El Estoque

One chair, four stories

Shivani Gupta, Entertainment editor • March 19, 2020

Getting to know all of the students who share a chair throughout the day

The story behind 2019’s Powderpuff three peat championship

Jai Uparkar • April 11, 2019

Hear it from a pro: Sophomore Zachary Chow’s path to competitive archery

Roshan Fernandez • October 12, 2017

Chow shares his archery background and his passion for the sport

Sophomores prepare for 2017 Powderpuff

Aanchal Garg • March 10, 2017

Find out how MVHS sophomores feel about 2017 Powderpuff

Freshman wins Google Science Fair with diagnostic tool for Alzheimer’s disease

Bill Cheng • October 23, 2015

Freshman Anika Cheerla takes an incurable disease one step closer to being preventable

Powderpuff 2015 v 2016: what happened?

Mihir Joshi • March 12, 2014

A look into how the game ended, and why there will be a rematch After the juniors scored the first touchdown early in the game, the sophomores threw thrice, the third of which made it into the endzone,...

VIDEO: Class officers collaborate for Mother’s Day fundraiser

Sara Yang • May 14, 2012

Buying, assembling and delivering flowers for Sunday morning

Boys soccer: Last minute magic leads to 1-1 tie

Rachel Lu • February 5, 2012

Matador’s final play gives undefeated Los Gatos first tie on Feb. 1

Fire alarms on May 19 not a drill

Sara Yang • May 20, 2011

Small fire in chemistry class causes student to pull the alarm Shortly after filing into classrooms, students began filing out when fire alarms sounded on May 19 during the first 15 minutes of sixth...

Best of both worlds: merging two educational spheres into one class

Sara Yang • May 18, 2011

World Studies offers sophomores interdisciplinary opportunity, combines core classes When he was in high school, history teacher Nick Bonacorsi took AP US History. His teacher forever impacted his...

Where no one knows your name

Sara Yang • June 1, 2010

Two students return from a weekend leadership conference with positive experiences Imagine being in a place where no one knows your name, no one knows who you are and vice versa. ...

When minutes matter

Sara Yang • November 5, 2009

Officials acted quickly when student bicyclist was hit by a car at the crosswalk on Oct. 20 Minutes matter — trying to get to school on time or to the scene of an accident on time. On...