A look into Ventura’s Team 4414 HighTide robotics program.
Team 4414, also known as HighTide, is a robotics team that was created in 2018. On their website they state, “[HighTide] provides opportunities...
What is CAASPP testing?
The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP), is a system of exams that test students’ academic abilities. It will be taken by Ventura High School juniors...
How has the 2021-22 school year gone in terms of COVID-19 safety?
The third year since the very first COVID-19 shutdown has recently passed. With the first COVID-19 case popping up in late 2021, the world...
All about Toby the ghost who's supposedly stuck haunting the drama department for eternity
For close to two decades, the story of the ghost of a teenage boy named Toby has haunted the drama department....
Junior Tobias Raymond on his football career and scholarship offers
On May 2, junior Tobias Raymond received a scholarship offer from Yale University. He also has received offers from UC Berkeley, Oregon...
State testing requires longer periods
Ventura High School will begin using a block schedule for California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) testing between May 16 and June 2. The...
Lauren Minadeo’s art students took a trip to Italy over spring break, how did it go?
Over the 2022 spring break (April 4-8), VHS art teacher Lauren Minadeo took 16 of her students to Italy. Originally...
Food, tutoring and transportation for all
ASSETS, standing for “After School Student Education Teamwork for Success,” is an after school program at Ventura High School which does not mandate attendance....
Kyle Harvey is a graduate student from the class of 2011 who first started his music career while in high school, but how did he make it this far?
Kyle Harvey, known as Superdupekyle, KYLE or King Wavey...
The ongoing benefits of community college and why any stigma around community college should be erased
Educational elitism is the cause of many stigmas that run rampant in high schools and our society....
The Ventura Unified School District has disabled Google Chrome extensions on student Google accounts
On March 23, the Ventura Unified School District permanently closed the Google Chrome Web Store (CWS)...
![Junior Tobias Raymond said, I started playing [football] in 8th grade and I was always a little nervous to play but I fell in love with it. I think I love football because of the team camaraderie. It’s really fun being around all of the guys on the team. Photo by: Alejandro Hernandez](https://thecougarpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/AH-Tobias-Raymond-5-2022-13-900x600.jpg)
![Senior Grace Morton said, “I like [my hair]. I definitely think it makes me unique but people call me ‘Merida’ because my hair is curly and looks exactly like Merida so that kind of annoys me, but for the most part I really like my hair being unique and different.” Photo by: Alina Reitz](https://thecougarpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/grace-2-e1651265389854-675x900.jpg)
![Junior Tobias Raymond said, I started playing [football] in 8th grade and I was always a little nervous to play but I fell in love with it. I think I love football because of the team camaraderie. It’s really fun being around all of the guys on the team. Photo by: Alejandro Hernandez](https://thecougarpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/AH-Tobias-Raymond-5-2022-13-300x200.jpg)
