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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

Senior Cara Constant winds up to throw the ball to a team member. Photo | Brandon Wang

Changing the game

Ethan Kellogg, Taryn Lam, and Brandon Wang December 1, 2023
Exploring the historical and current state of Reverse
Club Credit

Club Credit

Mihir Vishwarupe November 14, 2022

From hosting boba fundraisers to printing t-shirts, the success of club functionality largely depends on funding. The Associate Student Body is involved in managing the allocation of money for all...

Students in the stands cheer as MV Cheer performs a stunt.

Got spirit?

Anika Bhandarkar and Darpan Singh October 12, 2022
Examining the importance of camaraderie among students at MVHS
Sophomore Jami Lim checks her schedule

Runaway of the bulls

Students and staff discuss the reasons for and the impacts of the cancellation of ROTB
Photo Courtesy of Bonnie Belshe | The chaperones for 2022s combined prom pose on the deck of the ship where prom takes place as they pass by the Golden Gate Bridge

All Aboard!

Jiya Singh May 26, 2022

After being canceled for the last two years due to the pandemic, prom is back at MVHS. This year, as a combined event with juniors and seniors, aspects of both Junior Prom and Senior Ball were taken to...

Community members gather to celebrate the naming of the Bettencourt gymnasium at a ceremony on May 7.

Main gym renamed

Michelle Chen and Devin Gupta May 22, 2022
Honoring Harry Bettencourt’s 32 years of service to FUHSD
Monta Vista hosts first ever Spring Fling

Monta Vista hosts first ever Spring Fling

Lillian Wang and Sonia Verma March 21, 2022
Freshmen and sophomores attend the social event
Seniors Diya Bahl and Anika Somasundaram take a selfie to capture their memories at the event.

Class of 2022 keeps up annual tradition of Senior Sunrise

Jayanti Jha and Nika Zamani August 24, 2021
Seniors commemorate the beginning of their last year at MVHS
Photo by Claire Yang | Used with permission

Diminished club attendance during the distance learning school year

Justin E Kim and Abdullah Memon February 10, 2021
Taking a look at how various clubs have become inactive during the pandemic
Favorite childhood dishes

Favorite childhood dishes

Brian Xu February 9, 2021
Community members share about revisiting recipes during quarantine
Graphic of an ASB card used to promote ASB cards on school website found on Infinite Loop.

ASB card sales are down for the 2020-21 school year

Ayah Ali-Ahmad October 24, 2020
How Leadership, Athletics and El Valedor worked to increase ASB card sales
To respond to any questions that students had, the class officers for Class of 2020 and Class of 2021 set up a booth in the rally court, replacing the previously scheduled fashion show.

2020 Junior Prom combined with Senior Ball due to coronavirus concerns

Jai Uparkar and Tyler Cho March 7, 2020
Junior Prom is among March events being cancelled by the district
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