The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

Sonya Povalchuk and Pavel Demchenko share how they evacuated Ukraine.

Displaced by war

Krish Dev and Taryn Lam April 24, 2022

Sonya Povalchuk For sophomore Sonya Povalchuk, the morning of Feb. 25 started with two loud explosions. Although she felt like the explosions had taken place in her own backyard, she later learned that...

Social media bites

Social media bites

Mikaylah Du, Graphics editor March 18, 2022
Observing the issues with short-form activism posts
The Valero gas station on De Anza Boulevard prices almost reached $6.00 on March 12. Photo by Angela Zhang

Gas prices reach record highs as Russia-Ukraine War continues

Irene Tang and Angela Zhang March 18, 2022
Examining the effect of Biden’s sanction on Russian oil and gas in Cupertino
Senior Sophia Bokovikova poses beside her grandmother in Novosibirsk, Russia.

Post-lockdown getaways

Students recount their first summer vacations following quarantine
Not It: Russian Burger King accuses the movie ‘It’ of being an ad for McDonald’s

Not ‘It’: Russian Burger King accuses the movie ‘It’ of being an ad for McDonald’s

Nathan Stevens October 20, 2017
Burger King in Russia takes their competition with McDonald's to an extreme
Home and corruption, all in one place

Home and corruption, all in one place

Elizabeth Han March 14, 2017
Russian immigrant father on how to love his home country, while hating its flaws
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