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The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

New California law prevents schools from directly outing children to parents, amid recent parental rights movement. Illustration | Corinna Kuo

California becomes first state to ban schools from disclosing gender changes

New state legislation bans schools from directly notifying parents of students’ gender changes at school
Zaid Naqvi and Eric Zhou
September 21, 2024
Graphic | Corinna Kuo

Investing in student wellness

California bill increases funding for school-based mental health services
Liz Liu, Kalyani Puthenpurayil, and Brandon Xu
January 27, 2024
The Say Something Anonymous reporting system protects students' anonymity while letting them speak out about issues.

Call to action

Investigating the structure and goals of the Say Something Anonymous Reporting System
Lauren Chuu and Kaia Yuan
November 3, 2023
Polly Bove poses, smiling at the camera in her most recent headshot.

Bidding farewell to Bove

Superintendent Bove reflects on her career at FUHSD
Crystal Cheng
March 17, 2022

Sexual harassment procedures at FUHSD and Bay Area high schools

Examining rape culture and sexual harassment policies, including Title IX, at FUHSD and Bay Area high schools
Michelle Chen and Oishee Misra
June 3, 2021
Students, staff and administrators engage in and promote ways to support survivors after the recent surge in sexual misconduct allegations

The MVHS community works on sexual harassment and assault awareness and prevention initiatives

Students, staff and administrators engage in and promote ways to support survivors after the recent surge in sexual misconduct allegations
Oishee Misra
April 22, 2021

FUHSD organizes a Social Emotional Learning task force

Members of the task force discuss their goals to aid student and staff mental health and build social emotional skills
Tina Low and Anna Jerolimov
April 2, 2021
On March 8, FUHSD hosted a Parent & Community webinar to provide updates about a potential return to in-person school during the 2020-21 school year, in light of recent events at the district, county, state and national levels.

FUHSD panel hosts community webinar to offer distance learning updates

FUHSD community receives information about a potential return to in-person school, including testing, vaccines and safety protocols
Oishee Misra
March 9, 2021
Sexual assault

Sexual assault

Examining sexual assault in Bay Area high schools
Many seniors used the car parade as an opportunity to meet with their friends and take graduation photos together.

MVHS hosts senior car parade

Seniors gather to celebrate their socially distanced graduation
Robert Liu and Lance Tong
June 8, 2020
One's Instagram Account

Social media account details alleged sexual assault

Instagram posts cause stir in local community about district response to harassment claims
Rachel Jiang, Ishaani Dayal, and Tina Low
March 13, 2020
Photo by Claire Yang

MV’s got your back: The reason behind the suicide prevention lines on student ID cards

Why the new student ID cards contain suicide prevention information
Sarah Young and Claire Yang
September 16, 2019
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