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Dear class of 2022, *listen to Hannah Montana’s “I’ll Always Remember You” while reading* Graduation is upon us. Four years later and here we are, free. For many, the years have been more– middle school, elementary and preschool. The freedom is invigorating, yet scary. All the constants in our lives for the last 18 years will change. Hello ice-cream for breakfast… or something like that. We’re adults… or something like that. Greetings to the start of the rest of our lives. New things are coming, but we’re grateful for the past.

As Hannah Montana once said, “Yesterday’s gone, we gotta keep moving on.” Lastly, a special thank you to Ms. Sellers. You’re rad! XOXO Signing off, Greta and Caroline Editors-in-Chief

Greta Pankratz

Caroline Marsden

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Avea Baker

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Avery Cameron

Sam Castañeda

Adi De Clerck

Sophia Denzler

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Alex Hernandez

Belen Hibbler

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Julian Martinez

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Senior Speeches

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The Tapestry of Life By: Jesus Salcedo

for you all, and that is this; Good evening everybody.

We should be proud of ourselves for being so strong through what was Years a long, Salcedon demanding 4 years.

Today, we gather, weave our paths, and celebrate this milestone We are capable. We are adaptable together along Albert Einstein once said, “Everyone is a genius, but when you judge a the beautiful tapestry of life.

We bring with us strands of strengths we’ve developed to overcome fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is our stupid.” adversities.

Our tapestries are beautiful, These valuable strands are from the lessons learned from friends, My fellow graduates and all of you here today, our passions and family, abilities are not teachers, or staff. so easily defined.

Today, we bring with us the accolades we’ve achieved throughout If you have yet to enjoy your time in the spotlight, what matters in the these past four time to years, and all of our tapestries may appear different, but are equal in come is that you set out to be better than yesterday’s you while being quality and inspired by beauty. the you of tomorrow.

Many of you made the most out of your 4 years, and did amazing We should all walk out here today with confidence, patience, and things while passion. thriving in the face of the challenge of this unique 4 year high school We should all set out for one thing, one goal that stumps just about experience! everyone Your tapestry was no doubt intertwined with challenges, setbacks, and when pursuing dreams and finding beauty. That is to take your leap of self-discovery. And, for that I congratulate you, for being so freaking faith awesome!

Take risks. Bet on yourself.

For some of you, maybe you did not or were not able to accomplish When your stomach is twisting and your hands are shaking and some of sweating, but the what you envisioned in your 4 years of high school. monarchs flutter your body, make you feel like you’re flying, and your I’m here to say, that’s okay! heart feels We are all still growing everyday! at home.

It’s a scary world out there... and some of you have already been That is when you know the time is right to take your leap of faith. living in a We will fall or stumble too many times to count, get tied into all sorts scarier world these past 4 years. of knots and But, you pushed through. fail.

As someone who went through my own challenges, while being But what matters is that our spirits never crack. We all are different amongst you all, threads. But feeling unseen whether via Zoom or other obstacles, I have one simple we’re weaved together here today. We’re all beautiful. message We are the tapestry of the Class of 2022! Congratulations, you guys!

By: Esme Robles

Dear Ventura High School’s Senior Class of 2022, As we exit these gates, take a couple pictures and celebrate this accomplishment.

We’re leaving the safe space we’ve created for ourselves over the last four years and now, we have to go out into the world and create new spaces and plans for ourselves. You’re here today with a stance. You’re either ready to leave this place and everything that came with it, or you’re not.

Either one is fine. It’s a little difficult to imagine a life when you’ve been guided your whole life.

“Get good grades” “Behave well”* “Get a job” “Graduate” Okay, now what?

“Follow your heart!”

Seriously? Now we’re encouraged? Some decisions we shouldn’t take lightly.

Every decision you make will affect your outcome in the future, just like your decisions have led you here, about to receive your diploma. Want to become inevitable?

Don’t get comfortable, don’t settle.

Life is hard, we’ve reached the point where we already know that. It’s even harder, when a light like Austin Gambill is taken from us and we’re forced to stay in the dark until we find a new light. Then I realized it’s his light shining over us, over this track and over this entire school.

His light is eternal.

To the number of Latinos I represent and graduate with today, I’m so proud of us.

We’ve endured guilt, disappointment and stress, but today we celebrate achievement and accomplishment. Regardless of how we ended up here I am so happy to be part of the group that proves once again to society that we are good for more than just labor. We bring color and variety, our scars represent perseverance not weakness, and most importantly we bring good food.

Do everything in your plans, on your terms but do NOT get comfortable. Go out and explore the world and get to know who you are but do NOT get comfortable.

Get out of your comfort zone, quit playing it safe and take risks worth taking.

Although memories are immortal, life isn’t.

By: Magaly Robles

To everyone here and students of class 2022 We did it. We all have gone through so much anxiety, stress that we have accomplished one of the important early milestones of our lives; highschool graduation. This is a big step into our journey of our lives. I have enjoyed my senior year, making friends, getting close to so many people you thought you would never get close to. The last few months of high school were crazy, so many emotions were flying around that you can’t tell the difference between excitement, nerves, or grief. Nobody wants to say it but we’re all thinking about all of our lasts, or if we’ll ever see each other again after graduation.

As I look at this crowd, we have so many people coming from different places, different backgrounds, hobbies and also with different fears, different scars. As a Mexican American, being hispanic means everything I live, breath and stand for. To me hispanic means family, culture, unity, sacrifice, risks, and love. Growing up in a Mexican household allowed me to embrace the meaning of family and welcome the core values that have been kept in my heart and spirit. I am honored to be taught how to work hard physically and mentally, to cmmout and lead causes that are worth the fight. Not only was I led by examples like these, but I had great opportunities to see it in a hispanic community. My family is my main source of Inspiration and I am very thankful for that. My family has always motivated me to go forward and look to the future. They have helped me see the reality of what it’s like to make a Mexican family proud. As a teenager moving into a whole different journey is a big opportunity but I know that my family is there to help me through everything. Concéntrate en el escalón de enfrente, no en toda la escalera.

VHS Staff Letters

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Mr. Hunt

Dr. Mainz

Dear Class of 2022,

Oh, Seniors! I will miss you…even though it has been a long time since I’ve had any of you in class. Freshman year seems very far away right now, but maybe also like it was just a moment ago, right? That’s the trouble with growing older. Time dilates and squints and plays all kinds of tricks on you.

Anyway, Before I get too melancholy…

No, you know what? I’m going to lean into it! Remember all of the things you read in English 9, and how everything was super depressing and a big bummer? George and Lenny, Romeo and Juliet, Gene and Phineas? Maybe The Odyssey wasn’t too sad, but then so many characters died, the “happy ending” didn’t really stick?

You don’t remember?

Aha. Good.

I hope that’s because your mind has taken in SO MUCH during the past four years – all kinds of academic tricks of the trade, social knowledge, emotional confidence, and just plain good times. The Romeos, Juliets, Boo Radleys, Georges, Lennys, and Circes became a faded backdrop to the joy that you found at VHS. What I hope you REALLY learned at VHS is that you are strong, you are intelligent, and you are loved. Strong like a Cougar – paws out, claws out!

Intelligent like a Cougar – sharp and mindful! Loved like a Cougar – fiercely and forever!

As I was writing this, I had to look up what you call a group of cougars. You know, like a pride of lions or a pack of wolves. Turns out? Nothing. There is no name for a group of cougars, because they are solitary animals. They stick with their mother and littermates until they’re ready to strike out on their own. That’s kind of perfect for your current situation, isn’t it?

It also made me realize that OF COURSE there’s no name for a group of cougars. We already have the perfect name – Ventura High School. And even though you leave the litter now, we love you. We love you wherever you go and whatever adventures you seek. We will love to see what you can do, and hear about who you continue to become.

I have two quotes to share that got me through some tough times after high school. The first is from my favorite author, Mary Shelley. She wrote Frankenstein when she was eighteen. (Hey! You’re 18! Someone write my new favorite book – quick!). In Frankenstein, the Monster says, “Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.” I have sometimes felt like the Monster, confused and abandoned by those who should have helped me. I have rarely felt fearless in my life. But when I have felt fearful, this quote helped me feel stronger.

The second I learned from my step-dad when I was about 4 – “Don’t let the turkeys get you down.” Turns out my step-dad was editing his quote for younger ears – it’s actually “Don’t let the bastards get you down,” which was a dog Latin phrase created in WWII: “Illegitimi non carborundum.” We’ll stick with turkeys – I like the silliness of it. You’re going to meet many a turkey in the world. But their turkeyness does not make you any less yourself, any less strong, any less intelligent, any less loved. Turkeys stand no chance against a Cougar.

Safe travels out there, Seniors.

You are strong.

You are intelligent.

And I love you!

As you prepare to enter the next phase of your life, whether college, trade school or a new job, remember to take life one day at a time and don’t forget to live a little. We only live once.

-Mr. Hunt P.S. Get yourself a cat​

Mr. Rivera Be kind to each other. The world is already filled with enough pain and suffering.

On your dark days (and we all have them), it may be the thing to bring you into the light. And it would be a lot easier if it was as abundant as air.

-Mr. Rivera

Mr. Locher

Dear Seniors, Over the past fifty months, the world has shown you its terrifying capacity for horror, suffering, fear, hate, falsehoods, indifference, and division. However, simultaneously, the world has also demonstrated its inspiring ability for beauty, healing, trust, love, truth, compassion, and unity. You have come of age during times that will define your generation and our world - BLM, Ukraine, COVID, the Capitol insurrection, fake news, and much more.

As you mature and continue your journey into the future, your life’s path will be shaped by how you understand and respond to the uncertainties and challenges posed by this dual reality in human nature and the human condition. Your character will be defined by where you choose to stand, what you choose to believe, and how you choose to act.

I believe in your potential to travel that journey successfully and to create moments of meaning, purpose, fulfillment, and service - for yourself and others. And I - and my colleagues - are here to support you in that endeavor. We are rooting for you because your progress and success will lift us all. We are all traveling the same hero’s journey together!

Congratulations on your perseverance through four challenging years of high school and upon your upcoming graduation! Thank you.

Peace, James R. Locher IV

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Ms. Dath

Mrs. Jones

Dear Class of 2022,

Dear Class of 2022,

This ending is just the beginning! Please understand that high school is NOT supposed to be the best time of your lives! The best is still to come. Each one of you will now be on your OWN path. Please remember that you CAN do hard things so don’t give up when things get tough.

There are parts of being an adult that are awesome. Your path will twist and turn but my greatest hope for you is that you find something to do for work that you enjoy so pick something that is worth doing. Stay kind, hardworking, and content!

You will always hold a special place in my heart class of 2022. I have been a participant in many of your lives from the time you were little until now. I am so proud of you and the adults that you are becoming. And to my son, Dane Dathrego, I am so proud to be your mom! Class of 2022, you are standing at the base of life’s springboard, it’s time to decide just what kind of splash you want to make. I wish you the best, in everything.

As Chris McCandless discovered in Into the Wild, “HAPPINESS IS ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED.” Never has this quotation rung so clear as this school year, post-distance learning and COVID! I am so glad we were all back to share learning, conversations, weekend stories, differing opinions, and laughter again together in a classroom.

I think your class is awesome, and I appreciate you all as students and individuals! I wish you all the best!

With love, Mrs. Jones

All the Best, Ms. Dath

Ms. Reynosa Dear Seniors, As you walk across the VHS stage during graduation, I hope you will take a deep breath and look around. You are fulfilling a dream that many people have wished for. You are receiving a high school diploma that will allow you to continue on your path to a future with promise. By doing your very best in life, you will continue to have amazing choices as you find your way into your next chapter.

Whatever you decide to do, my hope for you is that you enjoy the ride.

If you love yourself then you will be able to love others. If you believe in yourself then you can trust and believe in others.

The energy that you put out into the universe will make our ONE world a better place. I BELIEVE IN YOU. Each graduate is beautiful, smart and amazing. YOU make the world a better place just by being your AUTHENTIC self.

Love yourself, take good care of yourself and be kind.I am grateful to be walking with you.

With love, Ms. Karen Kirschenbaum-Reynosa

Mr. Lewis

Dear Ventura High School Class of 2022, Congratulations! In a few short weeks, you will walk the hallways of Ventura High School for the last time as a student. The last four years have been anything but normal! Throughout your four years at Ventura High School, you have faced many challenges, some expected and some unexpected (world-wide pandemic); however, every one of you has overcome these challenges. These challenges have prepared you for your next journey. The Class of 2022, you have made Ventura High School a better place.

I wish you all the best in your future endeavors!

Mr. Lewis

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Sports Recaps

Boys Basketball

Girls Basketball

Boys Waterpolo

By: Adi DeClerk

By: Sophia Nacu

By: Alejandro Hernandez

The varsity basketball team faced a lot of changes, mainly getting a new coach, “being a first year head coach after 36 years of coaching I really thought we grew, it was something where we all had to get used to each other. I am a little different than coach Larson,” said neqw coach Feliz Cortez. This team had a lot of accomplishments for this reason, mainly reaching the highest league possible, and finishing their season with 18 victories. “A memorable game was against Buena. We lost to them by 36 for the first time. Our last game of the season was against Buena and we beat them in overtime,” said Cortez. On Feb. 2 VHS made a comeback against their hometown rival Buena. After the first quarter VHS was down by 11 points and by the end of the second quarter they were up by six points. Finishing that game up with a winning score of 70-66. When asked what his favorite memory was, Cortez said, “We actually had fans. I heard from so many people, parents and kids how much fun it was for students.”

