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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

My clown car home taught me how to be a kid. Photo | Sophia D’Sa

Clown car home

How my previous home has shaped the way I approach my identity
Kathryn Foo
May 25, 2025
The people I have surrounded myself with over the past four years have equipped me with exactly what I need to tackle the demands of college
Photo | Sophia D'Sa

Proactive preparation

My loved ones have prepared me to tackle the demands of college
Anika Bhandarkar
May 23, 2025
Photo Illustration | Samuel Teo

Finding belonging

Learning to adapt to a new culture helped me find both my voice and my community
Samuel Teo
May 23, 2025
Learning was my first love. Photo | Sophia D'Sa

Book worm

How I’ve held onto my love of learning
Jami Lim
May 17, 2025
It's hard for me to grasp the fact I'll be leaving my family in a few months.

2,830 miles

I’m learning to reconcile leaving my family for college
Sarah Liu
May 25, 2024
In my own world

In my own world

Recalling the role geography has played in my life
Krish Dev
May 31, 2023
Learning to procrastinate

Learning to procrastinate

Facing toxic productivity
Angela Zhang
May 31, 2023
I am a collage of all the people I’ve met before and all that I’ve held important to me in the past, and that is something that will never change.

Metathesiophobia

Coming to terms with my fear of change
Anna Jerolimov
May 30, 2023
Photo | Krish Dev and Sophia Ma

My mom, my dad and me

How I realized that the two versions of myself were one all along
Shivani Verma
June 6, 2022
Exploring the effects my mother has had on me

All I am

Tracing the story of my mom and me
Anushka De
May 30, 2022
Senior year in core memories

Senior year in core memories

The epic highs and lows
Shivani Madhan
May 27, 2022
Flipping the pages

Flipping the pages

Looking back at the journal entries from my childhood
Jayanti Jha
May 25, 2022
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