El Estoque

Teachers share first job experiences

Aashna Patel • March 18, 2022

David Hartford Social Studies teacher David Hartford grew up helping on his family’s farm in Michigan from age 5. By 13, he earned $7 per hour, which he says was a “decent amount” at the time,...

Residents dress up their homes for the holidays

Kalyani Puthenpurayil • December 20, 2021

Taking a look at how Cupertino families decorated for winter celebrations

Man on the street: Should we celebrate Thanksgiving?

Mikaylah Du and Angela Zhang • November 25, 2021

Discussing whether the holiday should be observed given its history

Remembering 9/11

Gauri Manoj and Alex Zhang • September 11, 2021

Adults recount the tragedy and its impact on the 20th anniversary

The podcast boom

Shivani Verma • October 24, 2020

Examining the why behind the rise in popularity of podcasts

Outside of their element: MVHS faculty commuting to school

Leanna Sun and Shivani Gupta • November 24, 2019

Exploring methods of transportation that MVHS faculty use to get to school and what they listen to while doing so

A Look Inside: Behind the Scenes of MVHS Students

Hannah Lee, Emily Xia, Ayah Ali-Ahmad, Gauri Kashik, and Tabitha Mendez • December 14, 2018

Different quirks of the students at MVHS

A Minority’s Point of View

Laasya Koduru and Stuti Upadhyay • November 21, 2018

Senior Jade Tsao is passionate about connecting with her African-American culture. She reads books about African-American history, gets involved with protests and movements like Black Lives Matter and...

New faces fill old shoes

Andrea Perng and Tyler Cho • September 1, 2018

or assistant principal Janice Chen, it was the thrill of coming back to her alma mater, to the place where she had begged for rides to lunch outings, where she had sweated bullets competing on the volleyball...