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El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

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Sophia D'Sa and Benjamin Zhang December 6, 2023

Governor Gavin Newsom introduced a new committee in late October to address a recent trend of computer science teacher shortages in California, which currently ranks 39th in the nation for the percentage...

50 Questions with Scott DeRuiter

50 Questions with Scott DeRuiter

Lily Jiang and Arjun Dhruv April 24, 2023
In the 24th installment of the recurring series, El Estoque asks Scott DeRuiter 50 questions
Technological disparities between Macbooks and Chromebooks stem from a variety of factors such as efficiency, features, and price.

A digital divide

Lauren Chuu April 14, 2023
Exploring the impact of personal and borrowed computers
AP African-American Studies and AP Precalculus are set to join the 38 AP exams currently offered by College Board.

The College Board announces two new AP courses

Jason Chu and Krish Dev November 4, 2022

The College Board recently announced the planned addition of two new AP classes — AP African American Studies and AP Precalculus  — which will be available starting in the 2023-2024 school year. According...

The freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors stand together in the gym during the 2014 Homecoming Rally. Though the rally began organized, chaos ensued near the end due to the confusion about the final results. Photo by Aditya Pimplaskar

Declining enrollment impacts teachers

Krish Dev and Gavin Hung September 18, 2021

While the 2020 census data show an increase in 614,901 residents between 2010 and 2020, the FUHSD school district continues to contend with declining enrollment in its five high schools. According to the...

Students earn perfect scores on AP Computer Science Exam

Students earn perfect scores on AP Computer Science Exam

Harini Shyamsundar November 28, 2013

Seniors Douglas Chen, Ashutosh Jindal and Prajit Ramachandran give appreciation to teacher Scott DeRuiter for full AP scores. In the wee hours of the morning on July 8, many upperclassmen were sitting...

District survey

District survey

Tom Cheng June 5, 2009

Students required to sacrifice half of tutorial for district surveyThe anonymous survey will be used to gauge the school's educational performance and identify areas of improvement. Photo by Tom Cheng.

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