The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

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 captain Carolyn Ruan passes the ball past an HHS defender to a teammate.

Girls Basketball beats Homestead High School 68-39 in an away game

Daphne Huang January 24, 2024
Matadors dominate the game throughout all four quarters
New California legislation could potentially change the bounds for student suspension and expulsion to reduce inequity.

Equity in discipline

Alyssa Yang June 2, 2023
Exploring new proposed limits on student suspension and expulsion
Senior Lance Tong leaps into the air to tip the ball over the net. Photo by Michelle Zheng

Boys Volleyball beats Homestead High School 3-0 in its first home game

Kalyani Puthenpurayil and Michelle Zheng March 13, 2022
Matadors hope to fulfill their season’s expectations after securing a win for their first league game
Senior and captain Ashley Twu attempts to make her way around an opponent from HHS.

Field Hockey loses to Homestead High School 4-0

Anna Kaminitz and Matthew Yoshimoto October 22, 2021
Matadors recognize their need to improve communication after the defeat
Junior Eshani Patel attempts to catch the ball after a rebounding shot off the hoop.

Girls Basketball: MVHS falls to Homestead HS

Jayanti Jha, Elena Khan, and Neysa Singh February 10, 2020

MVHS lost to Homestead HS in its eighth game of the season, bringing their current league standing to 5-3.  During the first and second quarter, HHS players played a hard defense, making it difficult...

Melt is a new iPhone app that uses podcasts for social networking. Homestead High School Class of 2005 alumni Jason Lew and Shane Wey created the app because they felt that voice was a unique platform that has not been used often in social networking. Screenshot by Joyce Varma.

Homestead High School alumni create social networking iPhone app

Joyce Varma October 27, 2013

Social media app Melt allows people to connect with auditory communication rather than visual text or pictures. Class of 2005 Homestead High School alumni Jason Lew and Shane Wey were sitting in a coffee...

Coach Colin Anderson

Girls Volleyball: Matadors lose their second home game 0-3 against Homestead High School

Colin Kim October 7, 2013
Despite a 0-3 loss against Homestead High School, Lady Mats challenge themselves to focus on team unity for future games.

Girls Golf: One loss and one win

Karen Feng September 18, 2013
Despite a 227-207 loss against Homestead High School, Matadors receive first win in two years against Presentation High School.
UPDATE: Sunnyvale schools locked down Jan. 25; gunman reports fabricated

UPDATE: Sunnyvale schools locked down Jan. 25; gunman reports fabricated

Anushka Patil January 25, 2013
Three local schools locked down before student confessed to false report
Fire destroys apartments on Homestead Road

Fire destroys apartments on Homestead Road

Elvin Wong November 27, 2011
American Red Cross volunteers and Homestead High School accommodates homeless residents
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