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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 Ridhima Katare poses with a muted berry lip gloss, a go-to makeup product of hers. Photo by Ridhima Katare | Used with permission

Brown girl beauty

Samika Bhatkar • December 7, 2023

As a middle schooler, ’23 alum Amrita Arun would eagerly await with excitement to go to makeup stores like Sephora with her grandma to purchase different lipsticks. With her grandma living in India,...

The finishing touch

The finishing touch

Mikaylah Du and Dahlia Schilling • December 22, 2022
Exploring the role of makeup in sports
Homecoming 2022

Homecoming 2022

Ananya Chaudhary, Nameek Chowdhury, Krish Dev, Manas Kottakota, Aditya Shukla, and Eshika Tiwari • October 19, 2022
A recap of Homecoming 2022 at MVHS
The Class of 2024 celebrates with confetti at the end of its performance.

Class of 2024’s Homecoming Performance

Ananya Chaudhary and Krish Dev • October 10, 2022

Homecoming Week started strong on Monday, Oct. 10, as the Class of 2024 performed its “Ghostbusters” themed skit, which narrated the story of four students wanting to start a club about paranormal...

Sophomores Ashika Mittal and Mihret Tesfaye build their catapult.

Students attempt an engineering project

Devin Gupta and Gavin Hung • November 4, 2021
Two teams build a catapult out of craft materials
Sophomore Sonia Verma's mom lights a brass diya in her home.

Tasting the festivities

Matthew Yoshimoto • October 29, 2021
Students and staff share their favorite Diwali dishes
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