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The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

Sophomore Aashka Nadathur poses in the control room of the MVHS theater and Black Box. Photo by Aashka Nadathur | Used with permission

MVHS adds new Stagecraft course

Drama teachers and students discuss the impacts of Stagecraft Tech on the Drama department
The softball team huddles up for a cheer after the game.

Softball falls to Cupertino High School 17-1

Corinna Kuo, Amberly Sun, and Kaia Yuan May 13, 2024

Varsity Softball fell 17-1 to Cupertino High School on Tuesday, May 7, in its 11th game of the season. The game ended after five innings under the mercy rule, which states that a game automatically ends...

The people we met in San Francisco

The people we met in San Francisco

Corinna Kuo and Brandon Wang March 27, 2024

San Francisco is one of the biggest cities in the US, inhabited by over 800,000 people and visited by over 20 million each year. Inspired by Humans of New York and with a day off from school, we went around...

Para-Educator teacher Tre McGill faces off against senior Elijah Kang in midair.

Staff beat seniors in the first seniors vs staff basketball game

Corinna Kuo and Aletheia Ju March 20, 2024

The senior class of 2024 hosted the first senior vs. staff basketball game on Friday, March 15, during lunch in the field house. Students and school administrators alike attended to cheer on their friends...

The decline of originality in media

The decline of originality in media

Corinna Kuo and Michelle Zheng March 8, 2024

Literature teacher Jessica Kaufman recalls watching the first “Ghostbusters,” which was released in 1984, with her dad as a kid. A few years ago, Kaufman saw a rebooted version of her childhood movie...

Favorite childhood books have an influence on people’s lives.

Treasured tales

Corinna Kuo March 6, 2024

Mihir Sharma - Charlotte's Web When assigned to discuss his favorite childhood book in his literature class, senior Mihir Sharma knew exactly what his decision would be. From the first time he discovered...

A night to remember

A night to remember

Corinna Kuo and Kathryn Foo January 26, 2024

Sophie Minogue Corinna K. · Sophie Minogue SM: It was a normal dream at first, and I was walking around my house. And then I got into bed, and then I realized, ‘Oh, this is a dream, right?’...

An activist in San Francisco speaks into a microphone, protesting the 2023 APEC summit. Photo Courtesy of Ann Penalosa / La Voz News

Power to the people

Pranati Kotamraju and Corinna Kuo December 7, 2023

Stepping off the charter bus in Sacramento in the spring of 2005, AP Government teacher Benjamin Recktenwald gazed in astonishment at the sheer number of buses dropping off teachers from across the state....

Juniors Elaine Kao, Dylan Ngyuen, Lily Jiang and Ian Lin chat with each other during their Friendsgiving meal.

Friends, Family and Food

Corinna Kuo December 2, 2023

Bustling around the kitchen on Thanksgiving, junior Jooha Kim helps her friends plate food for their Friendsgiving celebration. The air is full of excitement as she and her six closest friends open cupboards...

An MVHS varsity soccer player uses the turf to practice.

Back to grass?

Corinna Kuo, Michelle Zheng, and Eric Zhou November 3, 2023

With the contract for the turf fields of both Fremont High School and Homestead High School reaching its termination in 2024, FUHSD is deciding whether to keep the turf sports fields or bring back natural...

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