Girls Waterpolo

By: Avea Baker

VHS girls basketball coach Ann Larson led the team this year. Her team is the only D1 team within VHS school and their stats show why. Ranked first in the Pacific View League, the girls varsity basketball team worked long hours and hard practices in order to accomplish this. Although they lost their last game to King Girls Basketball, this girls team made other strides. When asked about it, senior Jayden Marshall said, “If you want to go to a winning basketball game go to a girls one for sure.” With a league win to lose score ratio of nine to one and an overall win to lose score of 19-8, the team had success and has encouraged others to join. According to players, this team is well supported and tight-knit. Inside source says they even have dinner at Denny’s after winning games as a sort of celebration party. Overall, the VHS girls basketball team had an eventful season.

During the boys water polo season of 2021-2022, the Ventura High School team took 17 wins and 11 loses. The team was champion of the Pacific View League, with nine wins and one loss. They made it to the CIF championship but lost in the first round against Westlake.

The team only had one senior (Jack Lowell), who according to team coach Tyler Remnant “paved the way for a successful Fall 2021 season.” According to Remnant, the “best win” of the season was a 10 to nine win against Dos Pueblos. Boys water polo player sophomore Mick Lowry said, “I thought the season was fun, especially with the team I was on.” According to Lowry, the biggest games of the season were the two games against Buena High School. Freshman Ian More agreed with Lowry, “The two Buena games were very fun and intense.” More said, “It was a fun season for my freshman year. Our team really improved over the season and I am very excited for next year.” Junior Jake Eulenhoefer, who will be captain of the team next year, said, “I think we had a good season, but we have been working very hard to come out and compete with the top teams next year when we are admitted into the highest bracket in our area.”

Varsity Girls water polo ended with twenty two wins and six loses as well as one tie. Captains of this season are Martie Pecht and Emily Ball. They started off their season with a game against Westlake and winning eight to five.

Their first league game was against Downey. Their score was a win of eleven to eight. The girls also won against Buena both times, finishing the first game at an away conference game with the score sixteen to four. The second game was at home and finished out at the score of thirteen to four. They also won in the Oxnard tournament, which according to coach Cherrie was, “a season highlight”. This game moved them up to number five in CIF division two. Furthermore, Rio Mesa with a score of eleven to three and Moorpark eleven to zero.

They ended their season with a win in the championship against Santa Monica. Ending this season with a national ranking of thirty ninth.

They are ranked thirty ninth in California as well.

Football

Cheer

Track and Field

Cross Country

By: Livia Vertucci

By: Elise Sisk

By: Samantha Castañeda

By: Livia Vertucci

Although the past few years haven’t been the most conventional, the VHS football team coached by Tim Garcia kept fighting. After the cancellation of their first game against Simi Valley the season started off on a weird foot, but things eventually turned around. After winning against both Newbury Park High School 48-35 and Cabrillo High School the team headed off to compete on the CIF level. “Keeping players healthy was a battle during our pre-season schedule and it made it difficult to get all our pieces of the puzzle together,” said Garcia, the team won their first CIF game against Rialto High School 37-27 but unfortunately lost their second CIF game against Colony High School 14-2 which ended their CIF run. “It wasn’t until late in the season that I felt our team really came together and it showed by making it to the playoffs and making a run to the semi-finals,” said Garcia. The varsity football team ended their season losing 14-2 against rivals Buena High School. “Our seniors deserve a lot of credit for working through situations their junior and senior season that they had no control over. They handled it well and I couldn’t be more proud. ​They will be missed,” said Garcia.

During the 2021-22 season, the Ventura High School cheer team was able to cheer in person for fall sports such as football and winter sports such as basketball. They even made their way to the Division 2 CIF championships, but did not win. Even though they didn’t place in CIF, they still had an eventful season. This was the first year the VHS cheer team qualified for CIF. They were able to compete in other championships, including the Hollywood Crown World Class Championships, in which they came in first place. They also were able to perform in the Ventura St. Patrick’s day parade.

This year, they were able to continue on the tradition of “Cougie Camps” where they invite kids aged five to 13 to perform with them at events like the halftime show, or when they march in parades like the St. Patrick’s Day parade. This is a long standing tradition that they were unable to do last year because of COVID-19.

Overall, the VHS cheer team had a successful recovery from the COVID-19 shutdown, and had a year of being able to cheer and support VHS team’s, as well as compete and earn titles for themselves.

Ever since COVID-19 happened back in 2020 this year was the first opportunity to have a “normal season.” Senior Cooper Anderson said, “We had a really young team this year, we didn’t have a lot of seniors. In the beginning of the season we only had ten seniors on the team but then we got more students from other sports to join track.

We really came a long way, this is the farthest I have seen a team come, from where we first started in the beginning of the season to where we are now. We were the best team in Ventura County. We had a lot of stand out athletes, the number one standout athlete is freshman Sadie Engelhardt, She has the world record, broke the world record for age group for multiple things, she has the school record for six events now, she had a great season.” The track and field coach Kory Anderson said, “The track and field students had been working really hard and they helped each other, they were also encouraging one another.”

“The biggest highlight for me though was the summer and how the boys and girls teams came tightest to become the Ventura Cross Country team,” said coach Tyree Cruz. With hours spent running together before the season and time to bond at the annual cross country Mammoth trip the team was a force to be reckoned with. Both teams worked together to qualify for the California state cross country meet. Unfortunately, the team didn’t run as fast as they would have liked at the state meet.

“They were ready to run fast and just did not race like they had been up to that point. I want a do-over on that one. I think they could have been on the podium,” said Cruz. At the end of the season, the team had a lot to be proud of. They got to number one in the Pacific View League, another shining moment of the season was when Freshman Sadie Engelhardt broke 16:00 for three miles and set a freshman record. “The boy’s team went from being talented young runners to being one of the best teams in the state. It was too much fun!” said Cruz.

Sports Recaps

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Boys Tennis

Girls Tennis

Boys Golf

Girls Golf

By: Julian Martinez

By: Greta Pankratz

By: Emily Nguyen

By: Belen Hibbler

VHS’s boys tennis team has played a variety of exciting and electrifying games this season. This team is coached by the one and only Alison Ferguson. These boys work long, solid hours for their success and triumph. This team practices almost two hours a day from Monday through Friday. So far, their hard work has brought them over five wins this season after winning their most recent game on the last day of March.

The players celebrate their victory and accomplishments by congratulating each other and by posting on their instagram. @ Cougartennis2022 on Instagram posts updates on the boy’s victories.

When asked to describe their team, junior Reece Pickett said one word, “Awesome.” This goes to show how skilled and confident the team is.

This group of boys are precise and determined when they are on the court. Lengthened practices have helped these boys enormously. “I could totally see the progress our team has made since the season started,” said Pickett. This just goes to show how hard work pays off in the end. “We have the most success during matches when we practice,” he added.

Just before the 2021-2022 school year started, the Ventura High School girls’ tennis team began their fall season in August.

With new coach, Alison Ferguson, the practices were daily with the exception of Tuesdays and Thursdays. Tuesdays and Thursdays, were game days. The varsity girls’ tennis team went their whole season undefeated and qualified for CIF. While the team lost in CIF, a couple girls, playing singles, continued on. They won against there crosstown rival, Buena High School. The captains are junior Jocelyn Wood and senior Tess Luoma. Luoma has been playing for VHS varsity tennis since her freshman year.

This season was led through the combination of Luoma’s experience on the team, as well as Ferguson’s new presence leading the team. It was Ferguson’s first time teaching tennis. To prepare, she went to “oodles” of tennis clinics where she worked with coaches on technique and drills. Ferguson’s preparation, although her first time coaching, resulted in a successful tennis season for the VHS varsity girls.

The season ended in late October.

They won their first CIF lineup against Ayala High School 11-7, but lost their second CIF lineup against Whitney High School 14-4.

During this year of 20212022 at Ventura Highschool, the boy’s golf team had a successful year with no defeats or losses in their league record (100), reigning as the undefeated champions for the Pacific View League (PVL). Furthermore, the team was able to qualify for CIF playoffs and senior Logan Erickson was able to qualify for CIF playoffs as an individual. In addition , several players were named as All-League Honors.

These players being Logan Erickson, Adam Reinhold, Nathan Long, Ryan Palmisano, and Taj Marzhal. Throughout the year, the team capitalized on their strengths and skill sets to pull through with their victories. According to coach Norris, “We were old and we had the most skill as a team.” The boy’s golf team worked hard this year and had various awe-inspiring achievements. Overall, as stated by coach Norris, “No bad parts of this season. It was awesome.”

VHS’s girls golf team, coached by Ryan Cybulski, had a smooth running 2021-2022 season despite changes that occured.

Cybulski was new to the team, but adapted well and led the team to success. The players made it to league finals and placed second against challenging opponents who strengthened the girls’ game.

Two of the players placed top ten in the league. These are seen as some of the highlights of the season. The team gained several new players who maintained spirit and determination throughout the season. Elyce Peck is a senior in her first and only year at Ventura High, “I feel like if we had a second coach to help with the newer players during practice while six of us were away at matches, I think it would’ve been less stressful to have two coaches instead of one for everyone.” The girls overcame challenges and the new players were able to learn confidence, motivation and independence in their game which made the team and their skills stronger in the long run. “The only thing that would have made it a better season is if we beat Buena,” said Cybulski.

Boys Wrestling

Girls Wrestling

Softball

Baseball

By: Greta Pankratz

By: Alina Reitz

By: Caroline Marsden

By: Caroline Marsden

The Ventura High School varsity boys’ wrestling team began their winter season in early November with coach Michael Gacha. The boys practiced after school from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m..

To continue in a still COVIDimpacted season, the team had regular mandatory COVID testing.

The captains of the 2021-2022 season are seniors Chris Egbert, Josh Smith, Clayton Lee and Elijah Flores. Gacha also coaches girls’ wrestling at VHS, along with teaching American Democracy and Criminal Justice. The team won their six-team league, which includes Buena, Dos Pueblos, San Marcos, Santa Barbara, Santa Inez and VHS. 11 of 13 boys qualified for and competed in CIF. CIF places from VHS include Egbert, Lee and Flores at the tournament in Indio, CA. Egbert said, “I will miss the challenge of wrestling and the joy it brought me and my friends.

Wrestling is a great sport and I would recommend it to anyone.”

The VHS boys’ varsity wrestling team challenged themselves with a number of opponents, including the cross-town rival, Buena High School. VHS beat BHS 36-34.

This is their fourth year in a row as Pacific View league champions.

Throughout the school year, the girls wrestling team has been continuously training every weekday, and occasional weekends.

Despite the team not winning the league this year, the girls kept persistent with many victories throughout the season as well as obtaining some CIF players. Some of their main competitors were Pacifica and Santa Maria, who put up a strong fight. This season, the team got to travel for tournaments.

Some out-of-county tournaments included Pacifica, Channel Islands, Huneme, and Ontario. One junior on the team, Alanna Meyers said, “I’ll miss the overnighters when we got to travel, bond, and win tournaments as a team.” After a long season of countless hours of training, the girls wrestling team has faced victories and losses. Even after the season has come to a close, the team works together weekly to help raise money for the next season’s tournaments and new gear. They also get together for friendly games of gacha ball and slap-back. Overall, the girls wrestling team has made great achievements after a year of distance learning and minimal training in the 2020/2021 season.

This season, Ventura High softball played against 22 schools.

This year, the varsity softball team was led by Robert Dixon, head coach, and John McClain, assistant coach. They started out the season on Feb. 18, with a game against Santa Clara, which resulted in a win, 15-1. The team won 15 games, and lost 12. They are currently ranked fourth in the Pacific View League. They have 15 players on their roster. Junior Sammi Barnard had the top batting average of the team, at 0.524. Senior Bella Peinado had the highest on base percentage, of 0.591. Junior Cece Perez led the team in home runs, with a total of 5 home runs this season. Junior Savanna Higgins had the top amount of stolen bases, at 9 this season. The team has had 14 home runs and a total of 255 hits.

This year, the team lost against the cross-town rivals, Buena. The season finished on Thursday April 28, with a 6-2 win against Santa Clara.

Head coach, Anthony Espitia has led the team through an action packed season. The VHS varsity baseball team is placed second in the Pacific View league.

The team’s first game of the season was an 11-1 loss against Agoura, on February 12. The season was a pretty even break of wins and losses, but they have had success against all their crosstown rivals including Foothill, St. Bonaventure, and of course, Buena. They won 12-2 against Foothill on March 26, 3-1 against St. Bonaventure on February 25, and 5-1 against Buena on March 15. Senior Dane Dathrego said, “The season has gone pretty well so far, we beat Buena which is always amazing. We practice everyday for three hours after school, it’s kind of a lot but it’s fun.” The Cougars have a batting average of 0.298, above the national average of 0.278. They have a fielding percentage of 0.954, also above the national average of 0.887. So far, they have only had three errors, meanwhile the national average is 15. Regarding the post pandemic return to sports, Dathrego said, “It feels nice to have long seasons again.”

Sports Recaps

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Boys Soccer

Girls Soccer

Beach Volleyball

Swim and Dive

By: Caroline Marsden

By: Isabella Fierros

By: Brody Daw

By: Ava Mohor

For the 2021-22 season, Varsity boys soccer played 21 games. The team lost nine games, won six games and tied for six games. They are ranked fifth in the Pacific View League. Junior Fransisco Ramirez had the highest goals per match. Senior Aiden Kelly had the most goals this season, eight total. Senior Aiden Kelly also made the most points on the team, 16. As a whole, the team made 29 goals this season. Senior Jairo Gallegos said “It was a fun season, we probably could have done better but it was overall a fun season, it was nice with all the teammates we all got along with.” He also said, “One of the best games was the Semi Final, or the Oxnard game.”

