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Population Politics

Krish Dev and Aditya Shukla • June 1, 2023

Breaking down responses to address FUHSD’s declining enrollment issue

Looking to a higher power

Melody Cui • October 7, 2022

The MVHS community voices their perspective on religion

Reacting to the Russia-Ukraine War

Anna Kaminitz, Jisha Rajala, and Matthew Yoshimoto • April 27, 2022

Exploring student and staff perspectives on the humanitarian crisis

The Non-Fungible Takeover

Lillian Wang and Sonia Verma • March 11, 2022

Investigating the recent popularity of NFTs

Remembering 9/11

Gauri Manoj and Alex Zhang • September 11, 2021

Adults recount the tragedy and its impact on the 20th anniversary

A fraction of time

Anushka De, Sophia Ma, Iman Malik, Riya Ravuri, Jannah Sheriff, Shivani Verma, and Brian Xu • April 3, 2021

MVHS community members in different age groups reflect on the pandemic year in the context of their lives

Humans of Cupertino

Anushka De, Iman Malik, Gauri Manoj, Oishee Misra, Irene Tang, Prisha Tiwari, and Nika Zamani • February 11, 2021

Discovering the stories that populate Cupertino

Green thumbs: MVHS students and teachers share passion for gardening

Charlotte Chui • February 6, 2020

The motivation and process behind their gardens

50 Questions with Pete Pelkey

Hannah Lee and Sreya Kumar • October 20, 2019

In the fourth installment of the recurring series, El Estoque asks Pete Pelkey 50 questions in his classroom

Decor Dilemma: Exploring the ideas teachers have for designing their classrooms

Ayah Ali-Ahmad, Emily Xia, Vivian Jiang , and Jacqueleine Liu • August 25, 2019

Teachers begin redesigning their classrooms for the new school year

Just teach it

Helen Chao, Claire Wen, , and • September 27, 2018

As the school year begins, some students find themselves in a panic. They’ve completed their back-to-school shopping: fluorescent highlighters and squeaky-clean erasers are packed away, but there’s...

Life after death

Helen Chao and Shivani Gupta • September 17, 2018

Teachers and students debate about what’s waiting for them beyond the grave

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