Rockets launch at Ventura High School
The rocket club’s first annual bottle rocket launch competition took place on the senior lawn
March 7, 2023
Diego Sid ‘24 pumps his Fiji bottle rocket. The VHS Rocket Club held its first annual bottle rocket launch competition during lunch on March 3 on the senior lawn, which was spearheaded by the club’s president Daniel Smiley ‘24. The competition featured eight students vying to win club president Smiley’s mother’s sourdough bread, determined by whose rocket could stay in the air the longest. Photo by: Adi De Clerck





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