Head coach, Claudio Lonardo also agreed with this saying “It was a fun season, we had a good time. We should have done better, because it was such a good group of seniors, but because of the major injuries it made it hard.” He also gave a shout out to “Moyo Orozco as the overall MVP, as well as Sawyer Brooks getting first team, and Aiden Kelly was top scorer.”

During the 2021-2022 girls soccer season, the Varsity team ended with 12 wins, seven losses and two ties. This year’s team had seven seniors. They placed second in their league. They also made it to the second round of CIF. In the varsity team’s first round, they beat Beverly Hills High School 2-0, but fell short in their next game against Mayfield High School.

They lost that game 0-3. Ventura’s girls varsity soccer also had some success in their Buena rivalry games. In their first home game against the Bulldogs they won 3-2.

After being down 0-1 for most of the game, the Cougars rallied to score three goals in the final eight minutes of the game. The second face off between Ventura and Buena was an away game that did not end as well as Ventura had hoped. They lost 0-1 after Buena scored an early goal that the Cougars could not recover from.

The JV girls ended their season with 10 wins, six losses and three ties.

Boys Volleyball

The Venturs Beach volleyball team walked away from league meets against Buena, Oxnard, Rio Mesa, Camarillo, Oak Park and Bishop Diego with wins. Since becoming an official CIF sport, coach Artie Maidman describes Ventura players as driven and committed to becoming the best they can be.

Especially seniors Grace Morton and Olivia Sletten who he said are highly skilled with controlling the mental aspect of beach volleyball, and are persistently optimistic leaders and students. Ventura faces competition within schools in Santa Barbara. The first season after the COVID-19 lockdown, the girls were unable to play, however, this year they were able to compete against other teams in their league, including Buena, Dos Pueblos, Oxnard, Rio Mesa, San Marcos, Santa Barbara, and Santa Ynez. Ventura was able to win a number of points. On their home courts at San Pedro these 28 athletes brought wins to VHS, and faced competition within the more established Santa Barbara teams, however, they were able to have a successful first season of playing as a CIF sport.

Girls Volleyball By: Halle Gentry

By: Halle Gentry

Boys volleyball finished their season with 3-14 wins and losses. They started off the season well, one of their biggest highlights being beating Buena on their home court, but there were some injuries and illnesses among players. The team had to adapt and they adapted pretty well, some of them even had to play in new positions. Another highlight was against Oxnard high school, when senior Garrett Hadrys, who is a middle blocker, had a number of great blocks and kills on Oxnard. The intensity of the team was definitely high, sophomore Scott Vreeland brought great intensity to the team. Seniors Colin Vaglica and Kai Sodergren brought a lot of energy and athleticism to the team. The setters and main hitters had a really good season, especially the setters they had a lot of aces. “It’s been good [the season] but we’re a brand new team so it’s been hard to come together and play to our best strengths.” said Collin Valgica.

This year’s team captains for swim and dive were seniors Emily Wright and Jack Lowell. In this season, students competed in the thirteenth annual Ventura County Championships. Girls swim and dive took first place and boys swim and dive came in fourth at the championships. VHS brought home the girls crown with 528 points. This is the tenth consecutive year that the girls have brought home a victory from the championships. Freshman Sarah Beckman, senior Emily Wright, junior Ella Montano and sophomore Delaney Shelton-Burrier set a meet record during the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:39:71.

The boys team for the 200 freestyle relay also took first with a time of 1:31:43 and a team of sophomore Paul Patterson, senior Jake Burns, Steven Byran and senior Owen Robison. Swim and dive coach Matthew Cherrie shared, “[I’m] most proud that the girls get excited to race and compete. The bigger the race the more they fire up!! It’s awesome to see that competitive fire! Our captains both exhibit this quality, Emily Wright and Lexi Zimpelman.

Also their attitude helps everyone else.”

Dance

By: Alina Reitz

Juniors Ava Caster and Marley Haener doing their pre-game handshake to prepare for their biggest game of the season, against Buena.

Photo by: Halle Gentry

Girls varsity in a pre-game huddle before their game against Buena High School. Photo by: Halle Gentry

Senior Olivia Sletten getting ready to serve over the net. Their team went on to win the home game againsty their cross town rivals, Buena High School. Photo by Halle Gentry

Meeting everyday during seventh period, the 2021-2022 dance team has worked hard on each of their dance numbers and performances. This year’s team captains were junior Ariana Goulette and senior Eden Harnar.

The team has performed at every home football and basketball games. They also performed at many school rallies during lunch.

The team held a “cougie camp” fundraiser, rallying together kids from all over the community to choreograph and teach a dance to the kids. They had their showcase at the end of the first and second semester, sharing all of their hard work and student choreographed numbers. The dance team has held many fundraisers like their food faire fundraiser, alongside their cougie camp. With end of the year auditions for the team coming to a close, decisions for the 2022-2023 school year will be out with the newest members of the team who are excited to share their moves with the school! “The year was really great with our team! I really wish we had more people on the team,” Goulette said.

AP Art Showcase

Art by: Sydney Straetz

Art by: Samantha Brown

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Art by: Vivian Gaggia

Art by: Wren Stepan

Art by: Grace Morton

Art by: Paola Chavez

Art by: Paola Chavez

Art by: Vivian Gaggia

Art by: Wren Stepan

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Arts Recaps

Drama

Music

Show Choir

Woodshop

By: Olive Kranzler

By: Elise Sisk

By: Greta Pankratz

By: Jocelyn Wood

This year, the Ventura High School drama department was able to have their first live show since before the pandemic, albeit with masks.The initial performance of the school year was the WHAT? Improv troupe’s fall show in the little theater.

The show ended up with a full house, and then some. The outcome was, “a blast,” according to Junior Lourdes Lopez, and the audience seemed to agree. The first full drama production took place in the fall. Auditions were announced, and ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ was decided as the annual fall play. The show was staged with actors sitting separately, wearing clear masks, and props were in bins next to their chairs. This was the first show in the larger auditorium.

“I really liked the way Ms. Rossiter did it. Especially with this year,” said freshman Zoey Pence who played Meg, one of the main protagonists.

‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’ was performed in the spring.

Originally featuring a cast of only the peanuts, Stefoni Rossiter, the head of the drama department, added in ensemble pieces as well to expand the cast. This was the first musical to be performed live at VHS since 2019’s Mamma Mia.

In the 2021-2022 school year, the Ventura High School music department had the opportunity to do things that they haven’t been able to do since the beginning of the pandemic. As a whole, the department was able to have many concerts throughout the school year, and they have even been able to attend local and national festivals.

Senior Kylie Cloutier, who plays flute in the Wind Ensemble Honors, said, “I’m so happy that we got to go back to normal this year, and we were able to play super fun pieces and get the full music experience.”

The Wind Ensemble, the String Orchestra Honors and the Wind Ensemble Honors attended a local festival in Camarillo, where they scored Excellent and Superior (the highest scores). The String Orchestra Honors and the Wind Ensemble Honors traveled to Chicago, Il. and competed in a national festival against schools all around the country. Both ensembles took home a first place trophy.

Show choir is a zero period class run by Heidi House. Show choir started with rehearsals over the summer in August, in which they would rehearse for multiple hours. Once school started, they met four mornings per week at 6:00 a.m. on their regular schedule.

However, they would then meet frequently on weekends, especially with shows coming up. In the 20212022 school year, the show choir did shows such as the “Share the Joy” holiday concert, the “Tribute to the Tony’s” cabaret concert in the winter and the Disney themed “Seasons of Love Concert” in the spring, which included senior solos.

Some examples of senior solos from throughout this year include Wyatt Mojo’s “I Am What I Am,” Alina Reitz’s “Love Will Come and Find Me Again,” and Charlie Cook’s “I Could Write a Book.” Because the show choir class is district wide, the performances included students from not only Ventura High School, but a variety of schools from VUSD, including Foothill Technology High School, Buena High School and El Camino High School. The all-district high school choir is called Company, while the middle school choir that also performed is called Crescendo.

For the 2021-2022 school year at Ventura High School woodshop worked on a plethora of different kinds of projects. Students built table top locket chests, and tables, hanging wall shelves and will be finishing up the year building an exterior bench for a porch or garden area. Students learned and were reminded of the many do’s and dont’s of the shop and how to safely conduct work within the woodshop.

The woodshop program has many different tools that students can learn how to use including drills, saws and power machines. One of the more challenging pieces students were working on was the end table. Tim Garcia, teacher of the woodshop class and football coach said, “I personally enjoyed working with them on the chest. For many, this was their first build in a shop class and it was exciting seeing them light up with confidence as they navigated through the process.”

The class prioritizes safety while making all of the different projects.

Garcia’s goal with the woodshop course was, “Every student to dirty their hands.” He used this course to give students, “The opportunity to use as many different power machines as possible.”

Banner Bold

Robotics

Auto Shop

Floral Design

By: Samantha Castañeda

By: Alina Reitz

By: Avery Cameron

By: Giselle Garcia

Banner Bold is our school’s literary magazine that is run entirely by students and advised by teacher Greg Raney.

They began the year by voting on the theme of this year’s magazine, which is “Unbound,” and formed committees. The Banner Bold staff has worked on reviewing pieces submitted into the poetry, fiction, nonfiction, photography, and arts categories to bring VHS artists to the forefront. They spent the majority of the year so far getting the word out about submissions and prizes. In order to do that, they have made posters, talked to different English classes, and sold Valentine’s Day grams for fundraising. They passed the submission deadline and have received writing/art from a large number of students. They worked at formatting the magazine and choosing the winners. Senior Lizzy Gonzalez said, “I’ve really enjoyed the fact that Banner Bold brings together the Creative Writing class, and everyone contributes their ideas and hard work to make everything work smoothly. I am very proud of the work we have done so far, and can’t wait to see the magazine!”

After two years of makeshift lessons and skill building practice through Zoom, the Ventura Highschool robotics team finally got to meet in person and build a robot for the 2022 competition season.

The class of 20+ students met every Tuesday and Friday from 5:30 to 9. As the season progressed, they met up to 16 hours a week in order to perfect their robot. The class is a student lead class, with occasional oversight. They also have many mentors who rotationally intertwine with help and guidance in building preparation. The class began in the fall semester with basic building skills, prepping the students for the season. They have four departments– mechanical, electrical, business, and programming, in which all collaborated to build this year’s robot, “Milo.” They started building Milo in January and finished in late February, but continued improving it throughout the rest of the year.

The team made it to the semifinals for the Ventura regional competition in Port Hueneme. There was also a series of many more competitions throughout California. The team was also awarded with the “graciously professional” award for great attitudes in their competitions.

In the Auto Shop class this year, teacher Scott Hayes had three classes: Intro to Auto Mechanics, Auto Mechanics 2 and an advanced class. In the intro class, students can walk in without experience.

Hayes teaches students the basic maintenance of taking care of cars, sometimes their own car. Intro classes focus on the vital knowledge needed to own and run a car, from learning how to do an oil change to changing a light bulb. The second year class puts a bigger emphasis on auto care.

The third year students were out on internships at local mechanics, which are treated like jobs. A big project the advanced students worked on this year is that they’re rebuilding engines, while the intro classes are starting their engines up. Autoshop is a part of Ventura High Schools Career Technical Education (CTE) pathway program, which helps lead students towards careers in the automotive field. Hayes said that Ventura and Oxnard college both have amazing automotive programs that some students attend after high school.

Auto Shop is open to all students interested. Whether students want to work on their own car, want to go into it as a career or just to learn a little bit more about cars in general, auto shop is open.

At Ventura High School, students are offered a variety of electives to choose from. One of them being Floral Design. The teacher, Amy Lewandoski, spends her class period making floral objects. Floral design is the capstone class meaning it’s the final class of the three class agricultural business pathway and they focus on design of flowers for events such as wedding, funerals, parties and themed activities. They did flowers for sports teams and banquets as well.The class learns the basic skills during quarter one and two and then they spend the rest of the time doing events, learning bigger and better designs. They also study the business aspect of it. They have to learn how to budget, count flowers so they know how many they exactly need to complete things, and make a profit off what they create. Senior Ellie Melendez said, “The most valuable thing that stuck with me were the seven elements of floral design being line, form, space, texture and pattern, color, size, and fragrance.”

Arts Recaps Culinary

Mock Trial

By: Alina Reitz

By: Emily Nyguen

The Ventura High School culinary arts class is taught by Kayla Hernandez, who’s shown her students a variety of skills in the kitchen. The class began in the fall semester as an introduction to basic knife skills and sanitation guidelines surrounding the kitchen and food preparation.

After their introduction to the class, they headed into the kitchen and prepared to cook a wide variety of meals, ranging from sweet to salty to savory. This year they’ve made chicken parmesan as well as pizza from scratch. They’ve learned about different regions around the world and discovered the meals they cook in that area. Each section they learned about, covered a dish they made.

They learned vegetable preparation, different soups like broccoli cheddar and chicken noodle soup, they’ve made different salads and even sushi.

Surrounding the US region, they’ve covered simple, but delicious meals like biscuits and gravy and hot chicken. For sweets, they’ve gotten to make scrumptious banana trifles, and blueberry muffins. The class also had a cookie party where they chose a cookie of their liking and created it from scratch. Hernandez has been very busy this year teaching her students the rich and plentiful art of cooking.

Mock Trial is one of the many afterschool programs offered at VHS, where students are able to participate in imitations of a real court trial. Over the year of 2021-2022, they have completed two homicide cases total. Within this program, students are given a case to handle with there being two main sides along with different roles. The two sides being the defense and the prosecution, each one fighting for their own verdict.

There are also different roles being witnesses, attorney, bailiff and clerk.

