Reading: my disappearing constant amid rapid change
Dhruvika Randad, Staff Writer
March 27, 2019
Filed under FEATURES, Features, Frame of Mind
There I lay in my bed, under a thick, pink comforter, with the stack of “Geronimo Stilton” and “Garfield” comic books, obtained from my weekly visit to the library. With my stack of books, a water bottle and a couple of munchies, I was ready for my reading marathon as I spent Saturday consumed in...
Dear Change,
February 6, 2019
Filed under ENTERTAINMENT
You and I go way back. You and the majority of people on Earth have a history, I suppose, but I’d like to think that our relationship is special. It’s taken me a while to learn how to love you, and yet even now I don’t really know if I can say I truly, truly love you all that much. I’ve spent a la...
Gone for Five Years
Collin Qian, Web Editor
November 7, 2018
It was impossible for me to look at my dad without drenching my collar in tears, knowing it would be a full year until I would see him again. I endangered many trees by soaking paper towels in the car, at the check-in desk, at the airport and on the airplane itself. I was probably as annoying as the...
Greater than, less than
October 24, 2018
Filed under OPINION
Growing up, our parents tell us that we are among the best of the best — as humans, nothing can hinder our progress because we are clearly meant to rule the world. As children, we have the brightest futures ahead of us and need only to take the first step towards a lifetime of success. With thi...
A new chapter
Swara Tewari, Features editor
October 21, 2018
Filed under FEATURES
Exploring a student’s experience with moving and her outlook on her short time at MVHS
Chemistry teacher replaces the letter grades ‘A’ and ‘B’ with an ‘X’
March 31, 2018
Filed under Around Campus, NEWS
hen most students open the Schoolloop app on their phone or computer, they are usually confronted by a sea of letter grades ranging from an A to an F — but never an X. At the beginning of the second semester, Chemistry teacher Mia Onodera changed the way she inputted grades for all of her Chemistr...
Big Apple, Little City: Looking at Apple’s influence on Cupertino
April 17, 2017
Filed under From the magazine, NEWS, Science & Technology
e wakes up to the sound of an alarm ringing from his iPhone 7. Walking over to his closet, he chooses what to wear from one of the 30 Apple t-shirts he owns. He then packs his backpack, only putting in a couple sheets of binder paper and an iPad, on which he does all his work. He straps his Apple wa...
How the tide hasn’t turned: Residents express Cupertino’s consistency
December 7, 2016
Filed under Culture, OPINION, Opinion Digital, Videos
rom pearl milk tea and falafels to Apple computers and iPhones, Cupertino is defined by its cultural, technological and educational advancements. In some aspects, the city has changed drastically over the years but there are also some aspects in which it hasn’t. Explore what Cupertino residents think abo...
When every word counts: new changes in UC prompts gather mixed reactions
May 18, 2016
Filed under Education, From the magazine, NEWS, Print news
our prompts, 1,400 words. Starting next year, this is how each University of California applicants will get to express what they’ve learned from their 17 or 18 years of life experiences. College essays have become synonymous with college applications. But recently, the UC system changed its college...
Changing Seasons: The evolution of winter sports
March 11, 2016
Filed under SPORTS, Winter Sports
Co-reported with Pranav Iyer. Correction: The number of seniors on the girls basketball team in the magazine from 2012-2015 were inaccurate. The correct numbers are reported below. Boys Soccer: A losing team was quickly turned into a winning program that eventually reached the CCS playoffs for the f...
New School Loop login confuses many
August 21, 2015
Filed under NEWS
t’s the first day of school, and confusion already runs rampant throughout the campus. Library media teacher Laura Utile’s desk is already under siege, as students organize themselves into queues stretching across the library. Utile frantically types away at her keyboard as she resets passwords an...
Know it now: Communication, dances and graduation
December 9, 2011
Filed under Multimedia, NEWS
After soliciting questions concerning change at MVHS from readers, El Estoque sought answers from Dean of Students Michael Hicks and 2012 class officers. In the following videos, Hicks speaks to student-administration communication and dances, while the class officers discuss graduation. ...
