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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

MVHS teachers and students with their family and friends in their home country and the U.S. Photos courtesy of Jiwoon Hong and Shozo Shimazaki | Used with permission

The strength in diversity

Teachers and students at MVHS discuss their experiences with cultural inclusivity in the Bay Area
Black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) writers tend to write about cultural themes. In the wall of books, 7/9 of the books relate back to the author's culture.

The challenges and rewards of a BIPOC writer

Young writers explore how their culture and creativity shapes their writing
Ellie Wang
September 25, 2024

AI Detectors

MVHS teachers attempt to detect essays written with AI
Treating toxicity

Treating toxicity

Staff opinions on MVHS’ culture of toxicity and the role they play
The juice is loose!

The juice is loose!

Students and teachers discuss OJ Simpson’s trial and recent death
Niveda Hari and Megha Mummaneni
May 21, 2024
Illustration | Ellie Wang

2D body, 1D personality

Female anime characters are sexualized and dimensionless in a male-dominated genre
Shannon Yu
May 20, 2024
Graphic | Sonia Verma

Integrating Artificial Intelligence

FUHSD takes several approaches to addressing AI in classrooms
Raj Thapliyal and Jason Chu
March 9, 2024
14 days of love: Kimika & Shozo

14 days of love: Kimika & Shozo

In the seventh installment of the 14 days of love series, El Estoque explores the familial relationship between English teacher Shozo Shimazaki and his daughter sophomore Kimika Shimazaki
Aashna Patel
February 7, 2023
Kenneth Gan poses with his pet python Udon in his classroom. 
Photo by Abha Dash

Animal Love

Exploring teachers’ pets and the impact they have on them
Abha Dash, Staff Writer
October 10, 2022
French teacher Janissa Zahn's pen pals would send photos of themselves and their life in France.

Exchanging Letters

Sharing the handwritten letters that MVHS students, staff and community members have sent and received
As methods of communication such as emailing and calling became more popular in the 1990s, English teacher Shozo Shimazaki remembers thinking that the post office would go out of business, but the letters that people sent across the world remain in our history.

The forgotten art of writing letters

Exploring the impacts of written forms of communication from loved ones

Monta Vista shares New Years’ resolutions

MVHS students and staff share their goals for the upcoming year
Sonia Verma and Lillian Wang
February 9, 2022
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