El Estoque

50 Questions with Brian Chow

Krish Dev, Website Editor • September 22, 2021

Inspired by Vogue’s video series “73 Questions,” El Estoque sits down with Art teacher Brian Chow to ask him 50 questions. Chow shares his most embarrassing moment, his favorite childhood memory...

50 Questions with Mark Carpenter

Krish Dev, Web Editor • May 8, 2021

Inspired by Vogue’s video series “73 Questions,” El Estoque sits down with English teacher Mark Carpenter to ask him 50 questions. Carpenter shares his fondest memory of high school, what he would...

The other side

Mikaylah Du, Staff writer • April 9, 2021

Exploring how teachers are coping with challenges during distance learning

50 Questions with Megan Choate

Neysa Singh, Staff Writer • February 25, 2021

Inspired by Vogue’s video series “73 Questions,” El Estoque sits down with teacher Megan Choate to ask her 50 questions. Choate shares her favorite memories from high school, her biggest inspiration,...

Diminished club attendance during the distance learning school year

Justin E Kim and Abdullah Memon • February 10, 2021

Taking a look at how various clubs have become inactive during the pandemic

50 Questions with Shozo Shimazaki

Krish Dev, Opinion Editor • January 21, 2021

In the 12th installment of the recurring series, El Estoque asks Shozo Shimazaki 50 questions

Outside of their element: MVHS faculty commuting to school

Leanna Sun and Shivani Gupta • 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

Claire Yang and Jayanti Jha • 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

Hannah Lee and Sreya Kumar • 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

Jai Uparkar • 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...