100 things to do when you’re bored while social distancing
March 22, 2020
50 activities to appeal to your normal side and 50 activities for your inner MVHS student
El Estoque trip to CSPA conference in New York City cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns
March 15, 2020
One of the most stressful parts of JEA director-at-large and journalism and yearbook adviser Julia Satterthwaite’s job is planning for the annual El Estoque and El Valedor field trip. The two publications’ staff alternate every other year between attending two conferences: one hosted by the Journalism Ed...
El Estoque: Behind the story
November 25, 2019
Unpacking El Estoque student journalists’ reporting process on story favorites
Hear Us: the students
Elena Khan and Tina Low
February 16, 2019
Here us: the students Freedom of speech, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is defined as the legal right to express one’s opinion freely. However, there are many nuances to this definition, nuances that this video aims to explore by interviewing several MVHS students. Hear from them —...
Restaurant Roulette: Sushi Kuni
October 20, 2017
wice a month, El Estoque goes to restaurants around the area and takes a chance by asking the server to personally choose our food for us. This week, we continued the alphabetical theme by going to Sushi Kuni in Cupertino. When you pull up into the parking lot, it’s almost impossible to see the restaurant because of how small and unimposing the building is. The entrance is on the left side of the building, and once you enter you feel either squashed, or hugged, depending on your point of view. The entire dining area is a...
The Hype Surrounding HYPEBEAST
August 18, 2017
Sophomore Evan Yu anxiously sits in front of his computer and refreshes Supreme’s homepage every Thursday at 8 a.m. While others might be sleeping in, Yu waits patiently for the New York skateboarding brand’s homepage to load in hopes of snatching clothes or accessories from its new collection. â...
La Identidad: what names reveal about MVHS’s origins
Jessica Xing
March 10, 2017
t was the summer of 1969. Students from Cupertino, Fremont, Homestead and Lynbrook High School filed into the courtyard to become what would be MVHS’ first graduating class. Janet Melikian Nauss, alumni from MVHS class of ‘72, remembers that the gym wasn’t even completed yet when a small gro...
Analyzing MVHS’s stigma against community college
September 20, 2016
Senior Vincent Kao has heard MVHS students say "I want to go to UCLA." He has heard them say "I want to go to Stanford. Or Yale. Or Harvard." But Kao has never heard anyone say "I want to go to De Anza." A recurring nightmare among MVHS students, especially seniors who are applying to college, is the prospect of community college. Most students feel shame and embarras...
Weekend Warriors: Picking up soccer at an older age
August 29, 2016
As 5:30 p.m rolled around on Saturday, 53-year-old Henry Wu stepped onto the upper field at Kennedy Middle School. He did not come wearing a uniform or with regulation mandated equipment. Instead, he brought a smile, some soccer balls and a bag full of jokes for whenever he got crossed up by his friends. Wu c...
Under the hood of MVHS water polo
August 22, 2016
With the U.S. Water polo teams making a big splash at the Olympics this year, there’s been talk among viewers that water polo is no more than just a combination of other sports. To dive deeper into the basic elements that make up water polo, we asked senior water polo player Brendan Hughes and MVHS...
No offense, but: Examining our politically correct culture
Amita Mahajan
May 18, 2016
he phrase "politically correct" has been around for a long time. You see, back in the 1950s it was considered Marxist-lingo — essentially, a "politically correct workers' state!" was the same as a Communist state. Fast forward a couple decades and you run into a new definition: a rude phrase labe...
