El Estoque

Faculty pilots ‘Take 10 Deep Breaths’ activity

Yashashree Pisolkar • May 5, 2014

Teachers encourage students to participate in breathing exercise during the week of April 27 to promote stress management. “Try to sit up straight as you do this,” English teacher...

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.” [dropcap1]E[/dropcap1]very year, Mythology and Folklore teacher Matt Brashears encourages...

Technological Teaching

Maya Murthy • October 27, 2013

Three teachers comment on their experiences with their online Facebook groups.

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. Sophomore Ann Fu mastered the art of reading in the shower when she was in the third grade. The book...

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,...

Teaching to the TECH

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 ...

Best of both worlds: merging two educational spheres into one class

Sara Yang • May 18, 2011

World Studies offers sophomores interdisciplinary opportunity, combines core classes When he was in high school, history teacher Nick Bonacorsi took AP US History. His teacher forever impacted his...

15 Days of Fame: The soldier’s son

Jiyoon Park • September 12, 2010

English teacher Matt Brashears describes the impact of his father's job on his life

Think you are good at faces?

Laura Yang • September 10, 2010

Try your luck at guessing the face behind the cream &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://www.mystudiyo.com/act121516/mini/go/think_you_know_your_teachers?&amp;quot;...