El Estoque

Within Chinatown

Jami Lim and Michelle Zheng • April 1, 2024

Nestled between the bustling Union Square and the calm North Bay Shore stands the 176-year-old San Francisco Chinatown. The ethnic enclave, birthed from an era of gold fever and dreams of prosperity, continues...

Kode With Klossy brings CODE-A-BRATION to the Bay Area

Jami Lim • March 19, 2024

Non-profit organization Kode With Klossy hosted its two-day introductory coding workshop CODE-A-BRATION at Stanford University from Saturday, March 16 to Sunday, March 17. Founded by supermodel Karlie...

The road back home

Jami Lim • December 1, 2023

Pooya Hajjarian: Class of 1997 Biology and Health teacher Pooya Hajjarian was in the seventh grade when he and his family immigrated from Iran to America. Hajjarian’s family settled in Cupertino and...

Immigration stories: Moving schools across borders

Michelle Chen • March 6, 2021

Exploring the experiences of three people who moved to the Bay Area during middle and high school and how they adapted to school in a different country

Sexual assault

Michelle Chen, Nishat Kazi, Elena Khan, Arjan Madan, Tanish Mendki, Oishee Misra, and Mira Wagner • February 5, 2021

Examining sexual assault in Bay Area high schools

Six Bay Area Black-owned eateries to support

Justine Ha and Tina Low • October 17, 2020

Suggestions for restaurants, cafes and dessert businesses to visit

100 things to do when you’re bored while social distancing

Anushka De and Jai Uparkar • March 22, 2020

50 activities to appeal to your normal side and 50 activities for your inner MVHS student

Unhomely Fandoms

Tabitha Mendez and Anish Vasudevan • March 11, 2020

Senior Sean Fell When he was younger, senior Sean Fell would participate in heated Madden and NBA 2K video —game battles with his older brother. His brother, a fan of the Bay Area teams, never let...

Beating the heat

Shivani Gupta and Sarah Young • May 5, 2019

Places and events to go to during the summer

The changes in our community

Rana Aghababazadeh, Zara Iqbal, Flora Peng, Collin Qian, and Claire Yang • February 1, 2019

A Minority’s Point of View

Laasya Koduru and Stuti Upadhyay • November 21, 2018

Senior Jade Tsao is passionate about connecting with her African-American culture. She reads books about African-American history, gets involved with protests and movements like Black Lives Matter and...

Earthquakes strike the Bay Area

Ria Kolli • January 11, 2018

Students and staff reflect on their experiences with recent local earthquakes