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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

Senior and strong safety Hamza Moharram moves for a tackle in synchrony with senior and defensive end Nathan Diaz.

Photo by Shannon Yu

Varsity Football defeats Lynbrook High School 44-6

Ellie Wang and Shannon Yu October 26, 2023

Varsity Football defeated Lynbrook High School 44-6 on Friday, Oct. 20, improving its league record to 2-3-0 and overall record to 3-5-0. Both teams had bleachers packed with fans, as this was LHS’ homecoming...

Graphic by Abha Dash

Homecoming 2023

Transporting students into a spirit of leisure and excitement, Homecoming 2023 revolved around a vibrant video game theme. A week filled with exciting class skits, spirit days and culminating in familiar...

Press play

Press play

Jami Lim and Amberly Sun October 9, 2023

Marking the beginning of Homecoming weekend, MVHS's festive Homecoming football game gathers spectators from all over the community each year for a night of familiar homecoming traditions. The 2023 Homecoming...

Rebooting the rally

Rebooting the rally

Samika Bhatkar and Manas Kottakota October 9, 2023

As the week came to a close, Monta Vista High School celebrated with the Homecoming rally on Sept. 29. Focused around the Homecoming theme of video games, the rally featured specific games and performances...

Last one, fast one

Last one, fast one

Aletheia Ju and Lillian Wang October 8, 2023
Behind the scenes of the Class of 2024’s Homecoming skit
The Class of 2024s final Homecoming skit ends with the performers cheering and shooting confetti into the air.

The final lap

Sonia Verma and Lillian Wang September 30, 2023
Seniors close off Homecoming skits with a bang
Freshman Ronit Kuila strikes a pose in his Michael Jackson themed duet to the song “Beat It.”

PAC-ing a punch

Sophia D'Sa and Isabelle Kok September 29, 2023

The Class of 2027 performed its Pac-Man themed Homecoming skit on Wednesday, Sept. 27. The skit followed ‘80s character Pac-Man, played by freshman Ronit Kuila, as he tried to rescue his son, Pac-Man...

Sophomores Megan Liu, Sophia DSa and Shannon Yu take the first position of the girls dance.

Gotta catch ’em all

Ananya Chaudhary and Benjamin Zhang September 27, 2023

The Class of 2026 performed its “Pokemon” themed skit on Tuesday, Sept. 26. The story followed main characters Ash Ketchum and Pikachu, played by sophomores Lauren Moore and Charmaine Chua, respectively,...

Junior Lotus Wu leads a triangle formation along other girls in their girls dance performance.

Surfers on board!

Dylan Nguyen and Aashi Venkat September 26, 2023
Juniors surf into Homecoming week with a “Subway Surfers” themed skit
Nirbhay Saluja and Palak Bassan talk to each other during Homecoming.

‘Be my date to Homecoming?’

Trisha Sannappanavar and Lily Jiang October 22, 2022
Exploring the effects Homecoming has on two MVHS students.
Junior Hamza Moharram goes in for a tackle in the beginning of the first quarter.

Football dominates Lynbrook High School 42-0 in its Homecoming game

Jami Lim, Kalyani Puthenpurayil, and Stephanie Zhang October 20, 2022

Varsity Football dominated Lynbrook High School during its Homecoming game with a score of 42-0 on Friday, Oct. 14, bringing its league record to 2-3. After senior Greyson Mobley scored a 61-yard touchdown...

Homecoming 2022

Homecoming 2022

A recap of Homecoming 2022 at MVHS
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