El Estoque

Idolization

Crystal Cheng, Melody Cui, Sarah Liu, Jisha Rajala, Yash Thapliyal, April Wang, and Alex Zhang • October 7, 2022

Inflation impacts students and staff

Minjae Kang, Alex Zhang, April Wang, and Manas Kottakota • August 12, 2022

Looking into how rising prices challenge the FUHSD community

Calling to communicate

Anna Jerolimov, Kalyani Puthenpurayil, and Alex Zhang • May 21, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqh8O-YZoiE “It feels more personal.” English teacher Megan Choate finds calling to be a more connected method of communication because it allows her to hear the...

‘Firestarter’ fails to make sparks

Alex Zhang, Staff Writer • May 17, 2022

From the mind of author Stephen King and director Keith Thomas came a new adaptation of the 1980 novel “Firestarter.” Despite a fresh attempt at exceeding the initial 1984 movie adaption, the movie...

‘The Adam Project’ is another overdone Sci-fi cliche

Alex Zhang, Staff Writer • March 19, 2022

Fresh off the success from the duo’s partnership in last year’s hit movie “Free Guy,” Director Shawn Levy and star Ryan Reynolds burst back onto the big screen in Netflix’s latest movie “The...

Analyzing the impact of CRT on curriculum

Alex Zhang • February 15, 2022

Exploring feedback and reception from the MVHS community on the integration of CRT in Honors American Literature curriculum

The bathroom breakdown

Jiya Singh, Alex Zhang, Nameek Chowdhury, Aashna Patel, and Tanish Mendki • February 12, 2022

While many MVHS bathrooms have a bad reputation, EE reporters Jiya Singh and Alex Zhang took to investigating the bathrooms themselves. Judging based on a five criteria system — visual cleanliness,...