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Senior Rhianne Martinez stated, Honestly I just picked it [my drawing] because I thought it was gonna be easy. Photo by: Ryan King

A walk through the chalk

Sarah Clench and Caroline Marsden April 25, 2019

The annual Ventura High School Chalk Festival took place on April 17 and 18 on the Catalina lawn at VHS. According to art teacher Lauren Minadeo, around 35 students participated this year. In past years,...

Drawing by: Summer Yovanno

Editorial: How cool would it be if colleges told you why they rejected your application?

Ryan King March 29, 2019

This isn’t sarcastic-- it would actually be cool. It is the month where the majority of seniors have received official notices from the colleges they applied to in the fall and winter on whether they...

Drawing by: Summer Yovanno

Coffee drinkers of VHS

Summer Yovanno and Janelle Chavira March 29, 2019

The consumption of coffee is not an unhealthy habit but rather a beneficial enjoyment. High school has probably been the worst four years of my life in terms of all the fluctuations it has brought me....

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks to a supportive audience about the issues and policies he will pursue if elected president. Photo by: Micah Wilcox

“We are the 99 percent:” Bernie Sanders holds rally in LA

Micah Wilcox March 27, 2019

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) hosted a rally at Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles, CA on Sat., March 23. Speaking on a variety of issues from healthcare to gentrification, the rally was the second of...

Festival of Talent 2019

Festival of Talent 2019

Ryan King and Summer Yovanno March 26, 2019

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Senior Claire Ortiz has created a fun and unique way for students to showcase who they truly are, rather than filtering themselves in our schools yearbook. Photo from: @2019unfiltered on Instagram

Ortiz unfilters senior portraits

Sailor Hawes and Tatum Luoma March 20, 2019

Senior Claire Ortiz is making her own website where she plans to upload film photos of most of the seniors at Ventura High School; through these photos, students will be able to express themselves and...

Spring break: School’s out, but will you be out?

Spring break: School’s out, but will you be out?

Saida Delgadillo and Tanya Turchyn March 20, 2019

Whether you're jumping on a plane, staying in bed for a week straight, or working 24/7, Ventura High School students are setting their intentions for the upcoming week of vacation. Many students interviewed...

Senior John Simon with his own brand, Simon Shapes, riding a barrel on his self-made surfboard. Photo by: Luke William

VHS surf team rides wave of victories

Trinity Taylor and John Studebaker March 19, 2019

Cowabunga! Ventura High School surf team is undefeated. Every other Saturday morning from August to March, VUSD high schools’ surfer kids head to Ventura Point with surf-coaches Christian Brock and...

Great article detailing Ventura Water Polo teams victory over Beuna High Schools team and this articles subject Mitch Dooleys scoring of five goals in the game. Photo by David Jaffe

A look at Cougar Water Polo through the ages

Garrett Jaffe March 19, 2019

This is the first of three articles interviewing three different generations of VHS water polo players ranging from 1980 to present The sport of Water Polo came to prominence in 1900, becoming the first...

Cherrie plans to introduce UCLA designed class, Intro to Data Science, to Ventura High School

Cherrie plans to introduce UCLA designed class, Intro to Data Science, to Ventura High School

Sam Hicks and Douglas Sandford March 19, 2019

Intro to Data Science, which is going to be taught by Matt Cherrie will be replacing the Introduction to Statistics class in the 2019-2020 school year. Ventura High School’s math program has offered...

The 2020 election: VHS students take

The 2020 election: VHS students’ take

Micah Wilcox March 18, 2019

[cvm_video id="7134"] Seniors in Christian Gallo's AP Economics class, Justin Weber's AP Government and Politics class and juniors Mark Schmidt's AP US History class took the Cougar Press's 2020 election...

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