VHS students want to be taught more than abstinence and STI awareness in health classes.
Sex education at VHS begins and ends freshman year in health class. However, with the limitations of...
The Ventura High Senior Ball will be postponed out of safety concerns for students.
The annual Ventura High Senior Ball event has been postponed to February due to the nationwide COVID-19 surge.
Originally...
Combination of flu and COVID-19 cause concern among VHS students and staff
Flurona, the state of having both Influenza and COVID-19 at the same time. There is one confirmed case of the recent phenomena...
With the surge of COVID-19 cases and the Omicron variant in Ventura County, the current state of in-person classes at VHS is being questioned and for some students, their mental health is in jeopardy.
“Amid...
Students and staff give their first-hand accounts
Intruder Dylan Thoele made his way onto the Ventura High School campus three separate times in the span of a month-long period (Nov. 16- Dec. 8) to...
With the removal of wooden passes, the controversy surrounding the new bathroom policies by the administration persists
Teachers have been asked by the administration to handwrite single-use bathroom...
VHS creative writing class promotes novel challenge
NaNoWriMo, standing for National Novel Writing Month is a non-profit organization that holds a yearly challenge to write a 50,000 word novel within...
Anti-vaccine mandate protest is held at the VUSD Education Services Center
On the morning of Oct. 15, anti-vaccine protesters met outside of the Ventura Unified School District office on Stanley Ave.
According...
On Sept. 1, 2021 Texas passed a law that many people call the “Heartbeat” law. After six weeks of pregnancy or when there is a a heartbeat, a woman in Texas is not allowed to get an abortion. What...
Upcoming sport events coming to VHS this Fall
After a year of being stuck in quarantine due to the pandemic, it's safe to say that sports are making a comeback this season. Kicking off this school...
On Sept. 30, Ventura High School partnered with the non-profit organization, the American Red Cross, to put on a blood drive. The blood drive was open to any person in the community, including VHS students...
![Freshman Madison Sisk said, “It made me feel uncomfortable [the intruder], especially when I saw him going up to other girls.” Graphic by: Alejandro Hernandez.](https://thecougarpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/AH-RM-RG-School-Intruder-e1639611407741-900x900.jpg)