In between cases, there is a lot of time given for direct and crossexaminations, direct examinations being where the attorney conducts an examination of their own witness to highlight or bring out facts of the case. Cross-examinations are where the attorney of the opposing side examines the witness to do things such as impair the credibility of the witness’ words. One of the main highlights of this program is when students are able to compete against the opposing sides of another school.

While participating students are able to learn about courtroom etiquette, unusual laws, speech and debate.

Over the year, meetings took place on Tuesdays from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and Thursdays from 4 to 5:30.

“You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” was performed in the spring. Photo by: Adi DeClerk

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Hip Hop

By: Elise Sisk

During the 2021-2022 school year, the Ventura High School hip hop team had a successful season. They were able to perform at the halftime shows during all of the football games that took place at the home stadium. They performed at games like the Homecoming game and the Buena-Ventura rivalry game.

They were recognized during Senior Night, where they were able to walk on the field with their parents, and had their names announced over the loudspeakers.

The VHS Hip Hop team is mainly made up of sophomores-seniors, with it being at least their second year in dance. However, anyone is welcome to audition, and it is not uncommon for freshman or firsttime dancers to make the team.

Overall, this year’s Hip Hop team had a very prosperous bounceback from the COVID-19 school year, and they were able to have a full in-person season.

“A Tribute to the Tonys” was performed in March by Heidi House’s show choir. Photo by: Olive Kranzler Senior saxophone player Elise Sisk guest conducted. Photo by: Adi De Clerck

In the robotics world, the Ventura High robotics team is known as The VHS Concert Band playing at the Winter Team 3925, The Circuit of Life. Photo by: Greta Pankratz concert in December. Photo by: Adi DeClerk

Here, students are seen working on auto skills, before they move onto cars. Photo by: Scott Hayes

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Freshman Throwback

Photos from class of 2022 freshman orientation on August 16, 2018.

(left to right) Cannon Mendez, Carson Studt, Aiden Kelly (left to right) Audrey Flynn, Malia Gutierrez, Quinn Ferguson, Alice McCoy, Tess Luoma

(pictured) Inman Costa

(left to right) Demetrios Stamakinley, Ethan Cook, Jesus Salcedo, Cooper Anderson (left to right) Alexis Howrey, Aliza Barroca

(left to right) Charles Dwyer, Kyle Hewson, Tanner Bacody

(pictured) Caroline Marsden (left to right) Texas Tanner, Giacomo Sherman, Tyler Woodworth (pictured) Alyce Campos

(left to right) Caelan Okinaga, Martie Pecht

(pictured) Gael Lopez

(pictured) Inman Costa, Matthew Esquivel

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Class Stats

The Data 26.7% Going to a public university

82.6% 10.3% 57.14% Staying in California for college

8.92% Going to a private university

Would you attend a class reunion?

Going out-of-state for college

4.5% Enlisting in the military

Based on 148 VHS senior responses

Going to a community college

2.2%

Going to a technical college or vocational program (trade school)

What grade was the hardest?

Have you snuck off campus?

Have you ever broken into the VHS pool?

Class of ‘22 graduation

June 15 On this day...

Are you still in your freshman friend group?

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Senior Map

Zander Hoag Sofia Ramos Reyna Lane Rachel Gonzalez Quezada Christopher Mariana Martinez Maria Saucedo Lucy Field Jackie Munoz Isabella Rodriguez Emily Martinez Dima Alawil Destinee Grower Danielle Padilla Daizy Munoz Colin Vaglica Alberto Castro Aubrey Stadtmiller Alexis Howery Alejandra Orozco Aiden Pacheco Alex Frausto Aliza Barroca Benjamin Burchett Caitlyn Cox Danielle Henley Diane Villaloboz Elizabeth Martinez Garcia Ella Girtsman Garrett Hadrys Isaak Rivera Jackson LaTourette Josh Calamia Kaden Anderson Kailin Wilson Kayla Poole Kelsey Urcuyo Levi Kirkpatrick Nathanael Munoz Nicolas Palacio Robert Michie Sophia Tyner Tiernan Philips Pablo Arroyo Marivel Barrios Mary Bell Savannah Breeden Emily Brockus Carissa Caballero Simmons Joshua Calles Andrew Canosa Ricardo Cardona Gregorio Castro Jaqueline Cervantes Cruz Paola Chavez Abigail Clobes Cristina Nuñez J.C. Miranda

Michaela Cuellar Nash Dahm Breonna Dolin Chloe Dowling Jack Edwads Christopher Egbert Leslie Flores Joseph Froust Manuel Gama Gisselle Garcia Jose Garcia Bella Garibaldi Kayden Gonzales Aallyson Gutierrez Liliana Hernandez Alexander Jimenez Lara Kassub Trang Kateloy Karely Legazpi Gage Leikam Daniel Lucero Veronica Magaña Ivan Moctezuma Leslie Ortiz Katelynn Palacios Elyce Peck Edgar Perez Preston Purdy Aaron Reijerse Brandon Rincon Hakeem Rojas Jesus Salcedo Daniel Santana Joshua Smith Shea Smith Leonardo Solis Alizet Zapoteca Lizbeth Acevedo Alyssa Alvarez Cooper Anderson Nicolas Aoki Jade Beltran Andrew Boyd Sidney Cruts Janet Duran Julissa Fernandez Luke Maples Brayan Martinez Noah McGee Jonathan Munoz Chris Quintero Magaly Robles Monserrat Rodriguez William Romero Emely Severiano Lauren Shoop Ryan Thompson Victor Torres

Caroline Marsden Lizzy Gonzalez Juerta Pirraci Ava Donaldson

Charles Cornwell Jack Lowell

Moises Orozco Sawyer Brooks Zac King Julia Jones Simone Sykes Iliana Macias Bella DiPoalo

Vincent Cook Yves DeClerck

Mose Cook Thomas Anter

Jack Schatzman

Valeria Fierros Esmerelda Robles Elizabeth Marquez Xitlalic Rodriguez Alfonso Cuevas Jesus Alvarez Flores

Marvin Pinto Paris Lopez

Ximena Martinez Sara Severiano Tanya Hernandez Alexandra Valianos Sheila Perez Marroquin Elise Sisk

Aidan Kelly Jayden Marshall Logan Erickson Gregory Zuniga Dane Dathrego Julian Gray Amaya Fuentes

Camila Mendez

Emily Williams

Mares Rodriguez

Lauren Ricasta

Cierra Freeman Lexy Ghenov Nicolas Frias Remi Young Charlie Cook Melina Benitez Audrey Flynn Damanjeet Khaira

Madison Rumble

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Senior Map Cannon Mendez

Avery Kightlinger Caleb Dooley

Taylor Denger Samantha Carr

Kyle Hewson

Oliva Sletten

Ava Streufert

Carson Studt

Ben Cruzen

Lukas Sussman

Bre Roark Caitlin Berry Tatumn Morales

Grace Morton Caelan Okinaga Tess Luoma Sierra Myers

Lulu Hottinger Crystal Diaz Ryan Palmisano

Gwen Neger

Alina Reitz

Luke Anestos

Logan Bobis

Mason Jekogian Martie Pecht

Isabella Ramos

Inman Costa Greta Pankratz Adam VanLeeuwen Quinn Ferguson

Emily Ball Sarah Ball Jayla Ramirez

Wyatt Mojo Malia Page

Carmen Ibbarra Kailey Hardin Lizzie Rodriguez

Becca Locher

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I’ve always had a crush on...

Adam VanLeeuwen: Mr. Norris

Caroline Dickinson: Hailey Grace Morton: Tatumn Cervantes Morales

Kyler Shinn: Adam VanLeeuwen

Rachel Gonzalez: That one sub Trevor

Aidan Kelly: London Fletcher

Levi Kirkpatrick: Ariana Rivas (current girlfriend)

Raymundo Morales: My girlfriend.

Aiden Pacheco: A few people I know

Carson Studt: Colin Vaglica Greta Pankratz: Wyatt Mojo Castro Alberto: Your mom Iliana Macias: Benjamin Castro Dalilah: No one Burchett

Ale Perez: No one

Cesar Chavez: No one

Alejandra Orozco: Billy Evans

Charles Dwyer: Cher

Alex Frausto: My girl

Isaak Rivera: Jaime, he’s a Charlie Cook: Emma Steiner chill ass dude

Cierra Freeman: A lot of Alexander Murias: No one people Alexis Howery: Tiernan Phillips Alice McCoy: Gregory Gillett Alizet Zapoteca: Cant say ;) Avery Kightlinger: JJ Bella DiPoalo: Giacomo Sherman

Inman Costa: Caroline Hottinger

Lexy Ghenov: Noah koontz Rebecca Locher: april boland Lizzy Gonzalez: Jack Black Remi Young: Mr.Norris

Colin Vaglica: Ms. Sellers

Isabella Peinado: No one, everybody for everybody here

Daizy Muñoz: Literally no Isabella Ramos: Joseph Campbell one Damanjeet Khaira: None

Isabella Rodriguez: Maddie

Danielle Henley: ur mom

Jack Schatzman: Caroline Marsden

Danielle Padilla: Mr. Shaq Mobile

(Left to right) Tanya Hernandez and Sofia Ramos. Photo by: Sofia Ramos Lucca Camus: Ladiezzzz or some sh*t Robert Michie: Ms. Johnson

Jackie Muñoz: that one sub Lucy Field: JC N. CruzMiranda Destinee Grower: Mr. NorrisJackson LaTourette: Mr Ben Cruzen: Not always had Lulu Hottinger: Crist Costa Togneri a crush on, but Bella Ramos Diane Villaloboz: axel osuna on n off and angelo mosquedaJacobi Cardellino: Marlie Madison Rumble: no Benjamin Burchett: Iliana (dated) Teel Macias Malia Page: Lizzy Gonzalez Jayden Marshall: Mr. Pacula

Manuel Gama: [REDACTED]

Rowan Muñoz: Lee Cline Ryan Palmisano: Your mom, Sawyer Brooks: vaugn rieman Sofia Ramos: Jack Connell Sophia Tyner: myself

Jesus Salcedo: Mrs GonzalesMaria Saucedo: Nobody

Tanya Hernandez: shhhh.....

Joey Golden: Logan Erickson

Tess Luoma: McEntyre

Martie Pecht: Emily Ball

Matt Esquivel: Mrs sellers Tiernan Phillips: alexis howery Melina Benitez: Mr. Larson Tyler Lawson: MRS. KIM Julian Gray: Jaime Moises Orozco: Cougie Vaugn Rieman: Mr. Miller Julissa Fernandez: this boy Mose Cook: She knows who and sawyer (Left to right) Daniel Navarro and Melina Benitez. Photo in my grade she is by: Melina Benitez Vincent Cook: The one and Dima Alawil: No body Bradley Dakin: Taylor JV Ramirez: Rachel Naomi Velazquez: my bf only Elon Musk Williams Gonzalez no homo Elise Sisk: Simone Sykes Nathanael Muñoz: Nobody Von Juni: Kyan Ramirez Brandon Rincon: A lot of Kaden Anderson: Mr. Norrishere people Elizabeth Martinez Garcia: Wyatt Mojo: Malia Page N/A Kailey Hardin: Bre Roark Nicolas Frias: mr chaama Bre Roark: Kailey hardin Ximena Martinez: this #hottie #damnnnnn Ella Girtsman: Me Nicolas Palacio: Mr. Raney really smart guy who wears glasses Kailin Wilson: your mom Caitlyn Cox: Me Emily Ball: Caroline Olivia Sletten: Jayden Dickinson (wife) Yves DeClerck: Avea baker Karely Legazpi: Nobody Marshall Caleb Dooley: Davon Josh Calamia: Myself

Emily Martinez: Mr Miller Piper Selig: I don’t catch Kayla Poole: myself. duh.

Cannon Mendez: You know feelings who you are ;) Emily Tapia: Ezra leglui Kelsey Urcuyo: *train horn* Preston Purdy: Mr. Miller Carmen Ibarra: I’ll never Evelyn Ramirez: Bruno Kyle Bindon: Myself tell ;) Quinn Ferguson: Murphy Juarez

Zander Hoag: Mr Togneri Sandra Zepeda: Lorena Flores Zoe Sinclair: Jack Shotzman

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I hope my parents never find out...

Caroline Dickinson: I cracked the desktop in the den in 2013. It wasn’t a ball.

Aidan Kelly: my grades I got mad during a heated game of poptropica and Aiden Pacheco: The amount punched it of money I spent at Santa Cruz Market Castro Alberto: Sh*t sock

Quinn Ferguson: That I Gisselle Garcia: the amount Kyler Shinn: How many went barefoot to the neon of lies that I’ve told to keep times I ditched class dance me out of trouble.

Levi Kirkpatrick: Nothing Rachel Gonzalez: about Grace Morton: the events lol anything that happened that occurred on March 26, Lexy Ghenov: What I do at during covid.

2022 lunch Raymundo Morales: I have Greta Pankratz: I bought Logan Bobis: That I missed nothing to hide.

Ale Perez: Nothing Cesar Chavez: I didn’t do premium gas a ton of class work my freshman year and Remi Young: What happened Inman Costa: The night of Alejandra Orozco: I’m a when the cameras were passed Lucca Camus: What the crime good girl :) unplugged happened on October 25, Charles Dwyer: I spent all Isaak Rivera: How much I 1999. Latitude: 30.4284928. Robert Michie: That I am Alex Frausto: About this of their money online Longitude: -84.21605195. Or actually 100% Arabic spend on gas dumb school some sh*t

Charlie Cook: What Alina Isabella Peinado: Idk Rowan Munoz: That I peed Alex Valianos: My GRADES Reitz did in their bed Lucy Field: The stuff under my pants during a lockdown bro I’m always stressing the vending machine..

