El Estoque

Combating air pollution

Kalyani Puthenpurayil • April 19, 2022

Air pollution is not seen as a big problem in Cupertino — with an average air quality index of 40 in the past month, which is within the ideal levels of 0-50, the city is categorized as “Good” in...

Sorting trash

Sophia Chen, Copy Editor • April 14, 2022

Looking into the recycling effort at MVHS

Single-use plastics on the rise due to COVID-19 restrictions

Ritu Atreyas • May 14, 2021

Exploring steps being taken to help restaurants minimize plastic use

Recycle, reduce, reuse BournVita jars

Jayanti Jha • December 16, 2020

How I dealt with a bout of eco-grief

An Earth Day promise

Stuti Upadhyay • April 22, 2020

COVID-19 presents an opportunity to pursue climate action with renewed vigor

The symbol of a face mask in America versus Asia

Rachel Jiang • April 14, 2020

Examining the reasons why Americans aren’t encouraged to wear masks as opposed to Asian countries

Via Cupertino introduced as new rideshare service by Cupertino City Council

Rachel Jiang and Ishaani Dayal • February 12, 2020

Exploring the micro-transit system’s impact on the community

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

Fighting fire in the digital age

Swara Tewari and Shivani Gupta • January 2, 2019

On Mon., Oct. 29, senior Aditya Shah participated in a panel at the Google Event Center in Sunnyvale to launch Google’s Artificial Intelligence Impact Challenge and was interviewed by Chief Operating...

Planting trees for Silicon Valley

Claire Chang and Brian Xu • December 7, 2018

Four classes, one room

Stuti Upadhyay and Brian Xu • November 18, 2018

When freshmen first enter MVHS, a change they must adapt to is the size of the school. Most middle schools in the area contain no more than 600 students, whereas MVHS’ total enrollment for the 2018-19...

Problems for Oroville Dam

Karen Sanchez • February 26, 2017

alif. has been experiencing a heavy amount of rain in the past couple of weeks, and the empty, cracked and dried reservoirs are filling up just as they had shriveled up when the drought first occurred....