El Estoque

Different perspectives on parent teachers

Jady Wei • October 21, 2013

MVHS staff and students have contrasting views on teachers teaching their own children.

In Constant Flux

Ashish Samaddar • September 30, 2013

From year to year, the popularity of certain classes has varied, especially amongst honors and AP classes. In a two-year time span, AP Calculus AB rose from 150 students to 213, and AP Chemistry fell from...

Common thoughts about Common Core

Maya Murthy • September 23, 2013

Department chairs discuss what the new national standards are, and how they will affect the student body. Click on each photo to see that chair's opinions on the new standards! The Common Core standards...

Pulse: Summer Reading

Daniel Fernandez • August 22, 2013

Students share the extent to which they completed summer assignments.

Laughter: Teacher tales

Christopher Song • February 12, 2013

From classroom antics to wildlife, the stories told by teachers can cover anything.

Hopes for Homecoming

Angela Liu • October 24, 2011

Students and staff discuss if there are issues with Homecoming week, but find it hard to create solutions

On that day: Teachers reflect

Lisa Zhang • September 11, 2011

MVHS teachers describe the day when they heard about the 9/11 news.

Combs moves to Sacred Heart Preparatory

Sara Yang • July 13, 2011

Switching from public to private, getting back to her roots “I’m going to go home and sleep some more... See ya.” English teacher Diana Combs called out to fellow English teacher David Clarke,...

Changes for the American Studies family

Sara Yang • August 27, 2010

Increased student interest results in a second American Studies course section With 690 total students, the class of 2012 tips the scales as the largest class this school has ever...

Changes for the American Studies family

Sara Yang • August 27, 2010

Increased student interest results in a second American Studies course section With 690 total students, the class of 2012 tips the scales as the largest class this school has ever...

Déjà vu

Karishma Mehrotra • March 16, 2010

"The Odyssey", a tangle of Greek adventures, was a play of precision and perfection It's déjà vu to the extreme. Little snippets of the freshman Literature and Writing class flow back...

Linking outside the classroom

Laura Yang • February 3, 2010

Freshmen and Link Leaders bond over photo scavenger hunt The first ever Link "Oh Snap!" photo scavenger hunt was held during lunch on Jan. 29. The event was a part of...