Isabella Ramos: N/A drill i about getting home right after Cierra Freeman: About my the mail comes to I can hide math grades Ryan Palmisano: Boys Isabella Rodriguez:I have a Lulu Hottinger: hey it tessaru:) dressing room… 2019 crush on Maddie Colin Vaglica: That I get no Alexander Murias: That I Samantha Carr: About hoes Jack Schatzman: So many Madison Rumble: third went to school period Sophomore summer things Daizy Munoz: Nothing bc Alexis Howery: what I Malia Page: About my Sawyer Brooks: uhh no Jackie Munoz: all of the I’m not a bad kid actually did with Malia comment things i did during quarantine Pokémon Go addiction Wiggins lol Dalilah Casttro: Nothing Manuel Gama: About my Sophia Tyner: what Alice McCoy: about those 79 spending the night at vaugns Jackson LaTourette: Where body count Damanjeet Khaira: days xx really means…

I was at 6th period Nothing Maria Saucedo: My parents Tanya Hernandez: That I Alina Reitz: Where that gas know everything Jacobi Cardellino: I’m in would buy food even tho they Danielle Henley: ur mom money actually goes the pierpont hood rats Martie Pecht: That I’m just told me not to.

Aliza Barroca: About what Danielle Padilla: About as boring as they think I am.

Jayden Marshall: How Tatumn Morales: why i happened at Kailey Hardins many times I actually ditched stayed late at work 18th birthday Martin Montelongo: Destinee Grower: I was class.

Halloween night never at the football games Taylor Denger: i snuck Amaya Fuentes: How me into foothills winter formal Jesus Salcedo: I have a crush Matt Esquivel: I’m a and my friends actually talk Diane Villaloboz: that freshman year on a cougar pierpont hood rat to each other. instead of going to chemistry Tiernan Phillips: about any study groups i would go to Joey Golden: where I go at Melina Benitez: What I was group chats Avery Kightlinger: What my bfs house lunch. doing Sunday August 11th, happened when I turned off 2019 at 11:21pm the ring doorbell camera Tyler Lawson: That Vilo Diego Castaneda: That Josh Calamia: Drugs Valentino’s body is beneath Moises Orozco: About all the sewers Ben Cruzen: That I’ve had Dima Alawil: Someone come Julian Gray: About the stuff the times I’ve been pulled drinks at parties to me and told me he live me that happens on a daily basis over Vaugn Rieman: Nothing… shelly probably knew before Bradley Dakin: I do not Julissa Avelar: I got to Elise Sisk: how many Mose Cook: I spent $100 you did know school one second late zoom classes i’ve skipped on donuts for people one day Vincent Cook: I went in the during lunch Brandon Rincon: About the JV Ramirez: literally sewers time I destroyed a tree around Elizabeth Martinez Garcia: anything from my high Naomi Velazquez: i ditched I never did homework campus with my weight school experience Von Juni: That I have a class crush on Kyan Bre Roark: A lot of things Lizzy Gonzalez: That I Kaden Anderson: I drank Nathanael Munoz: That i once Wyatt Mojo: About the push soda during track season am so swag Caitlyn Cox: Anything about for kush can #ashamed Ella Girtsman: Many things my life Nicolas Frias: that i’m a str8 Ximena Martinez: why Kailey Hardin: A lot of up pimp I always had dates at the Caleb Dooley: That I cheatedEmily Martinez: I’m usually things on my final for junior year distracted in class Olivia Sletten: how many movies Kailin Wilson: about times i went to bagel rock Zander Hoag: One time I Cannon Mendez: What goes Emily Tapia: I have an f in a sophomore year instead of art class was late to 2nd period down when I go out. What class our parties were like.

Kayla Poole: I snuck people Piper Selig: That I’m Sandra Zepeda: That I Evelyn Ramirez: I have an F over actually not that smart ditch Carmen Ibarra: that I’ll in art miss them at college more Kelsey Urcuyo: That I kissed Preston Purdy: Nothing to then i let on Zoe Sinclair: Nothing Garrett Hadrys: The bodies multiple guys hide ;^) Adam VanLeeuwen: I’m actually Barack Obama

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What I won’t miss about VHS...

Levi Kirkpatrick: The lack Rachel Gonzalez: high of community school drama, booooo!

Adam VanLeeuwen: Bathrooms

Caroline Dickinson: Literally everything

Gisselle Garcia: The overcrowded bathrooms

Aidan Kelly: the teachers

Caroline Marsden: being treated like a criminal by campus security.

Grace Morton: high school Lexy Ghenov: School work Raymundo Morales: and the teenage criticism drama everything.

Aiden Pacheco: The bathrooms Ale Perez: Nothing Alejandra Orozco: The counselors Alex Frausto: Is school lunch Alex Severiano: the bathrooms Alex Valianos: The seven hour day Alexander Murias: Food

Greta Pankratz: the walk to Lizzy Gonzalez: The Carson Studt: Sophomores the upper lot bathrooms (especially the in the parking lot locked ones) Iliana Macias: The Castro Alberto: The food bathrooms Logan Bobis: The fact that everyone knows everyone Castro Dalilah: Everything Inman Costa: Upper lot Logan Erickson: Bathroom Cesar Chavez: Waking up Isaak Rivera: Awful parking line early lot Lucca Camus: My Ted Charles Dwyer: The Isabella Peinado: Almost Bundy shed replica that is teachers with horrible voices.Everything beneath the main street gym or some sh*t.

Charlie Cook: The seagulls Isabella Ramos: All y’all Lucy Field: The bathrooms.

Christopher Quezada: They don’t even check if the Isabella Rodriguez: Nothing stalls have toilet paper.

Andrew in culinary

Rebecca Locher: Mr. Locher’s class Remi Young: The fakes Robert Michie: Philosophy Rowan Muñoz: The school schedule Ryan Palmisano: The stupid desks.

Samantha Carr: Losing to buena…

Sarah Ball: math class at 7:30 am

Alexis Howery: getting out Cierra Freeman: Not being Jack Schatzman: The vibes Lulu Hottinger: the upper lot of the parking lot Sandra Zepeda: The teachers able to use the bathrooms Madison Rumble: nhs Alice McCoy: its proximity Jackie Muñoz: the girls Colin Vaglica: The people bathroom Sawyer Brooks: anything to my parents who talk shit Malia Page: 7am classes involving school work Alina Reitz: Lucca Camus Jackson LaTourette: Daizy Muñoz: Everything Chamaa and the senior lawn Manuel Gama: bathroom Sheila Perez Marroquin: vapers and fights The campus security (except Aliza Barroca: The smell of Damanjeet Khaira: The for Jaime) the dumpster across from the Jacobi Cardellino: The bathrooms Maria Saucedo: Nothing theatre random a** people I’ve never Sofia Ramos: the two faced seen in my life Martie Pecht: Waking up people Alizet Zapoteca: The food Danielle Henley: the people Jayden Marshall: Taking at the absolute butt crack of dawn every day.

Sophia Tyner: female dogs Amaya Fuentes: AP Calc Danielle Padilla: The math classes that you will crowded bathrooms and be crazy never use again in life. close minded judgemental Martin Montelongo: Aubrey Stadtmiller: people people who think they’re restrooms and seagulls cutting in line Jesus Salcedo: Loud Tanya Hernandez: the fights better than everyone. freshmen and freshmen Mason Jekogian: The Avery Kightlinger: Destinee Grower: the students Everything about the Joey Golden: learning.

Taylor Denger: getting out of homework Portables Matt Esquivel: liberal a** the lot. 1st period start time Josh Calamia: The kids Diane Villaloboz: the foos Bella DiPoalo: Running there Tess Luoma: The parking lot teachers n homework hills at Track traffic.

Melina Benitez: Mr. Culp Julian Gray: Carlos Dima Alawil: Everything and getting out of the parking Ben Cruzen: The early Tiernan Phillips: listening to every moment here lot classes Julissa Avelar: Having to moyos car every morning come to school early Elise Sisk: the 7:30 start Moises Orozco: Going to Benjamin Burchett: Upper time class Tyler Lawson: The gosh darn lot Julissa Fernandez: the bug Elizabeth Martinez Garcia:unmatured underclassmen Mose Cook: Classes except Bradley Dakin: I’m not The food for economics and track Vaugn Rieman: New rules gonna miss anything because JV Ramirez: you and dress code I hate school Ella Girtsman: leaving the Naomi Velazquez: the work Kaden Anderson: The parking lot after school Vincent Cook: All of the Brandon Rincon: Ms school Nathanael Muñoz: Mostly vaping in the bathrooms Cervantes Emily Ball: the boring all of my time here Kailey Hardin: A lot of vending machine food Von Juni: This survey Breahna Roark: Dance things Nicolas Frias: The dome team practice next to the Emily Martinez: policies Wyatt Mojo: The ocean trash cans wtf Kailin Wilson: the principal Homework friendly garden Olivia Sletten: having a 7:30 Caitlyn Cox: The people Emily Tapia: The security Karely Legazpi: To my first period Ximena Martinez: The lack friends and dance class. of protection from the winter Caleb Dooley: Sports and Esmeralda Robles: Piper Selig: The campus, rain annoying teachers Negative people and their Kayla Poole: everyone people, and food energy.

Cannon Mendez: probably Kelsey Urcuyo: The lunch. Preston Purdy: Boys who Yves DeClerck: The classes VHS ex Jaime *respect It’s bad Evelyn Ramirez: The think they’re funny when they Zander Hoag: Mr chamaa campus security Kyle Bindon: Dumb blondes make ‘jokes’ Carmen Ibarra: being late Garrett Hadrys: Cougar every…single..day to my Kyler Shinn: Waking up Quinn Ferguson: The trash Zoe Sinclair: Everyone. press far to tabloid second period before 9 cans next to the music room Everything.

In 10 years I will be...

Adam VanLeeuwen: Ideally Alberto Castro: Welding alive Dalilah Castro: Own Aidan Kelly: famous something Aiden Pacheco: Off Cesar Chavez: Service collecting rocks, vibing with Engineer friends, and drinking tea Charles Dwyer: Walking Ale Perez: Away from CA with a peg-leg.

Isabella Peinado: Successful Lucca Camus: A plumber that gets transported to a prehistoric island where Isabella Ramos: 28 I battle abnormal humanIsabella Rodriguez: With turtle crossbreeds that steal princesses or some shit.

Maddie

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Rebecca Locher: Somewhere.

Remi Young: Sexy and successful

Robert Michie: Rich from Lucy Field : I won’t have enough money for chicken playing slots and poker nugget.. :( Rowan Munoz: an artist Jackie Munoz: living life Alejandra Orozco: I will be Charlie Cook:The president Lulu Hottinger: the successful and have a family probably On the coolest physical therapist in Ryan Palmisano: Jackson LaTourette: Retired moon, eating my popcorn town Alex Valianos: Who knows? Cierra Freeman: Buying my and drinking my Diet Coke, Jacobi Cardellino: 28 or I sure don’t dream car Madison Rumble: rich asf listening to Billy Joel’s Piano dead you never know Man, watching the world Alex Frausto: A cop Colin Vaglica : Probably Malia Page: 27 burn Jayden Marshall : If I still dead look this good in 10 years, Alexander Murias: Alive Manuel Gama:Either a Samantha Carr: Finishing Daizy Munoz: School and I’ll be happy. psychologist or a streamer Alexis Howery: a trophy my residency and traveling work Jesus Salcedo: Rich wife Maria Saucedo: At my Sarah Ball: in debt Damanjeet Khaira: house Alice McCoy: irresistible Hopefully finishing residency Joey Golden: homeless probably Mariana Martinez: A Alina Reitz: Freestyling Danielle Henley: a pediatric Josh Calamia: Sawyer Brooks: posted w registered nurse to “dance of the tree folk” at nurse Drifting moyo Libby park Martie Pecht:Still in School Danielle Padilla: Traveling Julian Gray: Hopefully not Sofia Ramos: Livin and Aliza Barroca: Sliving it up with my friends dead Martin Montelongo: makin that doe Working With athletes Alizet Zapoteca: 28 and Destinee Grower: A Julissa Fernandez: a csi or hopefully working a good job physician assistant Sophia Tyner: hopefully an automatic Mason Jekogian : Not and having a family making bank yo here Diane Villaloboz : rich n Julissa Avelar: Amaya Fuentes: Absolutely famouz Tanya Hernandez: a child Hopefully successful Matt Esquivel : Rich no idea. and family social worker and Diego Castaneda: In defense attorney JV Ramirez: better than youMelina Benitez : A Aubrey Stadtmiller: a Ventura working cosmetologist writer Kaden Anderson: 28 Taylor Denger: a teacher Dima Alawil: Avery Kightlinger: An Moises Orozco: Posted w/ Married Kailey Hardin : Hotter Sawyer Astronaut!!!!! A Doctor!!!!!!!

Tess Luoma: Older.

A Movie Star!!!!!! than ever and a badass lawyer Elise Sisk: working at a Mose Cook: Popular most Tiernan Phillips: bigs wife Axel Osuna Diaz: Doctor national park kailin wilson : dating your likely Elizabeth Martinez Garcia: mom Tyler Lawson: Loitering Bella DiPoalo: Working Naomi Velazquez : done Working as a paramedic. with school Kayla Poole: Anywhere Vaugn Rieman: Mr millers Ben Cruzen: 28 and a other than our 10 year high Emily Martinez: Teaching sneaky link commercial airline pilot Nathanael Munoz: Idk school reunion.

