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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...

GSA club, Wellness center partner up for a prideful week

GSA club, Wellness center partner up for a prideful week

Iris McDermott, Staff Writer May 30, 2024

The Gender Sexuality Alliance [GSA] advisor Sarah Weinberg and Wellness Center advisor Tatum Maciel teamed up for a week chalk--full of fun activities during lunch May 20, 22, and 24. GSA club hosted fun...

City hall room where Buena and Ventura students faced off in a supreme court simulation style competition.

Super start to crosstown supreme court night tradition

Lily Bossoletti, Sports Section Editor May 30, 2024

In the first-ever, Buena vs. Ventura Supreme Court Case Night May 9, local Ventura County judges and VUSD administration sat as mock Supreme Court Justices allowing six bright Buena and Ventura students...

A picture of the new Promethean Board which is replacing the Hitachi overhead projectors.

Ventura Unified’s Promethean shift in new technology

Austin Acevedo, Staff Writer May 16, 2024

During spring semester, Buena transitioned from using the Hitachi projectors to the Promethean ActivPanel which have been put into most of the classrooms across the campus. This shift has cost the...

The floating lights: prom 2024

The floating lights: prom 2024

Avery Buehner, Staff Writer May 10, 2024

April 27, the night was young and as the sun started to set, Buena students lined the block surrounding the Ventura Music Hall in their best suits and dresses, ready for the high school experience and...

What's on many teachers boards since the implementation of Minga

Minga’s migration into Buena halls

Lily Bossoletti, Sports Section Editor May 7, 2024

From paper passes to strange sculptures, school hall passes are continuously changing and with the recent introduction of Minga, a digital hall pass system where students must request a pass through an...

Buckets of fun at Buena’s first Soak-a-Senior

Buckets of fun at Buena’s first Soak-a-Senior

Naima Dickerson, News Section Editor April 15, 2024

In Buena’s student parking lot, water splashed 10 willing seniors as laughter filled the air at the first ever Soak-a-Senior event, Apr. 10, which brought a group of Bulldogs to come soak their favorite...

District Attorneys gathered to teach students about DUIs. Left to right: Jarrod Wilfert, Jillian Ewan, Alfaro, Kelsey Einhorn.

District Attorney office members work with Buena students training to become First Responders

Iris McDermott, Staff Writer March 28, 2024

The District Attorney Office collaborated with Buena’s First Responder class to showcase DUI, the crime committed by driving under the influence, training to students and faculty, March 12 in room 125.  During...

First place winner Mr. Yorke's most favored door on Wangari Maathai

Black History Month Door Competition

Aleena Gutierrez Luna and Camila Flores March 28, 2024

Buena doors across campus were taken over by works of art for the district-wide 3rd annual Black History Month door contest. During the month of February many competitors from elementary, middle, and high...

Buena's Knowledge Bowl team strategize for their upcoming round. 
Left to right, pictured: coach Andrew Coates, senior Russell Delgado, junior Teddi Maggay, senior Michale Ramirez, and senior Rylan Cooper. 

Not pictured: Senior Owen Stiles, senior Vinay Varma, and senior Indiana Davis.

Knowledge Bowl falls short in final compeititon

Brooklyn Carrillo, Print and Media Editor March 28, 2024

After rounds of competing, the time had come for Buena to try and win back the Betty Rutherford Perpetual Trophy, at their final competition Mar. 20. Despite the unfavorable conclusion to the season, the...

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