El Estoque

MVHS administration implements African American Scholar’s Project

Jason Chu, Sophia D’Sa, Ethan Eisler, Varun Singh, Lillian Wang, and Kaia Yuan • September 12, 2023

A B building bathroom wall was graffitied with the words “Kill all n******” on March 10, 2022. A video of a student saying the N word was sent to MVHS staff on Feb. 28, 2023. Although MVHS has established...

Student Equity Task force wraps up the year

Pranati Kotamraju • June 9, 2023

Created in late spring 2022, the Student Equity Taskforce is a student-staff partnership which aims to identify and mitigate inequities within our MVHS community. Originally developed to give students...

MVHS aims to highlight equitable grading

Mikaylah Du, Tvisha Gupta, Kripa Mayureshwar, Riya Murthy, Dahlia Schilling, and Brandon Xu • September 7, 2022

Teachers are introduced to three core philosophies at staff professional development

Josh Maisel named Director of Leadership Development

Sonia Verma, Graphics Editor • May 13, 2022

Josh Maisel, the current Coordinator of Academic Interventions of FUHSD, has been appointed as the Director of Leadership Development and will start in his position on July 1, 2022, according to superintendent...

Equity Deconstructed

Shivani Madhan • May 19, 2021

Examining the addition of a new equity focused course to the MVHS curriculum

MVHS’ Student Equity Task Force

Jefferson Le • April 2, 2021

Last month, the Student Equity Task Force — a student-run group dedicated to supporting anti-racism and equity initiatives at MVHS — held its second advisory lesson on Black History Month using Martin...

English teachers come together to promote equity in classrooms

Tanish Mendki • October 21, 2019

English teachers of FUHSD attend sessions in order to learn how to help their students in a way that benefits them

Professor Pedro Noguera gives equity presentation for staff

Priya Reddy • September 22, 2017

Presentation for staff seeks to teach them about equity and better teaching practices