El Estoque

Green thumbs: MVHS students and teachers share passion for gardening

Charlotte Chui • February 6, 2020

The motivation and process behind their gardens

MVHS comes down with symptoms of senioritis

Rachel Jiang • February 6, 2020

Examining teacher perspectives on working with second semester seniors

Members of the MVHS community use their voices in audiobooks and commentating

Claire Wen • December 17, 2019

Ways in which the MVHS community uses its voice aside from speaking

The effects of toxic masculinity in a high school environment

Zara Iqbal, Sreya Kumar, and Jasmine Lee • November 15, 2019

Individuals share experiences and perspectives on the popular phrase

MVHS community’s podcast picks

Anish Vasudevan • September 23, 2019

Members of MVHS share their favorite podcasts

Turn of time: an exploration through the decades

Hannah Lee, Emily Xia, Helen Chao, Flora Peng, Collin Qian, and Herman Saini • April 10, 2019

A look into different perspectives of each decade

Booked up

Claire Wen and Oishee Misra • October 15, 2018

iterature remains the only course at MVHS that students must take for all four years of high school. For some, it’s an enjoyable experience, while for others, it does nothing but elicit groans of distaste....

Just teach it

Helen Chao, Claire Wen, , and • September 27, 2018

As the school year begins, some students find themselves in a panic. They’ve completed their back-to-school shopping: fluorescent highlighters and squeaky-clean erasers are packed away, but there’s...

Life after death

Helen Chao and Shivani Gupta • September 17, 2018

Teachers and students debate about what’s waiting for them beyond the grave

All-American junior English courses

Gauri Kaushik • March 7, 2017

tarting next school year, rising juniors will be limited to a choice of three English courses: American Literature, Honors American Literature or American Studies. Rising juniors can no longer take British...

Students and teachers reflect on passing of Nelson Mandela

Joyce Varma • December 20, 2013

South African president makes positive impact on MVHS campus.

‘Iron Chef’ competition leads to sweet success

Anjali Bhat • December 7, 2013

Six teams of four strategize to create the perfect meal featuring the secret ingredient: peppermint.