Emily Ball: in debt Bradley Dakin: A person Vincent Cook: Making an Nicolas Frias: Ballin Kelsey Urcuyo: working just like anybody impact on the world for the Exploring and traveling the Emily Tapia: Hairstyles else Olivia Sletten: the best mom better world ever Evelyn Ramirez: A doctor Brandon Rincon: 27 Von Juni: Homeless Kyle Bindon: Rich Piper Selig: An immature Garrett Hadrys: Most Bre Roark: An actress or likely a nurse anesthesiologistKyler Shinn: In a broadway 28 year old Wyatt Mojo: Someone who sum see u on tv pit orchestra has learned to do an Ollie Preston Purdy: A soon to be Caitlyn Cox: Still hot, just Gisselle Garcia: A dentist orthodontist, with a beagle Levi Kirkpatrick: A rich Ximena Martinez: On an Grace Morton: I hope to homeowner adventure with Sierra Myers Quezada Christopher: Caleb Dooley: In the MLB god employed Working Lexy Ghenov: A Yves DeClerck: Rich Greta Pankratz: Cannon Mendez: Hopefully psychologist hopefully Quinn Ferguson: The someone who vacations on alive and able to walk person who takes the person Zander Hoag: 27 Carmen Ibarra : even more the cape Lizzy Gonzalez: 6’2” who vacations on the cape to fabulous the cape Iliana Macias: working Sandra Zepeda: Traveling Logan Erickson: Caroline Dickinson: A milf Working in business Rachel Gonzalez: A super Inman Costa: A Zoe Sinclair : Rich with a hot milf transcendentalist Caroline Marsden: really Logan Bobis: In a successful sugar daddy living in LA smart and cool and happy. career making great money Raymundo Morales: Isaak Rivera: Dead or with 5 different houses across for my family and friends California State Senator Married and working hard. the world.

Carson Studt: Rich Jack Schatzman: Bakersfield

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Class I regret taking...

Adam VanLeeuwen: Physics

Greta Pankratz: college Cannon Mendez: AP Everything! NOT WORTH and career

Aidan Kelly: Calc

Caroline Dickinson: APUSH and AP Lang

Aiden Pacheco: Integrated physics and chem Carson Studt: Calculus Ale Perez: Earth science

Lexy Ghenov: AP English Raymundo Morales: Money Management.

Lizzy Gonzalez: PE… Isaak Rivera: I generally Remi Young: Intro to data like my classes Logan Bobis: Medchem science

Castro Alberto: All of them Isabella Peinado: Jaquettes Logan Erickson: Spanish 4 Robert Michie: Spanish 3 except mr Knowles class Isabella Ramos: AP Stats

Alex Valianos: Honors Physiology

Isabella Rodriguez: Any class that didn’t have Maddie

Cesar Chavez: Mr Raney 11 grade English

Alex Frausto: Is stagecraft Charles Dwyer: Physics and Chem with Mr. Alexander Murias: P.E. Maxwell.

Jack Schatzman: Jacquette…

Alexis Howery: All.

Jackie Munoz: Charlie Cook: Pre calculus YEARBOOK

Alice McCoy: digital art

Cierra Freeman: Floral design

Colin Vaglica: Money Aliza Barroca: College and Management Career Alizet Zapoteca: Photography

Rachel Gonzalez: Med chem….

Inman Costa: Computer Science at VC

Alejandra Orozco: I don’t have regrets Casttro Dalilah: Pe

Alina Reitz: Track

Levi Kirkpatrick: Spanish 2

Daizy Munoz: Photography

Jackson LaTourette: AP Physics with Maxwell

Lucca Camus: Chamaa or Rowan Munoz: Money some sh*t Management in Senior year Lucy Field: Drama, no oneRyan Palmisano: College is mean, it’s just stressful. and Career Lulu Hottinger: anything Samnatha Carr: Spanish 4 at VC AP Madison Rumble: ap euro Sarah Ball: integrated physics and chem Malia Page: 100% College and Careers Sandra Zepeda: Econ

Manuel Gama: English 10 Sawyer Brooks: ap calc Jacobi Cardellino: Spanish Honors Jayden Marshall: AP Calc. Maria Saucedo: Spanish

Sheila Perez Marroquin: AP Econ

Jessica Torreblanca: Italian Martie Pecht:

Sophia Tyner: Chamaa.

Amaya Fuentes: AP Calc

Damanjeet Khaira: Digital Jesus Salcedo: Honors photography chemistry

Aubrey Stadtmiller: creative writing

Danielle Henley: ap calc

Joey Golden: all

Calculus

Martin Montelongo: Spanish

Matt Esquivel: All Destinee Grower: spanish 1Josh Calamia: Money management chamma sucks Melina Benitez: Math 1 Diane Villaloboz: honors so bad 0 Honors chemistry Axel Osuna Diaz: None Juan Lemas: French 1 Moises Orozco: Calculus Diego Castaneda: Art Bella Dipaolo: Data Julian Gray: Medchem Mose Cook: Bio Science/ Mr Locher English Dima Alawil: Art 10 Julissa Fernandez: INTRO Naomi Velazquez: marine TO DATA SCIENCE Elise Sisk: honors biology Ben Cruzen: Ap physics, integrated physics and chem digital photography, Julissa Avelar: None they Nathanael Munoz: None were all fun!

Elizabeth Martinez Benjamin Burchett: Garcia: French Physics JV Ramirez: Summer US Nicolas Frias: Money management History at Buena Ella Girtsman: Stats Bradley Dakin: Landscaping Kaden Anderson: AP bio Nicolas Palacio: Precalc Emily Martinez: Data Olivia Sletten: Physio Brandon Rincon: Theater science Kailey Hardin: Ap Stats Avery Kightlinger: PreCalc

Emily Ball: AP Bio Bre Roark: honors chemistry … that hurt man Emily Tapia: Health Caitlyn Cox: English with Evelyn Ramirez: French Togneri Caleb Dooley: Ap Physics Gisselle Garcia: Digital Photography Camila Mendez: AP Grace Morton: ap stats Physics

Kailin Wilson: ethnic studies and social justice

Piper Selig: All of them, except for like 3

Tanya Hernandez: IPC Taylor Denger: AP European History Tatum Morrales: calculus Tess Luoma: Med Chem.

Tiernan Phillips: Calc Tyler Lawson: AP how to build a bomb Vaugn Rieman: ERWC Vincent Cook: AP Biology Von juni: digital photography Wyatt Mojo: AP Calc Ximena Martinez: Summer School US History

Yves DeClerck: Health in Spanish and college and Preston Purdy: Art II ; was careers Kayla Poole: American never good at drawing Music History Zander Hoag: Money Kelsey Urcuyo: APES Christopher Quezada: management Drama Kyle Bindon: Landscaping Zoe Sinclair: Every one of Quinn Ferguson: Health them Kyler Shinn: AP Lit

Something I would tell my freshman self...

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Levi Kirkpatrick: Nothing Rachel Gonzalez: You’re bisexual I don’t want to change the future Greta Pankratz: Stop Raymundo Morales: Why talking like Miranda Sings Aidan Kelly: I don’t know Carson Studt: Skip more classes Lexy Ghenov: Dont be so did you dig such a deep hole?

Iliana Macias: Stop trying sohard on yourself, enjoy your Aiden Pacheco: Good luck Castro Alberto: Save up for hard Rebecca Locher: Start innocence bud a car planning for college now.

Logan Erickson: Don’t Inman Costa: Lay off the Ale Perez: Keep going Casttro Dalilah: You Remi Young: Prepare procrastinate sugar! should’ve taken things yourself shit gonna go down Alejandra Orozco: To serious Logan Bobis: Don’t do Isaak Rivera: Shut up. always stay positive Reyna Lane: Grow your hair everything for college do You’re annoying things that you want to do for out!

Alex Valianos: Just… hold Cesar Chavez: Get out there Isabella Peinado: Not sure your future out for four years. It will get and try harder Robert Michie: Don’t take better after that.

Charles Dwyer: Beware.

Lucy Field: Don’t you dare AP stats Isabella Ramos: Try and skip any school days, it made have some fun please.

Alex Frausto: Be a pimp Charlie Cook: You’re Rowan Munoz: GOOD everything harder. gay LUCK Isabella Rodriguez: Be Alexander Murias: Keep Lucca Camus: Hide the ready for Maddie doing what you’re doing Cierra Freeman: This will Ryan Palmisano: Don’t body better watch the Disney Star Wars Jack Schatzman: You get it Alexis Howery: Leave him. be your easiest year movies in the theater.

Lulu Hottinger: You’re Colin Vaglica: Get your going to Clemson!!!!:) Jackie Munoz: Never wear Alice McCoy: Sell the grades up Samantha Carr: Everything ripped skinny jeans restaurant happens for a reason Madison Rumble: Stop Daizy Munoz: Don’t Jackson LaTourette: Don’t being weird Alina Reitz: Girl buy a thongprocrastinate ever Sandra Zepeda: Don’t stay wear skin tight jeans already even if they make you happy Malia Page: Stay away from Damanjeet Khaira: Ur the chunky highlights Jacobi Cardellino: Your Aliza Barroca: Be active in doing great Sawyer Brooks: Try harder gonna break your ankle and school activities, (football fool shoulder and have a bunch Manuel Gama: “I’m so games, dances, etc.) because Danielle Henley: Don’t sorry man” of head injuries so just stop you literally never know stress and have fun Sheila Perez Marroquin: playing football when all of it’s gonna be Maria Saucedo: Have fun Give people a chance ripped out from under you. Danielle Padilla: Stop Jayden Marshall: No one worrying about friends actually cares what you do, Mariana Martinez: Focus Sofia Ramos: It’s not as bad Alizet Zapoteca: It gets better and is better I mean not Destinee Grower: Don’t get they are more worried about in your classes, just do your as u may think and be kind to everyone work, your just making it themselves better. you’ll be fine lol. hung up on boys harder for yourself Sophia Tyner: Football boys Amaya Fuentes: You end up Diane Villaloboz: Get your Jessica Torreblanca: Go to Martin Montelongo: The ain’t sh*t more school events winning homecoming queen shit together future is scary but exciting somehow.

Tanya Hernandez: HEAD Diego Castaneda: Do your Jesus Salcedo: Don’t take too work UP, IT ONLY GETS bars Aubrey Stadtmiller: Mason Jekogian: Run faster BETTER!!

Take extra classes over the Dima Alawil: You been Joey Golden: Covids gonna summer strong Matt Esquivel: Don’t care Taylor Denger: Talk more mess everything up so dont Avery Kightlinger: If you Elise Sisk: That a B isn’t the even try Tess Luoma: Don’t wear Melina Benitez: Lead got it flaunt it worst thing in the world with your heart, everything pants that go above your ankles.

Josh Calamia: Take welding happened for a reason.

Axel Osuna Diaz: Give it Elizabeth Martinez Garcia: and auto your all and don’t be shy Be yourself, don’t try to “fit Tiernan Phillips: It’s not Mose Cook: I was in Julian Gray: You’re going Arkansas freshman year but I that deep Bella DiPoalo: Don’t stress in.” was apparently the truck gang places leader then. The seniors that Vaugn Rieman: Just stop.

Ben Cruzen: Just focus on Lizzy Gonzalez: Stop buying Please what your doing, don’t stress so many Welch’s gummies Julissa Fernandez: Don’t year sprayed TGL all over school as their prank. so much what others think of from the vending machines. slack on classes girl Vincent Cook: You will face you, you’re overthinking it Ella Girtsman: Don’t hang out with those people Naomi Velazquez: No one a lot of challenges but in the Julissa Avelar: To have end, everything will turn out fun and not worry too much cares Brandon Rincon: Make lots Emily Martinez: Don’t alright. about classes of friends make dumb decisions Nathanael Munoz: You will Von Juni: Drop out cry.

Bre Roark: Confidence is Emily Tapia: U should of JV Ramirez: You slayed key worked harder in school Kaden Anderson: Relax. It’s Nicolas Frias: Stop being so Wyatt Mojo: Wear some annoying you’re gonna lose pants that don’t make you Caitlyn Cox: Do it.

Esmeralda Robles: Don’t not that deep bro look like you’re preparing for all your friends dwell on the past and things a flood Caleb Dooley: Do honors you can’t control, do what Kailey Hardin: None of this Olivia Sletten: Transfer will matter so do what u want English you know and try your Ximena Martinez: It gets immediately hardest. better, trust me Karely Legazpi: Get good Camila Mendez: Enjoy Piper Selig: School isn’t the time while you have it, Evelyn Ramirez: Live high grades everything, you gotta chill Yves DeClerck: Be kind to because it flies by. school to the fullest out sometimes Kayla Poole: Live it up everyone and high school Cannon Mendez: Learn to Garrett Hadrys: Grow taller doesn’t matter that much Preston Purdy: “Don’t Kelsey Urcuyo: To join talk I’m still not tall enough let someone’s emotional more clubs Zander Hoag: Don’t worry inconsistency make you Carmen Ibarra: Go about Gisselle Garcia: Be yourself, as much Kyle Bindon: Your a king addicted to temporary highs” semester one much better… surround yourself with Zoe Sinclair: Don’t jump out loads of positive energy and Quinn Ferguson: Get Caroline Dickinson: “Shut overall enjoy these four years Kyler Shinn: Get some that window. Run away from outside sleep up. No one cares or asked” because they fly byyyy! the cop.

Adam VanLeeuwen: Next time hide the body better

Caroline Marsden: You didn’t really change tbh.

Grace Morton: It’ll be ok

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My high school stereotype is...

Adam VanLeeuwen: Band Cannon Mendez: I feel like Gisselle Garcia: Katness Everdeen I was the funny recurring nerd background character, elusive Grace Morton: The artist but well known.

