El Estoque

Integrating Artificial Intelligence

Raj Thapliyal and Jason Chu • March 9, 2024

AI-based tools have flooded classrooms across the nation in the past two years. Most notably, almost 90% of students reported usage of ChatGPT, just months after its release in November of 2022, according...

14 days of love: Kimika & Shozo

Aashna Patel • February 7, 2023

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

Animal Love

Abha Dash, Staff Writer • October 10, 2022

Exploring teachers’ pets and the impact they have on them

Exchanging Letters

Kalyani Puthenpurayil and Anna Jerolimov • March 4, 2022

Sophomore Daphne Huang, Juniors Rohin Inani and Yamini Mathew, English teacher Shozo Shimazaki, Biology teacher Renee Fallon, French teacher Janissa Zahn and parent Venkat Ananthan share the letters they...

The forgotten art of writing letters

Kalyani Puthenpurayil and Anna Jerolimov • March 4, 2022

Thoughtful. Underrated. Special. A nice gesture. A method of reflection. A lost art. Below are the experiences of students, teachers and community members regarding receiving and sending handwritten letters.

Monta Vista shares New Years’ resolutions

Sonia Verma and Lillian Wang • February 9, 2022

MVHS students and staff share their goals for the upcoming year

Breaking down classroom playlists

Justin E Kim, Arts and Entertainment Editor • February 1, 2022

Teachers explain the philosophy behind listening to music with their students

Horror is not for everyone

Amber Milesi, Staff Writer • October 22, 2021

he young woman turns the corner hesitantly. She looks pale and is covered in a sheen of sweat. Her body is trembling as she inches her way down the hall, an old phone clutched in one hand. Once an average...

Race in anime

Anika Sharma • March 24, 2021

Examining how anime portrays Black people and the effect on anime fans in the U.S

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

50 Questions with Shozo Shimazaki

Krish Dev, Opinion Editor • January 21, 2021

In the 12th installment of the recurring series, El Estoque asks Shozo Shimazaki 50 questions

Our cultures in food

Shivani Gupta, Alyssa Hui, Vivian Jiang, Robert Liu, Shreshta Ranganathan, Leanna Sun, and Anish Vasudevan • November 22, 2019

Exploring the cultural significance of Asian food and its representation in America