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

Game over

Game over

Ritu Atreyas May 14, 2021
Students from Computer Programming Java reflect on their final game project
Nathan Wang coding at his desk | Photo by Jimmy Wang

Competitive programming

Gavin Hung, Staff Writer January 30, 2021

Junior Nathan Wang first started competitive programming out of curiosity in December of 2016. Since then, he has been interested in investigating different ways to solve the same problem. By the summer...

Technovation emphasizes importance of women in STEM

Technovation emphasizes importance of women in STEM

Charlotte Chui November 14, 2017
Officers and members share the significance of their club goal
Coding: Programming in high school — is it really necessary?

Coding: Programming in high school — is it really necessary?

Sepand Rouz September 12, 2016
College students sit down and talk about their experiences in high school and college coding classes
HS Hacks is a high schoolers-only hackathon that will provide a unique coding environment for both beginner and expert programmers.

HS Hacks provides coding opportunity for both novice and expert programmers

Varsha Venkat January 21, 2014

Students from Bay Area high schools work together to host students-only hackathon. Most hackathons cater towards experienced programmers, a predominantly adult and college level demographic, providing...

Sophomore Ajay Jain, seniors Michael Mattheakis and Zuhayeer Musa and sophomore Jimmy Liu (from left to right) won the Disrupt SF Hackathon 2013 last month. The boys created an app called Spruce, which allows users quick access to definitions while reading a book from its online library. Photo by Ashish Samaddar.

Spruce team wins first place at the 2013 Disrupt SF Hackathon

Varsha Venkat October 26, 2013
MVHS students compete against Bay Area professionals and college students to win $5,000 grand prize.
From coding to gaming

From coding to gaming

Varsha Venkat May 31, 2013
Java students apply programming knowledge to make video games.
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