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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

Grading the gradebook

Grading the gradebook

MVHS students and teachers rethink traditional grading practices
Meggie Chen and Mihir Vishwarupe
March 8, 2024
What did you get?

What did you get?

How the MVHS community has made it ethically OK to inquire about someone else’s grades
Aaryan Sharma, Staff Writer
November 21, 2023
Interventions Support Specialist Afreen Malim and Student A discuss upcoming homework.

Learning Space

MVHS implements Guided Studies to support struggling students
Ethan Yang and Eric Zhou
September 29, 2023
The main parking lot and outside of Monta Vista High School.

Grade distribution analysis from the first progress report

Staff reflect on grade centric goals and milestones after the the first month of school
Melody Cui and Krish Dev
November 14, 2021
Teaching styles evolve during remote learning

Teaching styles evolve during remote learning

MVHS students and staff share about transitioning to Zoom school
Neysa Singh and Ritu Atreyas
September 13, 2020
Working hard: worth it?

Working hard: worth it?

Refuting my previous belief that hard work doesn’t always equate success
Oishee Misra
December 7, 2019
ACT superscore invokes mixed reactions in MVHS community

ACT superscore invokes mixed reactions in MVHS community

MVHS community reacts to the new superscore policy starting September 2020
Shuvi Jha
November 20, 2019
Fixating on grade updates defeats the purpose of online portals

Fixating on grade updates defeats the purpose of online portals

Students’ potential for success should not be measured through numerical deductions
Flora Peng
January 23, 2019
Four classes, one room

Four classes, one room

Classes with students of varying grade levels offer inter-grade bonding
Stuti Upadhyay and Brian Xu
November 18, 2018
Exams in motion

Exams in motion

Physics teachers and students discuss the effects of AP Physics 1 assessments and their weighting
Brian Xu
October 15, 2018
Out of focus

Out of focus

Mallika Singh
February 1, 2018
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