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Samantha Castañeda, Sports Lead
Samantha Castañeda is a junior at VHS in her second year at The Cougar Press. She enjoys listening to music, hanging out with my friends and going on...
![VHS teacher Woody Maxwell said, We’ve had so many years of drought, so we need [the] rain. Image By: Kinda Mehael](https://thecougarpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/COVER-300x225.jpg)
![On Jan. 13, the VHS auditorium was filled with people who came to watch their favorite faculty members perform on stage. Rue Strunk ‘24 said, “I am very excited [about the show]. There’s a lot of teachers that I am excited to see. [I’m most excited to see] Mr. Carey.” Photo by: Alexis Segovia](https://thecougarpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1-COVER-PHOTO-475x356.jpg)
![VHS ASB teacher and varsity girls basketball coach Ann Larson said, [My goals for the team are] to continue to improve, to obviously win as many games as we can and get into the playoffs. But mostly…to have a good successful year with these kids. They have been really fun. Photo by: Ella Montano](https://thecougarpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1-7-1-475x317.jpg)
![Ventura High School Music Director Paul Hunt said, Sometimes [musicians] dont make [California all-state] in their freshman year, because theres a lot of people. If its high school, then the people who are seniors have been playing so much longer. We see more of the older students getting in because theyve had more years of practice. Photo by: Paul Hunt](https://thecougarpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/COVER-AH-California-all-state-musicians-475x356.jpg)
![VHS teacher Woody Maxwell said, We’ve had so many years of drought, so we need [the] rain. Image By: Kinda Mehael](https://thecougarpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/COVER-475x356.jpg)
![VUSD teacher and VUEA member Alicia Verdades said, “I think for teachers, part of it [the offer] is the validation that our time and energy is worthwhile as professionals. And part of it is just being able to pay bills.](https://thecougarpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Cover-AM-BD-VUEA-475x336.jpg)