The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

Key Club officers discuss future events

Key Club officers discuss future events

Jasmine Lee November 7, 2017
Club officers find local and national activities
Volunteering for Votes: Students get involved with Ro Khanna campaign

Volunteering for Votes: Students get involved with Ro Khanna campaign

Chetana Ramaiyer October 21, 2016
Students at MVHS participate in the Ro Khanna campaign as a way to get involved with their community
NHS president Matthew Li highlights the changes NHS will have this year in volunteering events

NHS president Matthew Li highlights the changes NHS will have this year in volunteering events

Shriya Deshpande December 17, 2015
Li reveals previous year’s problems and plans to improve NHS this year

Octagon aids DECA’s volunteer events

Sarah Ramos May 20, 2014

Two of MVHS’s most popular clubs join forces to provide adequate events for members. There are nearly 100 campus-based, student-run clubs at MVHS, with new clubs passing every school year. While...

Community service: Lessons learned

Community service: Lessons learned

Yuna Lee December 19, 2013
Volunteering experiences teach students lessons they could not have learned elsewhere

Community service: MV Leo Club collaborates with De Anza Lions to hold food drive

Athira Penghat December 4, 2013
Volunteers gain a sense of community by donating their time to help others.
Even though the youth are one of the least engaged of age groups when it comes to politics, students like juniors Joyce Tien and Pradnya Narkhede have immersed themselves into the political process for volunteering for a political campaign. Illustration by Shuyi Qi.

On the campaign trail

Soumya Kurnool October 26, 2012
Students volunteer for the Obama campaign, gaining insight into the process of politics
From left to right: Juniors Shruthi Patchava, Aditi Gupta, Aahana Sahai, and Sankeerti Haniyur and Anushka Patil (not pictured) founded MV Do Something this year. The club separates itself from other service clubs by having a clear focus on poverty within the community. Photo by Nona Penner.

New club brings focus to volunteering

Nona Penner September 25, 2011
MV Do Something centers on alleviating local cases of poverty
Have money, will travel

Have money, will travel

Yaamini Venkataraman May 2, 2010

Senior Nimah Haq created a Facebook group to raise funds for an upcoming trip to India   It's an age-old dilemma. A wanderlust maniac wants to go somewhere exotic. The wanderlust maniac doesn't...

Easing reality

Easing reality

Yaamini Venkataraman April 12, 2010

Sophomore Jordan Thompson and freshman Audrey Wendschlag volunteer with WowJam every summer        Do we know how to live in the real world? Once we step out of the classroom,...

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