Outside of their element: MVHS faculty commuting to school
November 24, 2019
Exploring methods of transportation that MVHS faculty use to get to school and what they listen to while doing so
Women of impact: Chemistry teacher Kavita Gupta featured in National Geographic documentary
November 23, 2019
How Gupta and her students feel about her accomplishments outside of school
Authors around us: Emer Martin
Tyler Cho and Iman Malik
October 25, 2019
Exploring how FUHSD teacher Emer Martin became a published author
50 Questions with Pete Pelkey
October 20, 2019
In the fourth installment of the recurring series, El Estoque asks Pete Pelkey 50 questions in his classroom
Decor Dilemma: Exploring the ideas teachers have for designing their classrooms
Ayah Ali-Ahmad, Emily Xia, Vivian Jiang, and Jacqueleine Liu
August 25, 2019
Teachers begin redesigning their classrooms for the new school year
Skipping into Retirement
May 22, 2019
here were two things math teacher Skip Mueller never wanted to become: a salesman or a teacher. He ended up working in sales engineering for 17 years after graduating from college with a civil engineering degree, which was dependent on the local economy. Soon after semiconductor companies moved away, Muel...
Next in the Spotlight
May 22, 2019
s sophomore Naomi Yin filed into the black box theater along with her fellow drama students during tutorial on May 10, her jaw dropped in surprise when she was met not only by their long-term substitute teacher Jeffrey Adams, but also by Principal Ben Clausnitzer and her World Literature teacher Hannah...
Turn of time: an exploration through the decades
Hannah Lee, Emily Xia, Helen Chao, Flora Peng, Collin Qian, and Herman Saini
April 10, 2019
A look into different perspectives of each decade
Supporting the staff
October 24, 2018
The turning point of now history teacher Scott Victorine’s first career occurred as he was eating lunch at his former law firm. As a paralegal in immigration law, Victorine was overwhelmed with stress. He sat staring at his lunchbox one hectic day and he decided he needed to find another career path. ...
New faces fill old shoes
September 1, 2018
or assistant principal Janice Chen, it was the thrill of coming back to her alma mater, to the place where she had begged for rides to lunch outings, where she had sweated bullets competing on the volleyball team. It was her graduation ceremony, with the warm sun glaring into her eyes and beating down ...
The learning never stops
August 23, 2017
he bell rings, signaling the beginning of Jessica Zahn’s French 3 class. Her students file in, their murmurs filling the room. Walking into room B212 is Math teacher Jon Stark, having used one of his prep periods for his class with Ms. Zahn. He’s taken her class for his language-learning journey t...
A new start for Madame Zahn
August 18, 2017
fter spending four years teaching at an international school in Boise, Idaho, new French teacher Janissa Zahn decided to start a new chapter in her life 680 miles away in Cupertino. Her family had always loved the West Coast, and she and her husband had been looking for a job for a while. So when sh...
