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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

Columbia students and faculty protest for academic free speech in the main quad. John Angelillo | Used with permission

Deportation and defunding threats silence student activists’ voices

Addressing the ongoing threat towards the First Amendment rights stripped from non-citizen student activists
Meghna Dixit and Stella Petzova
April 10, 2025
Members of El Estoque and El Valedor pose in front of Columbia University's Low Library. Photo courtesy of Rod Satterthwaite | Used with permission

El Estoque wins top national journalism accolade

Columbia Scholastic Press Association awards El Estoque with highest honor
Stella Petzova, News Editor
April 1, 2025
The Department of Education announced that Title IX would be reverted back to a 2020 version on Jan. 31. Illustration | Stella Petzova

Department of Education reverses Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students

The MVHS community reflects on LGBTQ+ safety following the reversal of Title IX protections
Meghna Dixit and Stella Petzova
March 9, 2025
El Estoque adviser and MVHS journalism teacher Julia Satterthwaite addresses her journalism students. Photo by Aric Crabb | Used with permission

Journalism teacher Julia Satterthwaite wins the 2025 National High School Journalism Adviser of the Year

Columbia Scholastic Press Association awards El Estoque adviser with the national honor
Meghna Dixit and Stella Petzova
February 25, 2025
Choir teacher Lofn Young does vocal warm-ups with their students. Photo | Stella Petzova

Course selection threatens the existence of low-demand electives

During course selection season, low-demand arts electives face difficulties with incoming Proposition 28 funding
Jonah Chang, Stella Petzova, and Eric Zhou
February 1, 2025
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Stella Petzova and Kate Yang
February 1, 2025
Puberty blockers are banned on ideological and medical grounds. Illustration | Stella Petzova

Gender-affirming care is restricted in America

Bans on puberty blockers raise medical, political and moral dilemmas
Stella Petzova, News Editor
January 25, 2025
Gymnasts face toxicity in the pursuit of mastery

Gymnasts face toxicity in the pursuit of mastery

MVHS artistic gymnasts discuss the demanding nature of their sport
Stella Petzova, News Editor
December 26, 2024
More Native Americans are on the ballot than ever before. Photo illustration | Stella Petzova

Uptick in Native American representation in election campaigns paves an inclusive path forward

Native Americans share the importance of increased representation in politics
Kathryn Foo and Stella Petzova
November 27, 2024
NBC investigative reporter Bigad Shaban and San Francisco State University Journalism Professor Laura Moorhead address high school journalism students from across the Bay Area.

Commonwealth Club hosts journalism conference

MVHS journalism department staff travel to San Francisco to attend an educational reporting program
Isabelle Kok and Stella Petzova
November 3, 2024
Algorithms play a role in steering radical-leaning people towards extremes. Photo Illustration | Stella Petzova

Steered to extremes

The MVHS community and experts discuss the drawbacks and solutions to online radicalization
Ethan Kellogg and Stella Petzova
October 25, 2024
The AP U.S. History, AP Biology and AP Computer Science A Exams are all set to be digital in 2025.

College Board transitions 28 AP Exams to a digital format

Students and teachers discuss the impacts of AP Exams going digital
Stella Petzova and Aprameya Rupanagunta
September 20, 2024
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