El Estoque

Faculty pilots ‘Take 10 Deep Breaths’ activity

English teacher Matt Brashear’s Mythology and Folklore students participate in the newly introduced breathing exercise on May 2. Faculty hopes that the pilot week will reveal positive results as students evaluate the merits of meditation as a form of stress relief. Photo by Ambika Dubey.

Yashashree Pisolkar

May 5, 2014

Teachers encourage students to participate in breathing exercise during the week of April 27 to promote stress management. Read More »...

Tags: 10 Deep Breaths, Emma Seyer, Jenna Smith, Jessie Chu, matt brashears, meditation, scott catrette, stress relief, Viviana Montoya-Hernandez

Junior Samantha Shieh wins California Association for Teachers of English contest

Harini Shyamsundar

March 2, 2014

Student wins first in state in CATE creative writing contest with a story response to the prompt, “Pass it on.” Read More »...

Tags: Award, CATE, matt brashears, Samantha Shieh

Technological Teaching

Maya Murthy

October 27, 2013

Three teachers comment on their experiences with their online Facebook groups. Read More »

Tags: facebook, groups, matt brashears, mike mccrystal, Sarah Finck

Students win first place at California Association of Teachers of English writing contest

Amrutha Dorai

May 3, 2013

Sophomore Ann Fu and junior Allyson Gottlieb write fiction to express their love of literature. Read More »

Tags: allyson gottlieb, Ann Fu, California Association of Teachers of English, Cassandra Clare, CATE, Cupertino Library, Eshwar Swaminathan, fiction, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Jodi Picoult, matt brashears, My Sister’s Keeper, The Darkest Legacy, The Mortal Instruments, writing

Intramural Dodgeball Nov. 22: Teachers vs. students

Amrutha Dorai

November 29, 2011

Intramural Dodgeball Nov. 22: Teachers vs. students from El Estoque on Vimeo. On Nov. 22, the winners of the student dodgeball tournament took on the teacher team in a final game. The student team, Los Gauchos, won 3-2. Both teams expressed their enjoyment of the good-natured game. Correction: The date in the video is wrong. The correct date is Nov. 22. ...

Tags: Dodgeball, matt brashears, recent, spencer rodrigues

Teaching to the TECH

SHARING KNOWLEDGE: After seeing his students’ growing interest in Prezi, English teacher Matt Brashears teaches his Mythology and Folklore students how to use the software on Sept. 12. Photo by Kevin Tsukii

Aafreen Mahmood

September 21, 2011

When Government and Economics teacher Eric Otto opens his e-mail, he always sees a separate folder designated for parent e-mails that has been growing for the past six years of his teaching. The parents all expressed disbelief in their childís engagement in a subject that they initially thought would...

Tags: Angela Estrella, Brian Dong, Eric Otto, matt brashears, teaching, technology