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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

Senior Ashley Yang and her teammates celebrate together after scoring a point. Yang notes that spending time with her teammates during volleyball practices and games makes it easy to form friendships on the team.

Sports bring MVHS athletes closer

MVHS athletes discuss the role of sports in facilitating relationships among teammates
Anika Bhandarkar
November 1, 2024

Sunnyvale Community Services hosts its first Ibero-American Festival

Sunnyvale citizens speak about their role and share thoughts on the festival
Anika Bhandarkar and Katrina Lin
October 27, 2024
Olympics Takeaways

Olympics Takeaways

67% of MVHS students watched the 2024 Olympics, here's what we can learn from it
Scoring guidelines within artistic sports can sometimes be vague, leading to differing opinions between athletes and judges. One such example was Jordan Chiles' medal controversy at the Olympics.

Graphic by Anika Bhandarkar

Athletes in artistic sports tackle subjectivity in judgment

MVHS students break down biases in judging artistic sports
Anika Bhandarkar and Kathryn Foo
September 27, 2024
The system of grading students on their proficiency in sports is inherently flawed and discourages students from forming positive relationships with exercise. Graphic by Anika Bhandarkar

For the long run

Grading physical education students on their proficiency in various sports is counterproductive to building long-term exercise habits
Anika Bhandarkar
September 14, 2024
Junior Darren Lin and sophomore Agasthya Kothuri met each other through their participation in track and field. Since meeting each other, Lin has offered Kothuri suggestions about improving his form in triple jump.

Senior support

MVHS athletes reflect on the mentorship they have received from older teammates
Anika Bhandarkar
May 27, 2024
I used to get incredibly nervous before races, putting far too much pressure on myself to perform well.

“You’re nervous because you care”

How I conquered my performance anxiety
Anika Bhandarkar
May 17, 2024
Beyond the birds and the bees

Beyond the birds and the bees

Period education should happen in elementary school
Anika Bhandarkar and Shannon Yu
April 15, 2024
MVHS students' periods problems often impact their daily lives, disrupting their academic and athletic performances.

Menstrual madness

MVHS students share their experiences with their periods
Anika Bhandarkar
April 6, 2024
We must reinforce the idea of consent in everyday situations such as showing affection: not liking physical affection does not mean you care about someone any less.
Illustration | Anika Bhandarkar

High five, please

We must change how we view consent
Anika Bhandarkar
March 9, 2024
I have often let my fear of not perfecting a piano piece get in the way of practicing at all, causing a huge amount of stress in the weeks before competitions. Staying consistent and putting in just a little each day has massively helped my improvement and has helped me not burn out in the long term. Photo courtesy of Mangesh Bhandarkar | Used with permission

The price of perfection

When “perfect” is the enemy of “good”
Anika Bhandarkar
March 2, 2024
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