![2022-23 school year recap](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Untitled-design-1-900x900.png)
2022-23 school year recap
Exploring MV students’ thoughts on the past school year
Teachers give love advice
Exploring teachers’ perspectives on high school romantic relationships
![Depression rates rise among teens](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_1783-900x787.jpg)
Depression rates rise among teens
Exploring reasons behind the rise in depression rates and ways to mitigate it
Prom-piniated
Exploring opinions surrounding different aspects of prom.
![Alicia Lee and her boyfriend Marcus Praseuth pose for a picture on top of the San Francisco Belle at the 2022 MVHS prom.](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/unnamed-900x675.jpg)
With friends? Or with a date?
Exploring MV students' opinions on attending prom with friends or with a date
![I think you should...](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/I-1-900x720.png)
I think you should…
Exploring the MVHS community's opinions on giving and receiving advice
![Exploring the effect of CAASPP on FUHSD students and staff](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Images-CAASPPLogo-900x299.png)
Exploring the effect of CAASPP on FUHSD students and staff
Examining the process of developing changes to the CAASPP schedule
![Protection against school violence](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/OpinionMulti2-1-790x900.png)
Protection against school violence
Examining how we can prevent student shooters from doing the unthinkable
![Protecting ourselves](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Screenshot-371-900x506.png)
Protecting ourselves
Taking a look at how students protect different facets of their lives
Break from convention
How my perspective on public speaking changed
![Instagram feeds get filled with new stories and online activism links, but that alone isnt enough to truly make an impact.](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/unnamed-1-900x585.png)
Justice requires more than an Instagram story
Exploring the ineffectiveness of social media slacktivism
![Bandaids for bullet wounds](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Untitled-design-3-1-900x600.png)
Bandaids for bullet wounds
Examining how bandaid solutions fail to address the root cause of various issues
![Idolization](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-07-at-9.48.44-AM-e1665201094558.png)
Idolization
Exploring how the idolization of various people, lifestyles and features pervades our lives.
![A narrow focus on Eurocentric beauty excludes much of the wider world.](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/OpinionGraphicFace-744x900.png)
True Beauty
Idolizing Eurocentric beauty standards prevents diverse representation
Justifying different mindsets about college
Discussing the pros and cons of idolizing college
![Often, cultural standards for discipline can blur the line between authoritarian parenting and abuse.](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Untitled-74-1-900x547.png)
Discipline? Or abuse?
Examining emotional and physical abuse in parent-child relationships
![Senior Matvey Jenssen wears a self-made T-shirt with the phrase “no war” printed across the front in three languages: Russian, Ukrainian and English.](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DSC_0018-900x600.jpg)
Reacting to the Russia-Ukraine War
Exploring student and staff perspectives on the humanitarian crisis
![The Chamber Orchestra poses for a photo taken in the MVs rally court](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/JKP_09381-900x506.jpg)
Chamber Orchestra selected to perform at Midwest Clinic
Exploring members of MV Chamber Orchestra’s reactions to its acceptance to the 76th Annual Midwest Clinic
![Since the beginning of 2021, 156 books have been challenged across the United States.](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/BOOK-BANS-1-900x602.jpeg)
Book bans are on the rise
Tennessee ‘Maus’ controversy confronts ethics of restricting age-inappropriate content for students
![Books like To Kill a Mockingbird are read in literature classrooms feature the N-word.](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/book-1-639x900.jpg)
Can we use the N-word? No.
Examining the recent district proposal to prohibit the use of the N-word by non-Black students in literature and history contexts
![A list of the new workplace rules that went into effect on Jan. 6 2022.](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Screen-Shot-2022-02-08-at-1.07.31-PM-900x696.png)
Safety in the workplace
Examining the experiences of MVHS students working in public spaces
![Students celebrate their graduation by throwing their hats.](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Walsh0518web-e1638916581390.jpeg)
Early action applicants decline
Examining the decrease among MVHS seniors
Teachers take their own tests
History, French, Physics and Calculus teachers share advice for test-taking
![To ensure safety for students and staff during gun violence incidents, run, hide, and defend procedures should be implemented. Graphic by Angela Zhang](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/run-hide-defend1-1-900x508.png)
The rise in high school gun violence
Examining the recent rise in gun violence and its impact on MV students, staff and parents
![Insecurities are the strings that play around with every move I make.](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_1430-825x900.jpg)
Dear insecurities
A letter to my familiar friend
![Social Science teacher Hilary Barron shares a photo of her daughter, Elizabeth Julien. Photo by Hilary Barron | Used with permission](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/F707CD8E-4C67-4849-9036-0B04296B446D-1-675x900.jpg)
Staff baby boom leads to long-term substitutes
Exploring staff and students’ reactions to long-term sub situations
![Members of the Color Guard pose for a photo before their performance in the first football game of the season.](https://elestoque.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/241696764_353645436455727_1888482125115596646_n-900x675.jpg)
Color Guard transitions to in-person practices
Exploring the change in meeting style and its effect on the Color Guard team