The Student News Site of Buena High School

Buena Speaks

The Student News Site of Buena High School

Buena Speaks

The Student News Site of Buena High School

Buena Speaks

Ventura County COVID rates have been decreasing, meaning that the County can continue to move up tiers.

Ventura continues to move up tiers as COVID rates decline

Brigit Fitzgerald, Section Editor April 22, 2021

As of April 7, Ventura County moved to the orange tier which as a result of the county’s case rate remaining at 3.9 cases a day, helping move forward and open up the community. Ventura County was...

Image of Anacapa Hall in the Ventura fairgrounds, which is being used as a vaccination site. Citizens can schedule an appointment at myturn.ca.gov to receive vaccines.

Buena’s take on the Vaccine

Steven Ruiz Martinez, Staff Writer April 22, 2021

Buena is able to return to school due to COVID-19 with infections decreasing in Ventura County. The amount of people getting the virus have decreased so slowly that everything has been opening back up...

AP english teacher Ms. Perezs classroom ready for in person learning and test taking

College Board modifies AP exams in response to COVID-19 regulations

Tanner Coatsworth, staff writer April 21, 2021

It's that time of year again; the time of year when Advanced Placement [AP]  students put what they have learned to the test. AP exams will take place between May 3 and  June 11 and the exams, while...

Photo of the quad area of Buena, best known as the Orange Peel. The quad has earn this nickname due to the stage structure off to the right, which resembles an orange peel.

Students Return: A guide to navigating campus

Faith Stewart, Editor-in-Chief April 1, 2021

Buena's Juniors and Seniors have not stepped foot on campus since March 2020, freshmen might have never seen their own classrooms before. This will all change when student's return to campus for hybrid...

The newly ratified hybrid learning schedule has raised mixed concerns among VUSD students, teachers, and community members.

Updated hybrid schedule met with praise and concern from staff and students

Sahel Schaab, Editor-in-Chief March 30, 2021

During the Ventura Unified School District special board meeting on March 28, board members voted 4-1 to ratify the newly proposed hybrid learning schedule.  For secondary schools, this means group...

Principal Bobbi Powers will be stepping down as principal but her impact will continue to inspire students for years to come.

Principal Bobbi Powers leaves Buena after six year tenure as lead administrator

Kevin Cox, Staff Writer March 23, 2021

In late February,  principal Bobbi Powers announced that she will be stepping down from her role as principal at the end of the 2020-2021 school year. Powers has been at Buena for nine years, six of those...

A memory of a Buena football game taken in 2018 before the Covid-19 era.

Returning plans: Buena’s shift from distance learning to hybrid

Anthony Gose, Section Editor March 21, 2021

History is in the making as, after a year of school campuses deserted, students across California have the opportunity to set foot back on campus. Buena students who registered for hybrid learning are...

I fear for them, because as we go back to hybrid, they are not going to know who their peers are and just say That girl’ instead of their name because they have not seen each others faces, Rodrigues said.

Camera shy or clocking out?

Faith Stewart, Editor-in-Chief March 17, 2021

For most students and teachers, the reality of distance learning can be summed up in two words: black boxes.  As there are no plans to mandate cameras on for Ventura Unified school district (VUSD) schools,...

Infographic of the Feel the Love event. All the dates and times for the senior drive by giveaways are listed.

Buena offers a small token of love to the class of 2021

Sahel Schaab, Editor-in-Chief March 1, 2021

For the next 3 months Buena will be hosting one drive-by giveaway a month for seniors, as a way to spread the love to the graduating class of 2021. This series of drive-thru giveaways will take place March...

Boys cross country at practice photo taken by Eric Sonnenschein

Cross country competes with new guidelines in place

Brooklyn Carrillo, staff writer February 27, 2021

Track & Field, Swimming & Diving, Golf, and Tennis being the only spring sports cleared to compete with the proper restrictions. Ventura Unified monitors the rates of positive COVID-19 cases in...

Bulldog debate night seeks to bolster democracy

Bulldog debate night seeks to bolster democracy

Madeline Marshall, Section Editor February 25, 2021

If you have been looking for a place where you can openly discuss, ask questions, and learn more about issues going on in the world and in America today, then Buena’s Bulldog Debate Night is the place...

Ventura County has recently been lifted from the stay at home lockdown order due to the ICU capacity reaching its needs and more people receiving the vaccine.

California lockdown lifted once again

Brigit Fitzgerald February 25, 2021

On January 25, 2021, Governor Newsom decided to lift the stay at home lockdown order due to California’s improving COVID-19 conditions, allowing more businesses to reopen again. Governor Newsom announced...

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