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Behind the scenes of food fair

Behind the scenes of food fair

Kayla Clay and Olivia Stinnett December 13, 2024

Food Fair is a highly anticipated biannual fundraising event held at Buena, collectively hosted by both students and teachers. This event provides an opportunity for classes, sports teams, and organizations...

Ichabod quivers in fear as he meets his killer, the headless horseman. The pumpkin head used to murder Ichabod makes an appearance four times throughout the play.

Buena theater haunts the audience with fall play, ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’

Avery Buehner and Addison Bruno November 25, 2024

This year’s fall play, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, although delayed due to the mountain fire, captivated audiences with the spooky, eerie, and somewhat silly atmosphere on Buena’s stage. Originally...

Fang-tastic Fall Festival 

Fang-tastic Fall Festival 

Sydney Pike, Staff Writer November 22, 2024

October at Buena kicked off with a Fall Festival, hosted in the quad Oct. 11 from 6: 00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The event had a haunted maze, pumpkin decorating, a costume contest, a variety of concessions and...

The hallway between wings E and F has been blocked off due to the area always being crowded with kids during fights. When there are no fights, it's seen as a busy area needing to be open if there is ever a case for an emergency.

Progressive discipline strategy aim to reduce on-campus conflicts

Daisy Rios, Staff Writer November 13, 2024

As fights break out on campus, tensions are rising as students are rushing to watch, creating sometimes chaotic scenes. Administration is focused on uncovering the root causes of this year's aggressive...

Smoke from local fires smothers the sky during lunch

BREAKING NEWS: Fire strikes in Ventura County as Santa Ana’s blow

Avery Buehner, Co Editor-in-Chief November 6, 2024

In the midday of Nov. 6, 2024, Buena students looked up to see a silky orange smoke quickly covering the sky. With Santa Ana winds reaching speeds of 23 miles per hour and gusts up to 40 miles per hour,...

Pictured above shows Ensminger teaching her new arrangement of classes in a new setting, the stage.

Molly Ensminger takes center stage in Buena drama department

Avery Buehner, Editor-in-Chief October 23, 2024

Molly Ensminger, a veteran English teacher at Buena, is now preparing for the performances of a lifetime as she takes on the role of  drama director and theater teacher. Ensminger has dreamed of teaching...

Tampon and Pad dispensers in the girls bathroom.

California schools stocked with menstrual hygiene products

Sydney Pike, Staff Writer October 11, 2024

As of the 2024-2025 school year, accessibility to menstrual products in Calif. school districts have been increased with new tampon and pad dispensers being placed in women's and men's bathrooms due to...

Six of Buena's newest teachers.

Q&A with Buena’s new pack of educators

Mia James, Staff Writer October 8, 2024

Adam Colman Q: What did you want to be growing up?                          A: I didn’t really know. A teacher or a coach was always some of the things I thought about. I feel like...

Giving each other a friendly salute, the twinning Santa's, teachers Antoinette Perez and Teresa Hayes, compete to win the teacher dress up game.

Homecoming rally 2024: School spirit at an all time high

Naima Dickerson and Daisy Rios September 25, 2024

After having skipped a year, the homecoming rally made a comeback, Sept. 11 with a handful of fun games, teacher competitions and homecoming court reveals hosted by ASB to promote the upcoming homecoming...

Teachers receive sweet mouthful at first Annual Pie-a-Teacher day

Teachers receive sweet mouthful at first Annual Pie-a-Teacher day

Al Gentry, Staff writer June 6, 2024

  Students excitedly surrounded the quad Wednesday, May 22, to participate in Buena’s first ever Pie a Teacher Day and it was a smashing hit. Featuring teachers including Scott Manninin, Alejandra...

Freshman Lily Beck (left) and senior Adam Karluk (right) rock out to some Elvis tunes after the mayor, played by Beck, let loose on the town's strict rules and played to her hearts desire.

“All Shook Up” rocks audience off its feet; one of Buena’s “best musicals” yet

Naima Dickerson and Avery Buehner May 30, 2024

Lights dim and the audience quiets as they wait for “All Shook Up” to begin, an Elvis Presley jukebox and Buena’s spring musical wrapped up into one sweet-sounding night. As the curtain opened, audience...

A poster made by ASB students that was hung at Adair's ASB farewell party. The party was a total surprise for Adair, returning to her ASB class after a week on vacation.

Laura Adair bids farewell to Buena, low enrollment strikes again

Naima Dickerson and Alyssa Angeles May 30, 2024

From doing labs in her biology classroom to organizing school functions across town, biology teacher and ASB adviser Laura Adair has been hustling across campus since the first day of the 2022-2023 school...

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