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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
Park customized this shoe for a friend and is his favorite design of all the shoes we has painted. “I think it's my favorite not because it looks good necessarily,” Park said. “I really enjoyed the process because I took a big break from customizing shoes, and I forgot how much I enjoyed it. So then I just kind of got re-inspired when she asked me to paint her shoes.”

Customization Craze: Students turn everyday accessories into a form of self-expression

Jai Uparkar • May 27, 2020
MVHS students share the stories behind their painted shoes and water bottles
Junior Manas Manu sings in the opening performance of one of Grammy award-winner Manoj George's concerts in San Jose, California.

Music across languages: Junior Manas Manu’s singing journey

Robert Liu • March 14, 2020
Junior Manas Manu shares the most vital values to improving as a singer
Paintings from a World Literature project line the front of literature teacher Jireh Tanabe's classroom.

Drawing a curriculum: Art in the classroom

Robert Liu • February 9, 2020
Exploring teacher and student opinions on integrating art into curriculums
In a painting by Sophie Ye, a pair of geese fly above a river.

Stories of our art

Stuti Upadhyay, Anjali Singh, Robert Liu, Sean Yagi, and Shivani Gupta • December 17, 2019
A look at the visual artists of MVHS
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