6 simple ways to conserve natural resources at school
Gabriella Monico
October 28, 2013
Aug. 20 of this year was Earth Overshoot Day, the day we have surpassed the amount of resources that could be sustainably used in a year. Each year we are are using up our year’s worth of supplies faster; in 2003 Overshoot Day day fell on Sept 22 and in 1993 Oct 21 .The earth cannot keep up with the...
Winner of Miss America 2014 helps break traditional beauty stereotypes
Gabriella Monico
October 7, 2013
An unexpected occurrence happened at this year’s Miss America Pageant: An Indian woman snagged the crown. And the best part of all was her embracement of her beautiful dark skin and her pride in her heritage. The Miss America Pageant did a wonderful job at disregarding race and picking the best contestant...
Discontinuation of marching band is a sad but sensible move
Pranav Parthasarathy
September 26, 2013
Monta Vista Marching Band, an organization which previously won awards in many local and state competitions, had declined in terms of student interest for several years. Seeking to rejuvenate the ailing program, the Music Department mandated freshman band students’ participation in Marching Band, a move...
We Feel Good?
Daniel Fernandez
February 10, 2013
Almost every rally begins with a simple question, “Monta Vista, how do you feel?” Normally, each class screams their heart out, attempting to assert their dominance to the whole school. Normally, the gym walls would shake, people would sweat, and one would feel the energy and thrill of competition...
First Ladies are just as important
Simran Devidasani
November 20, 2012
Whenever we think of change and moving forward, we think of our presidential elections. With each new president comes four new years filled with change in economic, foreign and domestic policies. While we reflect on America’s growth with respect to our successful and unsuccessful presidential administrations,...
Head to head: Why Tumblr is beneficial to teenagers
Ankita Tejwani
November 20, 2012
Tumblr, the epitome of teenagers’ lives, is a micro blogging site that benefits teenagers all over the world in more ways than one. Tumblr allows them to create a short-blog or sometimes even portfolio. Combining what teenagers do best, social networking and expressing emotion, Tumblr has over 50 billion page views a month. It gives studen...
MVHS on young voters
Catherine
November 3, 2012
MVHS on young voters from El Estoque on Vimeo. The general election shows that younger voters are reluctant in registering to vote. Students and teachers of MVHS describe their perspective on the result of a decreasing voter turnout....
Too young for social networking
Christophe Haubursin
February 9, 2012
Before there was Google+, before there was Facebook, even before there was MySpace, there was another social network for all of us to check into early each morning: the playground. It was a community of voices with the best of what the Internet gives us now — it had the circles, the...
Assembly meant to educate misses the point
Soumya Kurnool
January 6, 2012
For the flip-side opinion, click here. Quite frankly, Khan Academy’s Sal Khan is better on YouTube. His presentation had no point. Remedial students failed to catch Khan’s message, students who already knew the history of the organization were bored, overachievers could n...
Career Year presentations fail to educate or draw student attention
Kiranmayi Methuku
December 8, 2011
High school is the time to be exploring careers, but the new Career Year setup struggles to serve this purpose. Career Day in the past has been more than satisfactory. Students attended informative sessions with professionals in different fields of work and listened to a first-person perspective for...
The great construction hypocrisy
Margaret Lin
November 10, 2011
Our whines about construction are even louder than the construction itself.Construction is underway at MVHS and students have been complaining about the noise, obstructions and general difficulties caused by the construction. But we shouldn’t moan about it too much — after all, we signed ourselves up for ...
Careers are not set in stone
Stephanie Chang
November 3, 2011
In a room meant to hold over 70 people, only three students occupied the seats: one reporter, another reporter, and a student that came wandering by for somewhere to sit during his empty period. On Nov. 2, the chosen speaker from Arts Related Technical Training for Entertainment Careers program c...
