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The Cougar Press Friday, October 20, 2017
Senior Night Acacia Harrell Senior Night is an event that is held before the Buena vs Ventura football game where all seniors who are members of either football, cheer, Dance team, or Hip-Hop team are commemorated for their years at Ventura High school. Students walk with flowers and family members as an announcer introduces them. Their parents or guardians then escort them out to the field where they have their photo taken.
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” -Martin Luther King Jr.
We need an aveNEW bus Liliana Lara Too full, cramped, overcrowded: the Ventura High School Avenue bus, according to its students. Due to this issue, students are not able to get on the bus because of the limited seating available. Campus guard Linda Lorenzana said, “Yes, a lot of kids were getting left behind.” When asked why another bus is not brought in, Lorenzana responded, “[Administration] has
been calling for dispatch, [but] sometimes the bus drivers call [for dispatch] themselves, and another [bus] is already on its way,” thus creating confusion. VHS custodian, Daniel Sandoval, brought up another flaw in the school bus system besides space. “What happens is a lot of the time we have bus drivers that come and they’re picking up two routes, because one of the routes isn’t showing up, but the bad thing is they don’t announce it to the kids, so a lot of kids get left behind because they don’t know that they’re supposed to
get on that bus,” Sandoval said. Sandoval says that another problem with the bus system is that when something occurs and a bus cannot pick up their designated route, then a different bus must come in to assist. However, the problem with this is that the drivers don’t change the route number of their bus, and also don’t announce that they are filling in for a different route to the students, therefore causing students to miss their bus. continued on... thecougarpress.org
Volume 70 Edition 05
What’s inside? Page 4
Photo by: Hannah Lee
Charlotte’s Web Page 6
Whose house?
Photos by: Acacia Harrell
Photo by: Hannah Lee
Young & Brave
Dance
Seniors and Dance team captains, Natali Vazquez and Brooke Newman, were given flowers by their coach Samantha Hazan.
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Photo by: Clayton Currie
Homecoming
Football
This year, Ventura High School has a huge group of football players graduating.
Photo by: Ryan King Turn to page 5 to read an article about the winning football game vs Buena .
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Diving into the facts, not the pool Bailey Peck
Hip-Hop
Senior Veronica Solis is one of the four captains of the Hip-Hop team.
Cheer “I think it’s cool that the seniors get recognized... you get to see everyone and be like ‘I didn’t even know you were a senior’” said senior Malena Cosio.
Several rumors have been spread this year that the Ventura High School dive team is going to be cancelled. This has led the divers to believe that they no longer will be diving this season, simply because there is no team. Some students have heard that there is no coach, some have heard there is no team, and some have heard there are no diving boards. It is not often that a school sport is completely cancelled without confirmation from a coach, director, or administrator, as rumors alleged. VHS dive coach, Lisa Simmons cleared up this rumor by saying, “Dive is not ending. I told them last year that I might be moving for school, but I ended up
staying here. So I’ll be coaching dive again this year.” This will be Simmons fourth year coaching dive, and her tenth year coaching gymnastics. Tryouts are expected to be in January or early February. Simmons suggests that “Ideal divers would be people who are willing to try anything. Fear is a big thing divers need to overcome.” Junior Paige White was on the VHS dive team for two years and dove during the summer for fun. White was not officially informed of whether or not dive would be happening this year. When asked what she thought the reason for the cancellation of dive team was, she said that “last I heard it wasn’t officially over.” White also said that “almost all of the kids either quit, graduated, or left the school so
there aren’t that many people left [for dive team].” When asked about her reaction to the rumors, White said, “I was kind of sad because it was a fun team and practice that I always looked forward to, but it also was relief because since I did swim team [and] I had back to back practices [which] was hard to do with my homework.” Though the cause of the rumors are still unknown, several VHS dive athletes were convinced that there was not going to be a dive team this school year. Other divers have been lead to believe that the current diving boards were not approved for diving in regards to safety. continued on... thecougarpress.org
Photo by: Paris Carmody
Boys waterpolo PAGE 5
Photo by: Brooke Newman
Girls volleyball