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The Foothill Dragon Press
The Student News Site of Foothill Technology High School

The Foothill Dragon Press
All content by Lyla Huff
As the 2025- 2026 school year begins, Foothill Technology High School (Foothill tech) has made major staff changes all around campus, but one of the more noticeable changes at Foothill Tech was with teacher Jason Dinkler. Since the start of this year, Dinkler has taken on the role as Athletic Director and has big plans for the future of the athletic program.

[Photo] The Next Level: Jason Dinkler takes on Foothill Tech Athletics

Kyra Bouchard, Reporter
September 24, 2025
With a new school year comes many changes, including staff. During the 2025-2026 school year, Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) welcomes two new Spanish teachers, Marisa Brown and Pamela Perez. Brown started her teaching career at Foothill Tech in 2002, where she taught Spanish and math classes, taking time off once she had her kids. She has also had experience in teaching art at Juanamaria Elementary School (Juanamaria) and teaching Spanish at Balboa Middle School (Balboa). Perez has been teaching for two years, and will be teaching Spanish 2, Spanish 4, Spanish Native Speakers 4 and AP Spanish 4 for the 2025-2026 school year.

Foothill Tech welcomes two new teachers to the Spanish department

Lyla Huff and Elizabeth Geib
September 7, 2025
Foothill Technology High School’s (Foothill Tech) boys baseball team earned a 3–1 victory over El Monte High School in the first round of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section playoffs on May 16, 2025. The Dragons set the tone early and maintained steady control throughout the game showcasing their defense and consistent energy on the field. Foothill Tech held firm to secure the win. The result marks an important step in the Dragons postseason journey as they look to build on the momentum heading into the second round that takes place on May 21, 2025 against Estancia.

Photo Essay: Foothill Tech Baseball advances in CIF playoffs with a win against El Monte

Madden Velasco and Lyla Huff
May 21, 2025
Each year on April 22, we celebrate Earth Day to honor the beauty of our planet that we call home. This collage captures landscapes and our divine ecosystems that make our planet unique. This global event is to raise awareness about our environment and some of the issues it faces. This Earth Day, we're celebrating the movement toward a cleaner and greener future. Happy Earth Day!

Earth Day

Lyla Huff, Writer
April 22, 2025
New out of class passes have been introduced to students of Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech). This new system enforces how students spend time out side of the classroom during class time. The two different types of passes are the restroom pass and the office pass. Each pass has a time limit and requires teacher signature to allow a student to use the pass.

With passes in hand, the students and staff at Foothill Tech share their opinions on the new bathroom policy

Audrey Szijj and Lyla Huff
March 9, 2025
With over 100 million downloads worldwide, "Block Blast" is a mobile game published by Hungry Studio available on a variety of platforms across the internet. Rated as a 4.9/5 on both the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store, the game has exploded in popularity near the end of 2024 despite being initially released in 2022. Aimed at solving unique block puzzles in the pursuit of a higher score, the main objective is to clear the board of colored blocks. However, it serves a dual purpose of helping users pass the time, while still engaging the brain.

Addiction or Entertainment?

Shea Stevenson and Lyla Huff
March 3, 2025
The Iced Chai Latte had a cold, refreshing balance of spiced tea and a creamy milk, served with cinnamon sprinkled on top. The drink had a bold array of spices including cinnamon and ginger, adding a bit of flavor to its soothing milky base, making it perfectly delicious. This item continues never seems to disappoint and is a classic, 10/10.

Exploring downtown Ventura’s coastal cuisines at Palm and Boy

Kyra Bouchard, Kalea Eggertsen, and Lyla Huff
February 2, 2025
For years, U.S. officials and lawmakers have issued warnings about the potential threat that the massively popular social media app, TikTok, could pose to national security, particularly regarding its ties to China through its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. The app clashes with U.S. security interests in two ways: First, since Chinese organizations are required to comply with intelligence gathering per the country’s national security laws, the Chinese government could use it to spy on American citizens. Second, the concern was raised that by manipulating its content, the Chinese government could also subtly influence the app’s 170 million American users to further its agenda. These accusations led to a bipartisan majority in Congress moving to enact a nation-wide TikTok ban to be implemented on Jan. 19, 2025. Despite the Supreme Court ruling on Jan. 17, 2025 that the ban does not violate the first amendment rights of TikTok or its users, the subject remains a hot topic for the American public.

Censorship or safety?

Shea Stevenson and Lyla Huff
January 25, 2025
Fashion trends come and go, developing and evolving quickly, and for 2024, it was no exception. From ballet flats to barn jackets, a variety of different fashion trends have risen over the past year. Join our writers as they look back on some of the styles that rose to popularity.

Best of 2024: Fashion Trends

Emmanuel Takaya, Morgan Houston, Lyla Huff, and Audrey Szijj
January 9, 2025
2025 has begun! And with that, it's now time for us to look back on 2024 and remember all that has come to pass. Join the Foothill Dragon Press's writing section as we review a variety of popular topics from the year, ranging from albums and movies to fashion trends and books. It's sure to bring back memories from the past year and let us appreciate all the change and excitement we've experienced.

Best of 2024: A year in review

Emmanuel Takaya, Lyla Huff, Audrey Szijj, Morgan Houston, Jane Kim, Amber Duhs, Layla Solomon, Julia Brossia, Oliver Kelley, Ruby Jenkins, Kalea Eggertsen, and Kellen Spears
January 9, 2025
Inspired by the Humans of New York project, the Foothill Dragon Press staff aspires to highlight students around campus pursing their passions and interests.

Humans of Foothill: Siena Meter

Lyla Huff, writer
November 15, 2024
Erik and Lyle Menendez, famously known as the Menendez brothers, became part of the national spotlight for the murder of their parents on Aug. 20, 1989. Decades later, the brothers are still receiving attention through documentaries and Netflix series such as "Monsters."

“Monsters”: The controversial story of the Menendez brothers

Lyla Huff and Madden Velasco
October 31, 2024
During the fall season, many stores choose to sell specialty items themed after the season, and Trader Joe's is no exception. With a variety of new selections from salted maple ice cream to pumpkin spice flavored cookies, they have a large amount of new options for fans of fall to enjoy. Join writer, Lyla Huff as she discusses some of the favorite fall options purchased at Trader Joe's.

Trader Joe’s fall favorites

Lyla Huff, writer
October 17, 2024
Trader Joe's pumpkin spice sheet cake is one of the many delicious items that the company offers during the fall season. The sheet cake is a fan favorite with its fluffy texture and delicious cream cheese frosting.

[Photo] Trader Joe’s Fall Favorites

October 4, 2024
Lyla Huff '27 and Emmanuel Takaya '27 try the weekly cookie line up at Crumbl Cookie during the week of Aug. 25, 2024 to Sept. 1, 2024. Crumbl Cookie is a dessert franchise that specializes in weekly cookie rotations. Recently, the company has gained popularity through social media sites, such as Instagram and Tiktok.

Crispy, creamy, crumble: Crumbl Cookies Review

Emmanuel Takaya and Lyla Huff
September 17, 2024
With the dawn of a new school year comes new faces among the staff at Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech). Joining staff, Edward Gillet is a new English teacher at Foothill Tech. He attended the University of Florida and then later transferred to University of California, San Diego.(UCSD). There Gillet studied philosophy and taught at East Lake High School in San Diego.

Five of Foothill Tech’s newest teachers

Layla Solomon and Lyla Huff
September 4, 2024
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