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The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

Science Olympiad competes at states

Science Olympiad competes at states

Jahan Razavi and Robert Liu April 12, 2019

n April 6, MVHS Science Olympiad competed in the NorCal State competition at California State University, Stanislaus. Of Science Olympiad’s three constituent teams, Purple, Gold and White (separated...

Madness in March: Sports Analytics Club’s bracket competition

Madness in March: Sports Analytics Club’s bracket competition

Anish Vasudevan April 12, 2019

60 million brackets. $10 billion dollars of bets. Every year, the National Collegiate Athletic Association conducts the March Madness tournament with the 64 best college basketball teams in the nation....

Bring Change to Minds Hope is An Action Week

Bring Change to Mind’s Hope is An Action Week

Lakshanyaa Ganesh April 12, 2019

rom April 8 to 12, Bring Change to Mind celebrated their annual “Hope is an Action” Week by setting up posters and social media activities that aimed to provide students with the opportunity to share...

MV Environmental Science club takes a trip to BioCellection

MV Environmental Science club takes a trip to BioCellection

Dhruvika Randad, Staff Writer April 11, 2019

To better understand plastic recycling, MV Environmental Science club organized a trip to BioCellection, a biotechnological organization dedicated to transforming unrecyclable plastics into sustainable...

FPPN prepares for their upcoming suturing lab

FPPN prepares for their upcoming suturing lab

Julia Yang April 10, 2019

On Apr. 8, FPPN held their mandatory safety meeting for members interested in participating in the club’s upcoming suturing lab, which will be held on Apr. 22. After students settled in room B108 during...

The craft of branding: Design It officers share the facets of design

The craft of branding: Design It officers share the facets of design

Annie Zhang April 8, 2019
How Design It implements the facets of design techniques through promotion
The key to success: Positive Psychology

The key to success: Positive Psychology

Claire Chang and Tina Low April 8, 2019

Psychologist G. Julie Xie began her presentation on Positive Psychology with a simple question: What are the main challenges that families in the audience often face? “Learning to deal with failure,”...

Res Novae teaches Life Skills

Res Novae teaches Life Skills

Laasya Koduru April 7, 2019

colorful cover. A captivating headline. Words seamlessly blended together. A new issue of Monta Vista’s science magazine Res Novae has been created. Though only the result is seen in the public’s...

Roots Christian Club invites guest speaker to prepare for weeklong Why Jesus? event

Roots Christian Club invites guest speaker to prepare for weeklong Why Jesus? event

Tyler Cho and Flora Peng April 2, 2019

Pastor Yuji Ogura took out a book and asked people to describe it. Flipping through the pages, he told them to explain what made it different from all the other books they had seen before. He was met with...

Junior Liam Connor catches a frisbee thrown to him during warmups in anticipation for the club’s game. Photo by Ankit Gupta.

MVHS Ultimate Frisbee Club welcomes new members

Ankit Gupta, Sports Editor April 1, 2019

On Friday, March 29, the MVHS Ultimate Frisbee Club held its weekly meeting after school. Due to weather and scheduling conflicts, the previous two meetings were postponed. However, after careful planning...

An overview of Cure Cancer Casino

An overview of Cure Cancer Casino

Tabitha Mendez and Stuti Upadhyay March 31, 2019

The Quinlan Community Center accommodated over 200 MVHS students and community members on March 30 as Octagon held its annual Cure Cancer Casino event. The night featured various activities, such as card...

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