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El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

A passion for fashion: Fashion club members express why they love fashion

A passion for fashion: Fashion club members express why they love fashion

Sarah Young, Graphics Editor March 15, 2019

he big curtain had been lying on her mother’s shelf for a while now, gathering dust. Its thick fabric, worn with time, faded into a light navy blue. While it might have been a waste of space for her...

Engaging in intergenerational conversation: CSF volunteers at retirement home

Engaging in intergenerational conversation: CSF volunteers at retirement home

Claire Chang and Brian Xu March 15, 2019

unior Ellie Chen draws a small rectangle on a piece of paper, labeling it “green.” She continues to draw bigger rectangles, labeling each with a different color, and hands it to the senior citizen...

Improv Club hosts first lunchtime performance

Improv Club hosts first lunchtime performance

Alyssa Hui March 15, 2019
Members enjoy playing games in front of an audience
Future Business Leaders of America hosts job fair

Future Business Leaders of America hosts job fair

Hannah Lee and Collin Qian March 15, 2019

hile other students are sleeping in or spending time with friends on March 18, Director of Partnership with Business Project and sophomore Mark Solomonik and Director of American Enterprise Projects and...

BITE Club and Korean Club host the Spicy Noodle Challenge

BITE Club and Korean Club host the Spicy Noodle Challenge

Shuvi Jha, Claire Yang, and Helen Chao March 14, 2019

THE NOODLE TASTING Students gushed through the doors of B103, licking their lips with anticipation. Amid the KPOP songs being played in the background and the students’ voices as they excitedly conversed...

Advanced Drama’s annual Shakespeare showcase

Advanced Drama’s annual Shakespeare showcase

Ayah Ali-Ahmad March 14, 2019

On March 1, the Advanced Drama class performed scenes from Shakespeare classics like “Romeo and Juliet,” “Macbeth,” “Hamlet” and “12th Night.” The student-run showcase of Shakespearean...

Music in film: MV Cinema Club discusses movie composers

Music in film: MV Cinema Club discusses movie composers

Rana Aghababazadeh and Ruth Feng March 13, 2019

“xcuse me, cupcake coming through.” Arbitrary phrases such as this may be heard during the MV Cinema Club’s meeting, along with competitive yelling about which composer curated the music for...

Students prepare for the second round of the Physics Olympiad

Students prepare for the second round of the Physics Olympiad

Iman Malik March 13, 2019

Nothing. That was what junior Jacob Nie felt after he qualified for the USA Physics Olympiad (USAPhO) for the second time in a row. After scoring a 22 out of 25 on the preliminary F=ma exam, Nie wasn’t...

Sophomore Cassie Lu waits for the karaoke to begin.

Tea and Tunes: Chinese club hosts party with boba and karaoke

Emily Xia and Julia Yang March 13, 2019
Chinese club buys boba for its members in karaoke meeting
Leo Club updates members on upcoming events

Leo Club updates members on upcoming events

Jasmine Lee March 10, 2019

On Feb. 15, Leo Club met to discuss the upcoming volunteering opportunities and emphasized the importance of following the club on its varying social media platforms, such as Instagram, in order to remain...

Mardi Gras at MVHS

Mardi Gras at MVHS

Sreya Kumar March 10, 2019

Music lightly plays over the speakers. It’s Stromae, a popular French singer introduced to the French classes at MVHS. The French Honors Society officers lay out paper masks, along with accessories and...

Science Olympiad’s 2019 competition season

Science Olympiad’s 2019 competition season

Jahan Razavi and Robert Liu March 9, 2019

Halfway through its 2019 competition season, MVHS Science Olympiad has already competed at four invitational tournaments in the Bay Area: the Tracy Invitational, Golden Gate Invitational, Ukiah Invitational...

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