebrate their achievements at Renaissance rally (25 photos, video)

Melissa Marshall March 16, 2012

Students were literally jumping with joy at the Renaissance Rally Friday afternoon. The quad was filled with jolly jumpers, an obstacle course, a dunk tank, and face painting to commemorate the students’...

Photo illustration credit: Aysen Tan/The Foothill Dragon Press.

Foothill’s racial equity gap lower than county average

Emma Huebner March 16, 2012

A new school, no friends, unable to speak a word of English; life was not easy for Foothill sophomore Jenny Castillo when she moved to the United States in third grade. “I had to learn everything...

Earlier this week, Ventura Unified teachers voted to increase the number of furlough days and take a pay cut to save fellow teachers. Credit: Felicia Perez/The Foothill Dragon Press

Ratified contract secures jobs of Foothill teachers

Caitlin Trude March 16, 2012

On Tuesday and Wednesday, an overwhelming 92.2 percent of Ventura Unified School District employees voted in favor of the tentative agreement for the 2012-2013 school year that will cut staff pay by...

Photo Illustration: Four Foothill teachers may receive pink slips this year. Credit: Aysen Tan/The Foothill Dragon Press.

New budget cuts threaten jobs of four Foothill teachers

Caitlin Trude March 10, 2012

As the certainty of a third year of budget cuts looms over the Ventura Unified School District, Foothill teachers Claire Adams, Heather Ferris, Bill Huffman, and Alice Rocca may be in danger of receiving...

Sophomore Aysen Tan and junior Molly Roberts each won a $5,000 scholarship for their projects about the First Amendment. Credit: Bethany Fankhauser/The Foothill Dragon Press

Tan, Roberts win $5,000 in ‘Free to Tweet’ competition

Rachel Crane March 9, 2012

  Sophomore Aysen Tan’s mom rushed back into their house last Friday after finding the letter from Vanderbilt University in their mailbox, and quickly told him to open the envelope. “I tore...

Holocaust survivor Bernd Simon talks with sophomore Anna Cogswell. Credit: Aysen Tan/The Foothill Dragon Press

Holocaust survivor inspires and enlightens sophomores

Emma Huebner March 8, 2012

Foothill sophomores gathered in the black box Wednesday, anxiously awaiting the annual visit from 92-year-old Holocaust survivor Bernd Simon. A video sharing Simon’s story played during the first...

Author Jonathan Auxier signs a copy of his book "Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes" at the Battle of the Books competition at DATA on Friday. Credit: Felicia Perez/The Foothill Dragon Press.

Battle of the Books encourages students’ passion for reading (25 photos)

Kienna Kulzer February 26, 2012

Middle school bookworms had the chance to show off their reading knowledge in the Battle of the Books competition on Friday.  Battle of the Books has been a part of Ventura Unified middle schools...

Juniors Nate Rowley and Jackson Tovar dance while junior Steven Mariani plays the guitar. All three competed in last nights Mr. Foothill competition. Credit: Felicia Perez/The Foothill Dragon Press.

Mr. Foothill competition wows crowd (30 photos, video)

Allison Clark February 25, 2012

  Foothill’s Spirito Hall was filled with people, laughs, and anticipation last night as students and staff waited for the second annual Mr. Foothill competition to begin.Mr. Foothill is a male...

Seniors Aron Egelko and Kevin Kunes show off the quarterfinal plates that they earned last weekend at UC Berkeleys high school debate tournament. Credit: Aysen Tan/The Foothill Dragon Press.

Foothill debaters invited to national-circuit tournament

Glenda Marshall February 23, 2012

Seniors Aron Egelko and Kevin Kunes are raking in the records this year on the Foothill Speech and Debate team. Their most recent victory took place this past weekend at the UC Berkeley Invitational...

Senior Alex Villalpando participates in the tug-of-war competition on Tuesday. Credit: Aysen Tan/The Foothill Dragon Press

Greek Week unites classes in friendly competition

Melissa Marshall February 21, 2012

Foothill bustled with twice the excitement Tuesday morning as sets of twins arrived on campus. Tuesday marked the first day of Greek Week, beginning with a "Twin Day" theme. “Spirit Week is...

Senior Class President Stephen Mariani (right) shakes hands with Senior Class Vice President Ryan Harris (left). Credit: Aysen Tan/The Foothill Dragon Press

Student body chooses next year’s ASB leaders

Emma Huebner February 21, 2012

A handful of Foothill students were victorious in the ASB class elections held February 14 and 15. Freshmen Will Hammer and Carlos Cohen were elected sophomore class vice president and president,...

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