Editorial: Senior Ball? Only for ballers?
Summer Yovanno and Avenlea Russian
January 23, 2019
As Senior Ball is approaching, 12th graders need to consider: Is spending over 100 dollars on a school dance worth it? For a couple ticket, it is 125 dollars and ten dollars off with an ASB stamp. A single ticket is 70 dollars and with an ASB stamp, it is 65 dollars. But what if that is too much?...
One year after, students come together
Sarah Clench
December 18, 2018
From Dec. 3 to Dec. 7, Ventura High School hosted Ventura Strong Week on the Senior Lawn in memory of the one year anniversary of the Thomas Fire that started on Dec. 4, 2017. Senior Sydney Votruba, Vice President of Associated Student Body, stated, “I came up with the idea because we do a get together with all three ASB's from all three different schools,...
How does VHS recycle?
Garrett Jaffe and Douglas Sandford
November 29, 2018
Recycling one ton of paper will save 17 trees and 7,000 gallons of water, according to Ventura Counties Waste Management -- especially important considering that Ventura is in a drought. An average high school can produce up to 483,000 pounds of waste, according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agenc...
Meet the 2018/2019 ASB class
Archer Herring
August 8, 2018
Brock Donaldson (not pictured) Q: What grade are you in? A: 12 Q: What is your title in ASB? A: [Associated Student Body] President Q: What are you in charge of in ASB? A: This year I’m in charge of a lot of things like student senate, student section, representing the school at all me...
Who will have your vote for Senior Class?
Lola Bobrow
March 11, 2018
Janelle Chavira Q: What encouraged you to run for Senior Class President? A: I’ve been in ASB since freshman year and throughout the years I have [been both sophomore and junior] class president, and it’s always just been a goal for me to be [senior] class president. Q: School spirit is a big part ...
Three pointers shoot for gold
Avenlea Russian
February 24, 2018
https://vimeo.com/258008995 On Friday, Feb. 23, the annual Three Point and Dunk contest at Ventura High School was held in the Tuttle Gym. The dunk contest is ran by ASB and anyone is able to watch the contestants play basketball if they choose. The participants can either shoot three point...
Spikeball gets spiked down
Gage Gregorchuk
January 25, 2018
The next upcoming intramural sport for second quarter that ASB has planned is spikeball. When asked how and why spikeball was chosen as the intramural sport for this quarter, Junior ASB member Marea Gordon said,”We wanted to try something new for this intramural because our last one was dodgeball...
Senior Ball: A squash to the frosh!
Samantha Franks and Gage Gregorchuk
January 18, 2018
This year, freshmen aren’t allowed to attend Senior Ball as they have in the previous years. This was a change decided upon by ASB, however, many students are curious as to why this rule was implemented. When asked how and who was involved in deciding against having freshmen at Senior ...
Rage Cage rumors grind to a halt
Sarah Clench and Acacia Harrell
November 9, 2017
With all of these questions in mind, a rumor arose on campus. Students began to talk about the possibility of a ‘Rage Cage’ dance this year. Ventura High School students have been asking questions about future dances of the school year. How many will there be? Will there be any more at all? If there will be less dances, is it because of some of the events tha...
Take the pledge and participate in Red Ribbon week
October 19, 2017
Red Ribbon week runs from October 16 to 20. Red Ribbon week is run by the freshmen and sophomores in ASB in efforts to spread awareness on drug abuse and the harmful effects it can have on a teenagers life. Red Ribbon week is a time where students can pledge to be drug and alcohol free. There wi...
