Halloween / Santa Paula-Fillmore Game

The end of October was a busy one with both the classic Santa Paula-Fillmore football game and Halloween occurring during the same week!



Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, so ASB declared Thursday Halloween dress up day. Many students and teachers wore their Halloween costumes, including Mr. Lopez in his most excellent Hellboy costume, pictured to the left. A Haunted Hallway was set up by ASB members in the mysterious dark and locked hallway behind the library. The Haunted Hallway was a big (and loud) success.

Friday is the classic Santa Paula-Fillmore football game. This is the 99th year the two teams have played, and Cardinal students and teachers demonstrated their pride by wearing the school colors of red and white and participating in events such as "Smash the Flashes Car"

Academic Achievement / Higher Education Day

This Wednesday, October 21st, Santa Paula High School honored students who earned a 2.5 or higher GPA or significantly improved their grades on their last report card. Eligible students received their tickets at the beginning of forth period and were excused to the Bryden Gym for a special academic assembly followed by lunch provided by the school.

After lunch, seniors attended a college seminar and participated in a college fair in the courtyard that hosted over 20 representatives from various colleges.

The event was a great success and the administration complemented the participating students for their behavior and enthusiasm in continuing their education after high school.

Santa Paula High School Blood Drive

United Blood Services visited Santa Paula High School this Thursday for the Fall blood drive. Sponsored by the Associated Student Body, over 100 students signed up to donate blood and save lives. This year the minimum age to donate blood was lowered to 16 years (with parental permission), and this helped increase the number of students donating. Students donating blood were rewarded with a cool shirt as well as the traditional cookies and juice.

United Blood Services is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1943. They provide blood and blood products to over 500 hospitals throughout the United States, helping over 15 million people in need of lifesaving blood.

If you missed donating blood this time, don't worry - Santa Paula High School will be holding a second blood drive this spring.

Santa Paula High School FFA Petting Zoo

For the twelfth year in a row, the Santa Paula High School FFA is sponsoring a petting zoo at the Faulkner Farms Pumpkin Patch. This year's petting zoo has a varied collection of cute animals, including baby chicks, ducks, and piglets. Visitors will also get to see a young heifer calf, lambs and goats. The petting zoo is staffed by friendly and knowledgeable FFA students that can answer any questions you or your kids might have about the animals. All this for only a couple dollars!

The money raised will be used to support FFA programs at Santa Paula High School, including maintaining the Agriculture Academy's farm, purchasing animals and equipment, and helping students pay for leadership conferences. In addition to raising money for FFA programs, students gain valuable experience working with the animals, helping the community and interacting with the public. Every Friday, senior interns will lead tours of the farm for school children from local elementary schools.

The Faulkner Farms Pumpkin Patch is put on by the Santa Paula Rotary Club and has many other attractions for the entire family, ranging from pony rides for the kids, a pumpkin chucker (a big catapult type device the hurls pumpkins), a unique country store, gardens, live music, a wide variety of food, and much more. The Pumpkin Patch is open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekend in October, except for Halloween when the Pumpkin Patch closes at 3:00. Admission is only $3.00.

Moustache Day!

Today, the third day of homecoming week was Moustache Day and it was a day filled with hirsute upper lips. Some students opted for a simple inked mustache, others glued on a conservatively trimmed moustache. A few had classic handlebar mustaches, with waxed spiral tips. Here and there one could even find the classic ZZ Top look with a full mustache and beard combo.

Homecoming Week!

This week is homecoming week at Santa Paula High School. The week starts off with dress up days. Monday is Pajama Day, Tuesday is Starlight Star Bright (wear white) Day, Wednesday is Mustache Day (this could be disturbing...), Thursday is Clone Day and Friday is School Spirit Day (wear Cardinal colors!)

Lunch time rallies will be featured all week long in center courts, and there will be an all school Homecoming rally on Friday, October 2nd. Soon after the rally, at 3:30, the traditional Cardinal Homecoming parade begins on Main Street. Later on that evening, the football team will play their homecoming game versus Santa Clara at Jones Field.

Wrapping up this year's Homecoming events is the Homecoming dance on Saturday, October 3rd between 8:30 and 11:30. The theme of the dance is On The Moon, and rumor has it that ASB has put together a memorable event.

Club Day

Santa Paula High School's annual Club Day was held Tuesday, September 22nd in the center courts. Most of the school's clubs were represented. During the half hour at lunch, club leaders discussed their clubs' goals and activities with interested students. Club booths included a variety of displays ranging from Japanese manga and original student art to small robots strolling around tables.

Clubs represented included the Anime club, Future Farmers of America (FFA), Folklorico, the International Travelers Club, Interact, Key Club, Knowledge Bowl, Geo Bowl, MECHA, MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement), SESPEA, and the Theater Team.

To provide additional entertainment, radio station Q104 set up a booth and entertained the crowds with music and prizes.