Aidan Kelly: Don’t know Aiden Pacheco: 90’s sitcom Carmen Ibarra: Obviously character addicted to indie the cool kid…right? music Caroline Dickinson: Socially awkward band kid Ale Perez: I don’t know Alejandra Orozco: Friendly Caroline Marsden: ONE BRAID Gym rat Alex Valianos: Teacher’s pet Alex Frausto: Am a pimp

Carson Studt: Jock

Alina Reitz: La toxica diva extreme wealthy weirdo Aliza Barroca: The theater kid Aubrey Stadtmiller: Quiet book girl Avery Kightlinger: Influencer / Cool Shy Girl / Money Maker Axel Osuna Diaz: Gamer

Photo by: Aliza Barroca Bella DiPoalo: Blonde

Rebecca Locher: Lucy Field: Normal art person with a taste In music Intimidating musical nerd athlete. you wouldn’t expect.

Inman Costa: The sus cross Madison Rumble: quiet, country boy basic, asian Iliana Macias: Cheerleader Isaak Rivera: Punk but not punk, also Mexican

Malia Page: Nerd

Robert Michie: Foreign exchange student Rowan Munoz : Wattpad writer

Isabella Ramos: Introverted Castro Alberto: There is no nerthlete bully only yourself

Alexander Murias: No clue Casttro Dalilah: Mixed of good and bad Alexis Howery: Jock Alice McCoy: A brain... and an athlete... and a basket case... a princess... and a criminal

Greta Pankratz: Overachiever

Lucca Camus: A gladiator Raymundo Morales: The nerd. or some shit

Isabella Rodriguez: Gay for Maddie

Jack Schatzman: A mix of a Cesar Chavez: Introvert thatcouple gets along with anyone Jackie Munoz: Shy Charles Dwyer: Lone wolf ;)but lowkey not so shy cheerleader party girl Charlie Cook: Peter Photo by: Melina Benitez Pan Jackson LaTourette: Smart Manuel Gama: Being every Ryan Palmisano: That one overweight Mexican known kid in sunglasses. kid in stupid classes to man Cierra Freeman: Not sure if Jacobi Cardellino: Jock who I have one Samantha Carr: hot cheer talks too much Maria Saucedo: Idk captain Colin Vaglica: Social Jesus Salcedo: Troy Bolton Martie Pecht: Reclusive butterfly Sarah Ball: quiet art kid Band kid Joey Golden: Football Danielle Henley: Basic Sandra Zepeda: High school player Mason Jekogian: Runner white girl musical kid Destinee Grower: White girl Josh Calamia: Druggies Sawyer Brooks: no idea Matt Esquivel : Fat c*ck Julian Gray: Medicine man Elise Sisk: Manic pixie Melina Benitez : The ASB Sofia Ramos: Knows of dream girl JV Ramirez: The one who spirit week kid everyone but only talks to 3 thinks they’re in the closet people Moises Orozco: Car guy Kaden Anderson: Sarcastic Tanya Hernandez: the Mose Cook: I’m the mom of the group Kailey Hardin: Resting bitchenergetic kid who loves a face good Dr. Pepper and donuts Taylor Denger: blonde before a track workout Kailin Wilson: dumb blonde Naomi Velazquez: i have no Tiernan Phillips: most Kayla Poole: The Funny spirited idea one Kelsey Urcuyo: Quiet and funny

Nathanael Munoz: Mexican Vaugn Rieman: A b*tch Nicolas Frias: LONER

Vincent Cook: Geek, Jock, Average, Nerd

Elizabeth Martinez Garcia: Kyle Bindon: None Olivia Sletten: loudest Normal laugh Von Juni: cool kid Kyler Shinn: Band Nerd Ben Cruzen: The most Ella Girtsman: Ginger extroverted introvert Levi Kirkpatrick: The Piper Selig: The lesbian that Wyatt Mojo: Chesmoso guy a lot of people know but dresses like a dude Brandon Rincon: The quiet Emily Martinez: Scary he doesn’t know them Ximena Martinez: a viola kid Preston Purdy: Twink Emily Ball: Ginger player Lexy Ghenov: Nerd??

Bre Roark: “Theater kid” Emily Tapia: I expect it to be Quinn Ferguson: Awesome Zander Hoag: Swag and rich band nerd cool kid Logan Erickson: Blonde like high school musical and athletic Caitlyn Cox: What? surfer kid Rachel Gonzalez: Megan Evelyn Ramirez: Like high Logan Bobis: Jock or looser Bloomfield Zoe Sinclair: Controversial Caleb Dooley: Literally all school music

Who threw the best parties?

Adam VanLeeuwen: Mrs Reynosa Aidan Kelly: free goob Aiden Pacheco: My mom Ale Perez: I don’t know

Carmen Ibarra: Malia Page!!! Party all night long baby!

Ethan Diaz: Free Goob Greta Pankratz: Charlie Cook

Caroline Dickinson: I don’t have enough friends to know Inman Costa: Charles that Jayden Cook

Madison Rumble: not a party girl

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Rowan Munoz: No one

Malia Page: What parties?? Ryan Palmisano: Lmao never went to one.

Manuel Gama: Chris Quintero

Carson Studt: Kai Sodegren Isaak Rivera: Not Joey his sucked, Rocco’s was cool tho Castro Alberto: Strip club Isabella Ramos: Wouldn’t Alex Frausto: Mexicans Charles Dwyer: Coral Tripp know Alex Valianos: Kai Sodegren of FTHS Isabella Rodriguez: Maddie Charlie Cook: Honestly I Alexander Murias: Me did Jack Schatzman: Alexis Howery: FREE Randoms Cierra Freeman: No one GOOB Jackie Munoz: me ofc Alice McCoy: Chris Colin Vaglica: Definitely (left to right) Inman Costa, Lulu Hottinger, Caitlin Berry, Wyatt McKay baby chunks Mojo, Avery Kightlinger Jackson LaTourette: Idk Samantha Carr: Jackie Maria Saucedo: Idk I’m in track Alina Reitz: Charlie Cook Daizy Munoz: No one Munoz!! and Caroline Marsden Martie Pecht: I wouldn’t Jacobi Cardellino: Logan Sarah Ball: Idk I never went know I was never invited Dalilah Casttro: I never boobies Aliza Barroca: went to one HAHAHAHA Sandra Zepeda: Me Matt Esquivel: Never Jayden Marshall: Duffy. attended a party Alizet Zapoteca: Idk never Damanjeet Khaira: None Sawyer Brooks: free Jesus Salcedo: me in the got invited to any Melina Benitez: Trick Danielle Henley: olivia GOOB crib. questionnone sletten Amaya Fuentes: Jayden Marshall Joey Golden: Free Goob Moises Orozco: Vaugn R. / Sofia Ramos: idk i never Destinee Grower: free goob went to one FREE GOOB Avery Kightlinger: Charles Josh Calamia: Jackie Diego Castaneda: Mr tacket Munoz Jayden Cook Mose Cook: Didnt go to Sophia Tyner: Free Goob any bc am loner Axel Osuna Diaz: Idk Diego Ocampo: FREE Julissa Fernandez: I’ve GOOB never gone to high school Tanya Hernandez: idk Naomi Velazquez: diego Ben Cruzen: Duffy parties :,) Dima Alawil: The school Nathanael Munoz: Never Tess Luoma: Charlie Cook JV Ramirez: Jackie Munoz been Alejandra Orozco: I don’t go to parties lol

Kaden Anderson: Yur mom Kailey Hardin: Bab

Nicolas Frias: I wasnt invited to parties given my stereotype

Kayla Poole: definitely not Olivia Sletten: Me and that one friend group that’s Jayden for sure Piper Selig: How should I Kelsey Urcuyo: Felix Duran know?

Thomas Anter: FREE GOOB Tiernan Phillips: Olivia Sletten Tyler Lawson: Me

Vaugn Rieman: Free goob Kyle Bindon: Nobody Preston Purdy: Free Goob cause no one threw an actual Vincent Cook: MALIA party Quezada Christopher: Your PAGE mom (left to right) Jackson LaTourette, Kyle Hewson, Grant Dullam, Levi Kirkpatrick: Don’t go to party’s Zac King Quinn Ferguson: Charlie Von Juni: me Bradley Dakin: ???

Elise Sisk: me cook Logan Bobis: Anyone Wyatt Mojo: Duffy Brandon Rincon: Your mom Elizabeth Martinez Garcia: Rachel Gonzalez: Jackie Anderson (The gatsby of vhs) N/A Logan Erickson: Free goob Munoz <3 Bre Roark: BAB Lizzy Gonzalez: Malia Page, Lucca Camus: Grant DullamRaymundo Morales: I never Ximena Martinez: MALIA of course Caitlyn Cox: Free Goob or some shit PAGE go to parties Emily Ball: me, you just Caleb Dooley: Jaden Lucy Field: I didn’t go to Rebecca Locher: I wouldn’t Zander Hoag: Me weren’t invited any :( know.

Cannon Mendez: I don’t Emily Martinez: No one Remi Young: FREE GOOB know but my end of the year Zoe Sinclair: Snoop Dogg Lulu Hottinger: Charles party is gonna be lit.

Emily Tapia: NP and Hrh collection Jayden Cook Robert Michie: TDX

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I bequeath…

Logan Erickson: I bequeath Raymundo Morales: my parking spot to Bennett Nothing and nobody.

Torgerson Rebecca Locher: The XC Logan Bobis: Jack rose and ring to Chelsea Ochoa and Aidan Kelly: Nothing dantrelle my amazing driving skills to Lucca Camus: Yelling in the Aiden Pacheco: Good Amelia McLeod. halls or some sh*t vibes to all my junior and Remi Young: My senioritis Iliana Macias: My desk in underclassmen friends Caroline Marsden: Ella Lucy Field: I leave the best to Emy brooks physio to sierra soriano Ullrich, Avery Cameron, of luck to my friends who Ale Perez: No one Sophia Nacu, Emma Steiner, won’t be graduating this year. Robert Michie: The AP Inman Costa: Los Pollos Olivia Roman DONT PRINT stats chapter 4 test Answers Alejandra Orozco: Money THIS YET IDK WHO TO Hermanos to Reid Kemble Lulu Hottinger: I bequeath underneath the far left trash PICK YET CRY EMOJI the title of coolest Hottinger Isaak Rivera: Not knowing can by the football field near Alex Valianos: The bitter on campus to Henry what bequeath means, I leave aftertaste of reality for the the snack bar Carson Studt: Baseball team Hottinger, and my new it to everyone on the planet underclassmen to realize captain to dash Lopez. favorite Denger on campus is Rowan Munoz: My nonnow Tessa Denger Isabella Ramos: A roll of Alex Frausto: Am not sure Castro Alberto: Nothing existent thiccness to Adi De tape to Liam Genkle because I started out with Clerck Madison Rumble: I Alexander Murias: Nothing nothing Isabella Rodriguez: Maddie bequeath my life’s drama to Ryan Palmisano: My dad Alexis Howery: My butt to Casttro Dalilah: I trust no Lagomarsino the 6th cookie asb election board jokes to Lilia Duque and Emily Rea one Sophia Campbell Jack Schatzman: My tabis Malia Page: My party throwing skills to Kirin to Chantelle troutman Alice McCoy: My drama Cesar Chavez: Adopting a Sandra Zepeda: My ashes department legacy to the freshman to drake vest Manuel Gama: the Worst Jackie Munoz: My party and to my parents dreamers advice known to seniors playlist to julie munoz Charles Dwyer: My towards my younger friends Sarah Ball: I have nothing Alina Reitz: Avery Cameron masculinity to Julian Jackson LaTourette: My car my ADD meds to leave Martinez Maria Saucedo: Idk to Big Mike Adam VanLeeuwen: My bad parking luck to all underclassmen

Carmen Ibarra: My Grace Morton: The power beloved Chevy Volt (George) of organizing senior best photos to Emma Steiner to my brother Diego & senioritis to Sia Tranby Greta Pankratz: You know Caroline Dickinson: My bad who to Olivia Roman and Emma Steiner bitchery to Chloe Biondo

Aliza Barroca: My queef to Charlie Cook: My best vest Mya Sherman, for she is the to Mya Sherman only one who finds this as funny as I do Cierra Freeman: I’m not sure I would leave anything Alizet Zapoteca: My one

Jacobi Cardellino: Athletic Martie Pecht: I bequeath my Sawyer Brooks: Moyo can outrageously good looks, and have everything ability to Makana incredible talent overall to Sophia Tyner: My 0 f*cks Eva Lechner-Hill Jayden Marshall: Quinn McMurtry my improv skills. attitude to sierra golden Mason Jekogian: He goat of single dollar and I leave it Colin Vaglica: The soccer Jesus Salcedo: My comedic the distance team to Horse. Tanya Hernandez: I will to… literally idk mind to Quinn McMurtry team to my sophomore leave my concert mistress Matt Esquivel: Chef skills to role and i will leave it to friends Amaya Fuentes: The award makana Joey Golden: My party Oilver of most mom car to Jack prowess to my dear sister, Damanjeet Khaira: Nothing Rose.

Melina Benitez: Leaving Sierra Golden. my ASB committee to Olivia Tess Luoma: My heart to Danielle Henley: Being the Avery Kightlinger: Lily Jocelyn Wood.

