El Estoque

A parents’ guide for academic survival

Taryn Lam and Arushi Singh • April 23, 2024

How parents help navigate their children through Monta Vista’s academic culture

Toxic Vista: Fixing our flaws

Sagnik Nag Chowdhury, Crystal Cheng, Taryn Lam, Kalyani Puthenpurayil, Liz Liu, Eshika Tiwari, Arushi Singh, and Amberly Sun • April 13, 2024

From the outside, Monta Vista High School may seem like the ideal high school: numerous AP courses, top national rankings and more. However, step inside and find that there is more to it than meets the...

Two pucks in a pod

Taryn Lam and Aaryan Sharma • April 6, 2024

From a young age, senior Alice Ross fondly recalls accompanying her family to Vallco Shopping Mall every Friday for skating lessons. Born to Canadian parents who enjoy playing and watching ice hockey,...

Fearing the inevitable

Sagnik Nag Chowdhury, Crystal Cheng, Kalyani Puthenpurayil, Taryn Lam, Amberly Sun, Liz Liu, Arushi Singh, and Eshika Tiwari • March 9, 2024

As students grow up and gain more experience in their lives, they start to develop various fears in the different facets of life. While many of these fears can be mitigated, oftentimes these fears play...

Adding fuel to F1

Taryn Lam and Lillian Wang • March 9, 2024

Fans of Formula One share their love for the sport

BREAKING: FUHSD receives threatening emails from an anonymous sender

Taryn Lam, Brandon Wang, and Kaia Yuan • January 24, 2024

The FUHSD community received an email on Jan. 23 at 6:28 p.m. about an undisclosed threat from an anonymous email. Principal Ben Clausnitzer said the threatening email was sent at approximately 4 p.m....

Grants for good

Jason Chu, Taryn Lam, and Varun Singh • January 24, 2024

IRPD students receive monetary grants for their projects

On the streets of SF

Jason Chu, Sophia D'Sa, Taryn Lam, Kalyani Puthenpurayil, Varun Singh, Lillian Wang, Alyssa Yang, and Benjamin Zhang • December 11, 2023

The 2023 APEC summit was held in San Francisco from Nov. 11 to 17, bring international leaders from across the Asia Pacific region to the Moscone Center to discuss global issues. From protestors and...

APEC: AAPI pioneers

Sophia D'Sa, Taryn Lam, and Varun Singh • December 10, 2023

Uncovering the impact of the APEC conference on local AAPI leaders and communities

Changing the game

Ethan Kellogg, Taryn Lam, and Brandon Wang • December 1, 2023

Exploring the historical and current state of Reverse

Elders in volunteering

Taryn Lam and Sania Nadkarni • November 21, 2023

Examining how elders in Cupertino give back to the community through volunteering

More than meets the eye

Taryn Lam and Mihir Vishwarupe • November 2, 2023

Spanish and French teacher Joyce Fortune began to notice that there was an issue with her vision in elementary school. However, due to the rarity of her condition, Fortune’s doctors could not properly...