Op-ed letter to students from VHS teachers
The Cougar Press
June 21, 2020
Our dear high school students, tomorrow’s leaders, Life and History, in the forms of a virus and the largest racial uprisings of your lifetime, have perhaps taught you more in the last twelve weeks than you have learned in our classrooms… if you have been paying attention. Robbed from t...
Teachers embrace their inner comedians at the 6th annual teacher improv show
Caroline Marsden and Greta Pankratz
January 22, 2020
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Gachas Got Ya!
Garrett Jaffe
February 27, 2019
For as long as I can remember, I have been interested in history. At five, I was clad in knights armor frolicing around my yard imagining myself to be a great king conquering my neighboring kingdom. And although I could not yet read, or hardly begin to grasp the complexity and profundity of histor...
Brad Steward, promoter of a “well rounded” education
Gavin Cross and Lola Bobrow
November 19, 2018
Some might know Ventura High School math teacher Brad Steward by his sometimes philosophical math lessons and choice to use the term “opportunity” instead of test. Others might know him as the freshman football and golf coach who took the 2000s varsity team to CIF and won against Arroyo Grande. ...
A 1.25 percent compromise
January 17, 2018
Nowadays, it’s common for students to take their teachers for granted without necessarily even realizing that they’re doing so. For some students, they look forward to visiting old teachers of theirs once they’re home from college. However, what most students don’t consider is the fact that Ventura Unified School District teachers a...
VHS welcomes Amanda Parisi
September 14, 2017
Amanda Parisi, room 133, teaches five periods consisting of special education, biology and math. Although she has been teaching for seven years, this is her first year teaching at VHS. Parisi states that she moved to California in June from Virginia to be close to family. When asked to share her hobbi...
