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

As we move into adulthood, a balanced integration of work and life becomes increasingly important.

Live to work? or Work to live?

Suhana Mahabal January 26, 2024

Scrolling through TikTok, one might come across a video where the first frame reads, ‘Being a full-time artist’ with a photo of a woman smiling. However, the second photo says ‘Telling people I’m...

The moment the emptiness began to feel like too much, I crammed my schedule full of work.

Stressing about no stress

Tvisha Gupta February 8, 2023
Giving myself the room to breathe while unlearning my constant need to work
Neysa Singh works on her math homework. Photo by Lakshanyaa Ganesh

The things school taught me

Neysa Singh September 18, 2019
Discovering that school has taught me valuable skills for the future
Photo courtesy of Chris Lawton, Unsplash.

Reading: my disappearing constant amid rapid change

Dhruvika Randad, Staff Writer March 27, 2019

There I lay in my bed, under a thick, pink comforter, with the stack of “Geronimo Stilton” and “Garfield” comic books, obtained from my weekly visit to the library. With my stack of books, a water...

Fun in the sun

Fun in the sun

Helen Chao and Stuti Upadhyay August 30, 2018

un, warmth, freedom, friends and free will: this is how math teacher Katie Collins describes summer. She repeats the final words three times. However, Collins mentions how these qualities seem to be absent...

Copy and Paste: analyzing the cheating behavior at MVHS

Copy and Paste: analyzing the cheating behavior at MVHS

Nathan Stevens March 10, 2018
Cheating at MVHS is a product of the culture, not the other way around
Flying Solo: Senior Meg Niu represents MVHS golf at CCS

Flying Solo: Senior Meg Niu represents MVHS golf at CCS

Aditya Dash November 14, 2017
Niu goes to CCS for golf for the fourth time in her career for MVHS.
Photo by Anirudh Chaudhary.

MVHS works

Anirudh Chaudhary September 8, 2017
Students choose between internships and jobs
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