Ballet Academy Ventura dances their way through the 2022 Nutcracker season
Ballet Academy Ventura (BAV), one of Ventura’s two ballet schools, held their annual performance of “The Nutcracker,” at...
The VHS Music Department has more all-state musicians now than ever before
13 VHS student musicians, including band, jazz and orchestra musicians, won the California all-state distinction, announced in...
The MHAC club is searching for help in completing its project
The VHS Mental Health Awareness Club has begun planning its upcoming “Pour out your subconscious” project. The project will focus on allowing...
FTHS imported the two-month-long book drive to VHS
From Jan. 7 to March 7, VHS students can donate pre-K through eighth-grade level books to the Girl Up book drive. The book drive is run out of English...
California Governor issued a state of emergency, VUSD schools remained open
With a week of severe weather, VHS staff and students have had mixed reactions. While reports seemed ominous, VHS...
VUEA teachers voted to accept a 10 percent raise offer after months of negotiation
On Dec. 18, Ventura Unified Education Association (VUEA) voted yes on an offer from the school board for a 10 percent...
![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-900x675.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/2023/01/1-7-1-900x600.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-900x675.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-900x675.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-900x636.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-300x225.jpg)
