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

Cracking the egg: The era of the Instagram-famous World Record Egg

Cracking the egg: The era of the Instagram-famous World Record Egg

Alyssa Hui and Chelsea Wong March 13, 2019
Exploring the world record egg and other Instagram accounts
Easy ways to read the news

Easy ways to read the news

Shivani Gupta, Staff Writer March 11, 2019
A few methods to quickly become informed
Love Letters Galore

Love Letters Galore

Flora Peng February 12, 2019

“Dear FUHSD students…” On Dec. 25, 2018, the Instagram account @fuhsdloveletters began accepting anonymous confessions and letters from all FUHSD students. Since then, it has gained over 1,800...

Bringing back Winter Formal

Bringing back Winter Formal

Claire Wen January 28, 2019

Scrolling through Instagram the days leading up to Jan. 18, MVHS students could see a bombardment of posts about MVHS’s Winter Formal from leadership students’ and MVHS class accounts. Promotion for...

The rise of AP test memes

The rise of AP test memes

Aanchal Garg May 25, 2018

As each AP testing season comes and goes, many students worry about the exams they have to take and the content they have to study. However, over the last couple of years, there’s been a rise in AP test...

This account is private: exploring students use of private Instagram accounts

This account is private: exploring students’ use of private Instagram accounts

Chetana Ramaiyer October 18, 2017
Recent trends in creating private Instagram accounts cause cyberbullying issues
Why Instagram promotes false confidence

Why Instagram promotes false confidence

Roshan Fernandez March 3, 2017
Analyzing certain Instagram obsessions in depth
Follow the leader: how interschool social media gap affects leadership communications

Follow the leader: how interschool social media gap affects leadership communications

Jessica Xing September 21, 2016
Facebook’s declining popularity causes a social media gap between grades
Social sever separates underclassmen from upperclassmen

Social sever separates underclassmen from upperclassmen

Bhargava Matta September 21, 2016
Observing the disparity of the use of different social media platforms between freshmen and seniors
17-year old student at Fremont High School arrested after threatening students at Homestead and Fremont HS

17-year old student at Fremont High School arrested after threatening students at Homestead and Fremont HS

Chetana Ramaiyer September 7, 2016
Anti-Semitic and Anti-Muslim threats made through several instagram accounts.
What it’s like to motivate 22,700 people everyday

What it’s like to motivate 22,700 people everyday

Ilena Peng September 1, 2015
Sophomore Kendall Yu uses Instagram as an outlet to reach out and inspire teenagers
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