The Foothill Dragon Press

De Anza updates, transforms into D.A.T.A.

Jocelyn Rodriguez • September 24, 2010

A new school year with new beginnings seems like the perfect setting for De Anza Middle School to reevaluate its progress after seven years of performing below expectations. Administrators at De...

Foothill flies by 899 in state tests

Dragon Press Editorial Board • September 20, 2010

With an API (Academic Performance Index) score of 906, Foothill Technology High School has once again placed among the top 20 schools in California. “I am very proud of our students and their...

Peggy Kroener takes the reins

Maya Morales • September 16, 2010

The new assistant principal at Foothill stands on the stage looking out towards a sea of students. She has cropped blond hair, and a wide smile across her face. For Peggy Kroener, Foothill is a new...

A new introduction to BioScience

Caitlin Trude • September 14, 2010

In Room E-104, Foothill science teacher Wendi Butler is more than happy to give guidance to some AP Biology students, who are frazzled by a recent lab; and are queued up behind Butler’s office chair. Butler...

Teachers bring Sierra Leone cause to Foothill

Emma Huebner • September 14, 2010

No homes, but shacks made out of tin and sticks. No running water, just a well 12 miles down the road. No restrooms, only a hole in the mud. Sierra Leone is considered to be the poorest country in...

906 means Foothill’s doing flips

Anaika Miller • September 14, 2010

Students in Wendi Butler’s third-period Honors Physiology class held their breaths during the agonizing minutes before Principal Joe Bova announced Foothill Technology’s Academic Performance Index...

Electronic standard: a better way to test?

Katie Elvin • September 13, 2010

It’s that time. The familiar scratch of pencils, the yearly darkening of infinitesimal bubbles, the annual mind-numbing monotony of answering seemingly never-ending questions, the standardized testing...

Join the crew!

Anaika Miller • September 2, 2010

With school starting, students are throwing footballs, setting volleyballs and swimming in the early morning for water polo, but what about rowing? The Lake Casitas Rowing Association has announced...

Class of ’10 goes out in style (117photos)

Sharon Choi • August 16, 2010

Foothill's Class of 2010 exited stage left Thursday, June 17 at Ventura College. With speeches, song, handshakes, balloons and a blast of red, white...

A superb dancer with the equally impressive GPA: Hana Goldstone, Salutatorian

Anaika Miller • April 1, 2010

Everyone knows that four Foothill students have earned the title of valedictorian this year, but not everyone knows that this year's salutatorian, Hana Goldstone, has earned a GPA that was equivalent to...

Book Sale continues despite weather

Lauren Parrino • March 30, 2010

The ferocious wind could not stop volunteers and customers from visiting the San Buenaventura Friends of the Library book sale that was set up on the grass outside the closed H.P Wright Library on...

Foothill competes for the President’s attention

Dragon Press Editorial Board • March 23, 2010

The White House announced a contest last month for public high schools in America to compete against one another for a chance to have President Obama speak at their graduation. The competition, which...