Roman:( Josh Calamia: Idk Carnaghe and Chelsea Ochoa ginger on the basketball team to kenna dannenberg my prized SGC Mose Cook: My epic legacy Tiernan Phillips: Missing Julian Gray: The better to Mr. Gallo miraphone, to Luca layups to Melvin Destinee grower: My booty Bella DiPoalo: Jaime to to London Fletcher Dante Kaden Anderson: My hair toNaomi Velazquez: Nothing Vincent Cook: My running Emanuel Mechanick spirit to Diego Ibarra Diego Castaneda: My Ben Cruzen: The tennis Nathanael Munoz: My team to the players in lower siblings impression Kailey Hardin: My Von Juni I will leave grades flexibility legacy with the silliness Dima Alawil: My shy Nicolas Frias: Farts pitas dance team Bradley Dakin: I do not higgins Elise Sisk: The Wind 1 Wyatt Mojo: My devious know Karely Legazpi: The “Simon saxophone section to Gianna says” club to my friends who Nicolas Palacio: My free diamonds to jack gordon Brandon Rincon: Idk don’t water bottle to Peng Tang don’t speak English Ella Girtsman: $1.50 to care Ximena Martinez: My sophia nacu for zesty ranch Kelsey Urcuyo: My phone to Olivia Sletten: My hot sister parking spot to Nika Wallach Bre Roark: Improv troupe veggie straws to the sophomore class the seagulls of VHS captain (idk who) Yves DeClerck: My cat and Emily Ball: My amazing Kyle Bindon: A pic of me to Preston Purdy: Nothing to to my mom Caitlyn Cox: My bad habits dance moves to Juliet no-one my counselor to Lorne Rieman Lazowski Quinn Ferguson: Our king Zander Hoag: Pens as well Levi Kirkpatrick: No as pencils and other assorted Caleb Dooley: To start to mama Emily Tapia: My kids and writing utensils college apps and start looking my mom Lizzy Gonzalez: My Rachel Gonzalez: Broadcast premium parking spot to for colleges that fit for you Zoe Sinclair: Nothing lead to Adi De Clerck asap Evelyn Ramirez: My kids Reese Whitley

How to reach me after high school...

Casttro Dalilah: Whatever Isabella Peinado: Uh you can don’t try to reach me after highschool Aidan Kelly: phone number Cesar Chavez: Snap : smonk_u Isabella Ramos: Don’t Aiden Pacheco: phone Charles Dwyer: feevar Isabella Rodriguez: Idk ask number Maddie Charlie Cook: Ale Perez: Number Charliecook516@yahoo.com Jack Schatzman: Don’t Alejandra Orozco: Ig Cierra Freeman: Jackie Munoz: 805@lilbby_111 ceeceelulu1230@gmail.com 561-8524, insta: __ jackiemunoz__, snap: Alex Valianos: airvalianos@ Colin Vaglica: Please don’t Jackiemunoz2 gmail.com Adam VanLeeuwen: 8058441979

Alex Frausto: Non Alexander Murias: 18057607994 Alexis Howery: Instagram Alice McCoy: skywriting

Daizy Munoz: Social media Jackson LaTourette: jacksonlatou on Instagram Damanjeet Khaira: Phone number Jacobi Cardellino: Just call the White House Danielle Henley: dont Jayden Marshall: I’d prefer Danielle Padilla: Danielle if you don’t.

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Logan Erickson: ljerickson20@gmail.com

Rebecca Locher: If you know, you know.

Lucca Camus: Telegram: @ClayEidson

Remi Young: Young.remiinsta

Lucy Field: 805-515-8161, Reyna Lane: ollieisarat@ IG @cherry_blossom.bunny gmail.com Lulu Hottinger: 8058266101

RobertMichie: 805-6439700

Rowan Munoz: acupofsoba Madison Rumble: stay out on Instagram of my life Ryan Palmisano: (805) Manuel Gama: Subscribe to 658-9911, give me a call tacojunk on Twitch sometime.

Maria Saucedo: mariasaucedo0817@gmail. com Mariana Martinez: Phone number

Sarah Ball: figure it out if you really want to Sandra Zepeda: Don’t look for me

Destinee Grower: baby.girl. Jessica Torreblanca: Sawyer Brooks: 8056657726 Alina Reitz: @jazzcreature dest j.torreblanca04@gmail.com / Martie Pecht: Don’t on Instagram…for now… jessica_t.l Sheila Perez Marroquin: Diane Villaloboz: insta , Martin Montelongo: social Don’t Aliza Barroca: (805)628- diane.villaloboz Jesus Salcedo: U have my media I have practically 6821 Sofia Ramos: @sofi.ramos number everything Elise Sisk: carrier pidgeon on Instagram Alizet Zapoteca: phone Joey Golden: Rock ‘n’ Mason jekogian: number Elizabeth Martinez Garcia: Sophia Tyner: don’t.

Roll Hall of Fame Mcjekogian on insta elizabethmm4534@gmail. com Aubrey Stadtmiller: Tanya Hernandez: @tanya_ Josh Calamia: Jcalamia@ Matt Esquivel: telegram @orbrey_ h805 venturaedu.org Lizzy Gonzalez: No Avery Kightlinger: Melina Benitez: 8055353645Taylor Denger: Insta & snap Julian Gray: Instagram: Ella Girtsman: Don’t @kightliinger Amish_Acorn805 Mose Cook: Youll know Tess Luoma: 8057669023 Emily Ball: snapchat: em_ Bella Dipaolo: Instagram bc ill be super famous....but Julissa Fernandez: social ball88 insta is nightbuster1234 and Tiernan Phillips: don’t media Ben Cruzen: Probably text snap is kitkat4vhs and tiktok Emily Martinez: Instagram: is mozodabozo Tyler Lawson: On 9/17/2029 Julissa Avelar: (805)728emilly.elizabethh Bradley Dakin: No at 12:46PM you will be at 0221 Naomi Velazquez: the beach, a strange light will Emily Tapia: Email Brandon Rincon: nnnjjj356@gmail.com reflect on the sand, you walk JV Ramirez: don’t 8055158019 over to the beam and see Evelyn Ramirez: (805)470it’s only a bottle with a cork Kaden Anderson: Don’t Nathanael Munoz: Dont 6053 Bre Roark: insta - brerroark keeping it closed, inside is a Kailey Hardin: Insta or snap Nicolas Frias: boierson on note. I think you know what Garret Hardys: F*ck off Caitlyn Cox: Don’t. to do from there insta Giselle garcia: social media: Karely Legazpi: Caleb Dooley: 805-535Vaugn Rieman: Dont karelytorres.2626@gmail. gisse11e.g Olivia Sletten: don’t 3766 com Grace Morton: Piper Selig: Thats the neat Vincent Cook: I will be too Cannon Mendez: insta @ gracemorton28 busy Kayla Poole: Social media part, you don’t. cannon.mendez Greta Pankratz: (805) 607- Kelsey Urcuyo: 805-6202785 3974 Kyle Bindon: 8057984798 Illiana Macias: 8057942256 Caroline Dickinson: Kyler Shinn: @kylershinn ibilim22@gmail.com Wouldn’t you like to know ilianacristina instagram Levi Kirkpatrick: Carson Studt: Insta Carson. Inman Costa: Insta @ 8057748018 studt inmancosta Logan Bobis: Castro Alberto: Put smoke Isaak Rivera: Snap/Insta: Instagram:Logan_bobis @ssssapien up signals Carmen Ibarra: urhotmom@gmail.com

Preston Purdy: Socials : Prestonpurdyy

Von juni: 8053120319 snap chat is grimgoomba

Ximena Martinez: by carrier Quinn Ferguson: @quinn_ pigeon ferg Rachel Gonzalez: (805) 367- Yves DeClerck: 8059216918 5309 Zander Hoag: Zanderaven Raymundo Morales: 805- on Instagram 728-0528 Insta-r4y.mrls Snapchat-r4y.mrls Zoe Sinclair: Don’t

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Prom

Juniors Mateo Navarro and Lilia Duque [left to right] won prom prince and princess for the junior class. Photo by: Adi De Clerck Sophomore Emily Sehati was working at prom as part of ASB. Sehati shared what she was most proud of about the night, “Originally our theme wasn’t as popular, [but] I feel like we pulled it off very well and Marriott was the perfect place to do it.” Photo by: Adi De

Seniors Jayla Avvi, Jesus Salcedo and Brigham Maloney [left to right] posed above the balcony overlooking the Marriott lobby.

Sehati shared her favorite part of the evening, “Even though I’ve been running around volunteering, I feel like it’s been really good to see the school, especially the upperclassmen have their final dance, despite the difficulties of COVID.” Many upperclassmen have not had the chance to attend a prom yet, due to the complications of the pandemic cancelling it the past two years.

Photo by: Adi De Clerck

Ventura High School’s prom took place on May 9, 2022 at the Ventura Beach Marriott. After two years of being unable to hold a prom due to COVID, this is VHS’s first prom fully back in swing. This year’s theme was “Seas the night,’ and the event offered dancing, a dessert bar, photos and two dollar caricatures. Photo by: Adi De Clerck

Junior Olivia Pedraza attended prom with her friend, Sia Tranby.

Pedraza offered her thoughts on the night, “The venue is really nice, it has lots of cool lights. I like the upstairs and the vibe is really cool.” Photo by: Adi De Clerck

Senior Ben Cruzen sits at one of the tables that students could use to eat their desserts and drink their beverages. Junior Sia Tranby shared her favorite part of the night: “I just got here, but I love the snacks. The food is very good.” Students attending prom were offered free cookies and brownies from a dessert bar.

Photo by: Adi De Clerck

Sophomore Scott Vreeland, who was working for ASB at prom shared his thoughts on how the night came together: “I feel like we picked a really good venue, and it [prom] was very well done by the junior class.

I think that everyone here is enjoying it. I really like the theme this year, and the venue.” Photo by: Adi De Clerck

Juniors Lily Carnaghe, Jack Gallo, Malana Morton and Ava Elliott [left to right] posed in the main area of the venue, just outside the dance floor. Students had the option to walk around the designated upper floor area for the prom, where they offered the dessert bar and various photography options, or they could enter a smaller rooms with tables, the dance floor and the DJ. Photo by: Adi De Clerck

In the lounge area, two caricaturists sat ready to draw a Sophomore Chloe Cross said, “This is my first caricature for VHS prom attendees for two dollars. Photo prom, I think it’s really fun. I think the music by: Adi De Clerck is so much better than homecoming. I wish the dance floor was a little bit bigger, you know it’s just a little crowded.” Photo by: Adi De Clerck

The 2022 VHS Prom was an underwaterthemed event. Titled, “Seas the Night,” the venue was decorated with shades of blue and sea-creature inspired decor. Photo by: Adi De Clerck

Senior Mose Cook shared that his favorite part of the night was being able to see everyone he knew. He also gave his first impression of the night: “It [the venue] is very big, bigger than I thought it would be.” Photo by: Adi De Clerck

Senior Ball

“I think my fondest memory of high school was either coming back from online school and being in person for the first time, or just being a senior and finding good friends and knowing everyone around,” said senior Quinn Ferguson. (Left to right) senior Quinn Ferguson, junior Mya Sherman, senior Alina Reitz, senior Carolie Marsden and junior Avery Cameron. Photo by: Livia Vertucci “Senior ball was actually fun it was just like chaotic but the dance itself was super pretty and put together nicely you could tell a lot of thought went into it,” said senior Lucy Eckberg Photo by: Ryan Palmisano

“My experience was that I had a good time with my senior class it was nice seeing everyone I specifically loved the bathroom. My fondest high school memory had to be winning prom queen,” said senior Kalaiyh Brown who seen in red. Photo by: Jocelyn Wood

Senior ball was held at the Spanish Hills country club on February 25, 2022. With the theme “Frozen in Time” attendees were encouraged to dress up in a winter theme. Photo by: Livia Vertucci

(Left to right) senior Xander Belchere, senior Samantha Carr, senior Ava Donaldson, senior Cooper Anderson, senior Jackie Munoz and senior Ben Hall. Photo by: Ryan Palmisano

“My favorite part was probably that it was smaller and everyone seemed like they were having fun,” said senior Lucy Eckberg. (Left to right) senior Berkley Ringler and senior Kai Sodergren. Photo by: Ryan Palmisano

“My favorite part about senior ball was dancing with my friends and boyfriend because it makes me happy,” said senior Jayden Marshall who attended senior ball with boyfriend junior Tobias Raymond Photo by: Jocelyn Wood

Senior Kai Sodergren and senior Colin Vaglica. Photo by: Livia Vertucci

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“The senior class committee wanted the ball to come out the best it could and me, Ariana, Ava and Sam were all super exited about it,” said senior Illian Macias, whos standing next to Carly Froelich. Photo by: Livia Vertucci

“I liked senior ball. It had more of a friendly vibe and I liked recognizing most of the people there,” said senior Quinn Ferguson. Photo by: Jocelyn Wood

“It was fun, my girlfriend and I had fun people watching.

Music was alright, food was alright. I had fun. I guess my favorite part was the dancing part,” said senior Mason Jekogian who attended senior ball with girlfriend senior

“I had a fun time at senior ball. It was really fun getting dressed up with friends, and I thought the venue was super pretty!” said senior Tess Luoma.(Left to right) senior Avery Kightlinger, senior Julia Jones, senior Rebecca Locher, junior Chelsea Ochoa, senior Quinn Ferguson, senior Charlie Cook, junior Mya Sherman, senior Alina Reitz, senior Caroline Marsden, junior Avery Cameron and senior Tess Luoma. Photo by: Livia Vertucci

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Good luck class of 2022!

Photos provided by: Emily Ball(3), Sarah Ball(2), Aliza Barroca, Melina Benitez(3), Cesar Chavez, Inman Costa(3), Quinn Ferguson(4), Carmen Ibarra, Avery Kightlinger(2), Zac King(3), Jackson LaTourette(2), Tess Luoma, Axel Osuna, Nicholas Palacio(2), Greta Pankratz(3), Martie Pecht, Sofia Ramos(5), Isaak Rivera(3), Bre Roark(8), Elise Sisk