El Estoque

The book revolution

Aashi Venkat and Asha Wojciechowski • April 9, 2024

When Literature and AVID teacher Megan Choate was in high school, Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” series was a huge phenomenon. “Twilight,” a four-novel vampire romance series released from 2005...

All dolled up

Aashi Venkat • November 17, 2022

Examining the MVHS community’s opinion on makeup

Calling to communicate

Anna Jerolimov, Kalyani Puthenpurayil, and Alex Zhang • May 21, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqh8O-YZoiE “It feels more personal.” English teacher Megan Choate finds calling to be a more connected method of communication because it allows her to hear the...

Back in action

Michelle Zheng and Michelle Chen • March 17, 2022

MVHS teacher athletes discuss their journeys through sports

50 Questions with Megan Choate

Neysa Singh, Staff Writer • February 25, 2021

Inspired by Vogue’s video series “73 Questions,” El Estoque sits down with teacher Megan Choate to ask her 50 questions. Choate shares her favorite memories from high school, her biggest inspiration,...

Teachers’ favorite books

Jacqueleine Liu • January 6, 2020

10 teachers discuss and recommend books that are significant to them

Supporting the staff

Brian Xu • October 24, 2018

The turning point of now history teacher Scott Victorine’s first career occurred as he was eating lunch at his former law firm. As a paralegal in immigration law, Victorine was overwhelmed with stress....