El Estoque

14 days of love

Melody Cui, Minjae Kang, Taryn Lam, Sameer Maheshwari, Aashna Patel, and Aditya Shukla • February 15, 2023

Follow the daily videos as we explore the various relationships of MVHS pairs and find out who knows the other person better

14 days of love: Dylan and Lilia

Aashna Patel and Taryn Lam • February 13, 2023

In the 13th installment of the 14 days of love series, El Estoque explores the relationship between Sophomore Lilia Murase and Junior Dylan Chaahoub

Students for change: Erin Handelsman

Taryn Lam and Aashna Patel • February 11, 2023

Sophomore Erin Handelsman leads a hygiene kit making service project after earning the rank of Eagle Scout

14 days of love: Lindsey and Yujia

Aashna Patel • February 10, 2023

In the tenth installment of the 14 days of love series, El Estoque explores the friendship between Freshmen Lindsey Niu and Yujia Zhou

14 days of love: Kimika & Shozo

Aashna Patel • February 7, 2023

In the seventh installment of the 14 days of love series, El Estoque explores the familial relationship between English teacher Shozo Shimazaki and his daughter sophomore Kimika Shimazaki

Distance

Melody Cui, Minjae Kang, Sameer Maheshwari, Aashna Patel, Taryn Lam, and Aditya Shukla • January 16, 2023

Exploring instances of distance within a family

Large Extended Families

Sameer Maheshwari and Aashna Patel • December 16, 2022

Examining the dynamics within a large extended family

From farm to table

Sagnik Nag Chowdhury, Abha Dash, Taryn Lam, Kripa Mayureshwar, Aashna Patel, Jiya Singh, Manas Kottakota, and Eshika Tiwari • November 22, 2022

Exploring the processes and people behind the food we eat at MVHS

From the kitchen

Aashna Patel • November 16, 2022

How the nutrition services team develops and prepares the cafeteria food

50 fresh faces

Sagnik Nag Chowdhury, Abha Dash, Avni Gandhi, Pranati Kotamraju, Taryn Lam, Sophia Ma, Kripa Mayureshwar, Aashna Patel, Trisha Sannappanavar, Irene Tang, Alan Tai, and Eric Zhou • October 8, 2022

The Class of 2026 shares its initial thoughts about MVHS

MVHS welcomes Counselor Ashley Voigt

Avni Gandhi and Aashna Patel • September 14, 2022

Counselor Ashley Voigt shares that when she was a high school student at MVHS in 2008, the college application process was “very unique and scary,” especially since she was a first generation college...

It’s not really reality, but that’s OK

Aashna Patel and Jiya Singh • June 6, 2022

JS: Imagine this — you set up a social media account after having sworn to never do so your entire life. You’ve made a special connection with a young, beautiful girl named Rebecca. You thought...