The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

VIDEO: The giving girl

VIDEO: The giving girl

Stephanie Chang December 7, 2011
Senior Annie Blake-Burke ‘adopts’ three children and gives them Christmas gifts
Book: ‘The Future of Us’ makes for a quick, one-time read

Book: ‘The Future of Us’ makes for a quick, one-time read

Stephanie Chang December 4, 2011
Don’t pick up this book unless you’re looking for a light read
Cupcake wars

Cupcake wars

Stephanie Chang December 2, 2011
We do the testing, you do the tasting
The current issue of La Pluma was distributed at the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year. The cover design and pages were all designed by senior Helen Han. Photo by Stephanie Chang.

La Pluma is open for student submissions

Stephanie Chang November 26, 2011
La Pluma, the school’s literary magazine, comes back after a brief hiatus
Devils Advocate

Devil’s Advocate

Stephanie Chang November 9, 2011
Kids with frivolous jobs: make way for people who really need them
ARTTEC Inc. came with the intention to talk to MVHS about the ARTTEC program. ARTTEC is a program that allows high school students to have hands-on experience with lighting, music recording, and film production for a fee of $25 a year. Photo by Stephanie Chang.

Careers are not set in stone

Stephanie Chang November 3, 2011
Students should consider exploring other career options, not just the one they have in mind
Short skirts featured among many of the Halloween costumes this year whether or not they were appropriate to the costume or to dress code. Illustration by Smitha Gundavajhala.

Keeping costumes clean

Stephanie Chang November 2, 2011
The distinction between daring and indecent
Every year, over 70 admission officers come from across the country to give MVHS students more information about their college. A University of Rochester representative Mark Wells talks to seniors Benjamin Hong and Eileen Wa and four other students about transportation, financial aid, and the curriculum at University of Rochester. College representative meetings are just one of the many events and resources that the Career Center offers. Photo by Stephanie Chang.

Students unaware of Career Center’s potential

Stephanie Chang October 17, 2011
Students use the Career Center mostly as workspace instead of college resource
Planking: you know you want to

Planking: you know you want to

Stephanie Chang September 21, 2011
The world’s most exciting, complicated, and popular sedentary sport
The student-facility debacle

The student-facility debacle

Stephanie Chang September 21, 2011
MVHS not to blame for lack of facilities for injured and disabled students
Why the marquee is okay

Why the marquee is okay

Stephanie Chang September 8, 2011
The new marquee starts a campus fire of rumors and discussion
UC ups their price tag; students, start the college hunt

UC ups their price tag; students, start the college hunt

Stephanie Chang August 26, 2011
After the eight percent UC tuition increase last November comes another tuition hike headed our way
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