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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

Gautham Raghupathi and Tom Zhang work on their machine learning project for a hackathon at the University of Pennsylvania. PHOTO BY RAGHUPATHI // USED WITH PERMISSION

App and Web Development Club officers compete at the University of Pennsylvania Hackathon

Seniors Gautham Raghupathi and Tom Zhang build an AI customer prediction model at the PennApps 20 hackathon.
Devin Gupta
September 27, 2019
A game well played: how Chess Club officers began playing chess

A game well played: how Chess Club officers began playing chess

Chess Club’s officers share their experiences with chess
Claire Wen
September 27, 2019
Alumni Anant Singhania mentored MVRT in their first workshop dealing with applying math to scouting. Photo by Andie Liu

Monta Vista Robotics Team offseason trainings: a student-run experience with mentor support

MVRT alumni mentor the team in workshops to coach members on competition strategy
Andie Liu
September 27, 2019
How Matador Mondays are created

Reaching out to new faces: Matador Mondays

Leadership’s Matador Recognition commission celebrates members of the MVHS community
Tyler Cho
September 27, 2019
Model United Nations: GMUNC preparation

Model United Nations: GMUNC preparation

How the aspirations for 2019-20’s Model United Nations have played a part in planning the first conference of the year
Michelle Chen
September 26, 2019
The opening slide from the WiSTEM interest meeting presentation. Slide used with permission from Claire Wen

Back from the brink: A new start for WiSTEM

In the face of last year’s disappointments, the Women in STEM club holds its first meeting to promote a new start
Alyssa Umino
September 26, 2019
Humanities Central Interest Club meeting graphic from last year in C106. Photo used with permission from Jiani Tian.

Humanities Central: Where activism starts

Focusing on the club officers’ passion and goals this year
Rachel Jiang
September 26, 2019
Photos by Sarah Young

MVHS Drama: The start of another stage

While preparing for this year’s fall play, Drama students discuss why they got into Drama and what their favorite memories were
Sarah Young, Graphics editor
September 26, 2019
Co-president and senior Justin Feng began the interest meeting by discussing the various aspects of the mock trial, starting with the pretrial and ending with the verdict. Photo by Jayanti Jha

Mock Trial kicks off the year with 80 attendees

The team predicts major changes for the 2019-20 school year
Jayanti Jha
September 22, 2019
Rookie seniors in Color Guard

Rookie seniors in Color Guard

Exploring the stories behind students who chose to start Color Guard as seniors
Jasmine Lee
September 22, 2019
Freshman Kylie Chang spreads chocolate frosting to decorate her sugar cookie.

Leo Club holds cookie decorating station

Officers promote volunteerism with weeklong events
Charlotte Chui, Entertainment Editor
September 20, 2019
At the beginning of MV Cinema Clubs first meeting of the year, room B211 was filled with students eager to get started. Photo by Justine Ha

Kickstarting the year: MV Cinema Club hosts first meeting

Club hosts different Kahoot games testing movie trivia and distributes free donuts
Justine Ha
September 16, 2019
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