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Todd Tackett teaches for his 31st consecutive year at VHS

Natalie DiSilvestri, Joaquin Romero, and John Kaloostian September 23, 2025

How is this school year different for Tackett from his other years? Todd Tackett, a history and economics teacher at VHS has adapted new classes as well as coaching into his schedule for the 2025-26...

VHS students elect ASB leaders

Ann Lam September 22, 2025

ASB leaders plan for the 2025-26 school year For the 2025-26 school year, the ASB advisor and activities director is Salvador Villalobos. ASB leaders this year are Sela Duque ‘26 as ASB president,...

Students cultivate opinions on school lunches

Vail Newman, Brooklyn Delgado, and Moses Clabaugh September 22, 2025

What are students' favorite school lunches? Students at VHS have differing opinions on VHS school lunches. "There's not really good options for enough nutrition and stuff,” said Henry Hampton ‘28....

Assistant Principal changes at VHS

Brynn Kightlinger and Abraham Kassa September 22, 2025

Welcoming Lindsay Guzik, our new assistant principal Last year, VHS said goodbye to two assistant principals, Christina Dorso and Elena Garcia-Yoshitomi. Going into the 2025-26 school year, they welcomed...

Nathen Donnelly said, "They told us to keep our hands out of our pockets and not go to our backpacks, and one kid ran over to his backpack and started reaching into it. I was terrified that was gonna scare the cops. I’m glad we're all safe. I’m glad that we can talk about this." Photo by: Charlize McFarlin

VHS goes into lockdown

Charlize McFarlin May 28, 2025

Two students arrested and charged for three crimes On May 2, at around 12:40 p.m., VHS went on lockdown on account of reported bomb threats and a shooting on campus. Two separate calls were made to the...

What is your love language? Graphic by: Brynn Kightlinger

What are the five love languages?

Brynn Kightlinger February 14, 2025

How do people give and receive love? The idea of a love language is that everyone has a preferred way of expressing and receiving love, and it falls into one of five categories, or “languages.” There...

According to the World Health Organization, one million people acquire an STI daily. Graphic by: Isabella Fierros

STI: Sexual Transmissions Information

Isabella Fierros February 14, 2025

Do you know the difference between an STI and STD According to a survey conducted by The Cougar Press with 162 VHS student responses, one in three Ventura High School students do not know the difference...

Las Posadas carols being sung outside of room 123. Photo by: Emma Blackburn

Las Posadas returns to VHS for a second year

Emma Blackburn January 15, 2025

 Las Posadas, hosted by the VHS Spanish Department, is back  For a second year in a row, the VHS Spanish program hosted a “Las Posadas” event on Dec. 13 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Las Posadas is a...

Messages Left Unsent is inspired by The Unsent Project which stores over millions of messages to loved ones that were never sent. This project was started in 2015 by Rora Blue “to figure out what color people see love in,” as said on The Unsent Project website. Messages Left Unsent expands on the idea of The Unsent Project on a school-wide scale with a few changes. Graphic by: Ann Lam

Messages Left Unsent

Ann Lam October 14, 2024

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