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El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

Juniors Lilia Murase and Julie Yu sing and dance along to the music.

Prom under a “City of Stars”

MVHS' last prom on the SF Belle creates unforgettable memories
Megha Mummaneni
May 20, 2024
Delving into lunchtime

Delving into lunchtime

Exploring the ways MVHS students spend their lunch during school
Crystal Cheng and Lindsey Tang
November 9, 2023
Alicia Lee and her boyfriend Marcus Praseuth pose for a picture on top of the San Francisco Belle at the 2022 MVHS prom.

With friends? Or with a date?

Exploring MV students' opinions on attending prom with friends or with a date
Crystal Cheng and Jisha Rajala
May 27, 2023
What we were left with after the summer was an inevitably faded version of what we had before. Photo Illustration | Crystal Cheng

To all the friendships I’ve left behind

Exploring the feeling of drifting apart from friends
Crystal Cheng
May 19, 2023
Like Sophomore Esther Suh, many individuals utilize messaging platforms to connect with others for reasons ranging from talking to friends and family to work related purposes.

Connected through texting

Exploring the benefits and drawbacks of digital communication
Freshmen Anuvaa Joshi and Jooha Kim pose for a photo.

What friends are for

Best friends explore the growth of their friendship
Mira Wagner and Taryn Lam
April 23, 2022
If you can just look up

If you can just look up

A letter to my younger, book-obsessed self
April Wang
March 18, 2022
French teacher Janissa Zahn's pen pals would send photos of themselves and their life in France.

Exchanging Letters

Sharing the handwritten letters that MVHS students, staff and community members have sent and received
As methods of communication such as emailing and calling became more popular in the 1990s, English teacher Shozo Shimazaki remembers thinking that the post office would go out of business, but the letters that people sent across the world remain in our history.

The forgotten art of writing letters

Exploring the impacts of written forms of communication from loved ones
Laughing Along

Laughing Along

Discovering what makes MVHS students laugh
Kalyani Puthenpurayil
February 4, 2022
Spending quality time

Spending quality time

Observing how people prioritize and spend time with loved ones
Sophia Chen, Copy Editor
October 29, 2021
Used with Permission// Viha Srinivas

Senior Bucket List

Class of 2021 members follow the tradition of maintaining a bucket list despite the COVID-19 pandemic
Shreshta Ranganathan, Staff Writer
April 2, 2021
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