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El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

The Student News Site of Monta Vista High School

El Estoque

Baseball CCS: Lancers throw perfect game to end Matador season

Baseball CCS: Lancers throw perfect game to end Matador season

Cynthia Mao May 21, 2013
St. Francis senior Michael Strem allows no hits to give Matadors 0-2 loss.
Volleyball: Matadors come back from two sets down to win on senior night

Volleyball: Matadors come back from two sets down to win on senior night

Cynthia Mao May 15, 2013
Improved blocking and tightened play allow team to overcome initial deficit.
Campus Supervisor Ruben Delgado dies

Campus Supervisor Ruben Delgado dies

Cynthia Mao March 24, 2013
Delgado, part of the MVHS community for over 15 years, suffered a fatal heart attack March 23.
Dog park could be constructed on corner of Villa Real and Mary Avenue

Dog park could be constructed on corner of Villa Real and Mary Avenue

Cynthia Mao March 17, 2013
City Council approves rezoning of land; residents voice environmental, safety concerns.

Interested in joining El Estoque next year?

Cynthia Mao March 8, 2013

The application is now available online. Please write your responses on a word document, then copy and paste your responses onto the Google form. Applications are by Monday, April 8 at 3:15 p.m. If...

Special education students, seniors Justin Quigley and William Tan and junior Daniel Fairbairn, stand with job coaches Syvees Sazon and Tina Volzing. Under the coaches guidance, these students spend brunch and lunch serving food and helping out in the cafeteria, and they look forward to the anticipated change. Photo by Carissa Chan.

Students help out behind the counter

Cynthia Mao February 15, 2013
Special education students reflect on their memories of helping out in the cafeteria.
Police car stops in the of intersection of Bubb Road and McClellan Road. The police blocked off entrances into MVHS because of reported bomb threat. Photo by Joyce Varma.

UPDATE: Bomb threat on Dec. 13

Cynthia Mao December 13, 2012
Graffiti at Lynbrook High School warns of bomb at MVHS.
Junior Donovan Phua (right) chats with junior Karen Tseng at first day of the Link freshman finals study session on Dec. 3. All 120 Link Leaders have signed up to tutor freshman in preparation for finals, which begin Dec. 18. Photo by Margaret Lin.

Link Leaders team up with freshmen to study for finals

Cynthia Mao December 5, 2012
Freshman finals study week begins Dec. 3 with Link Leaders as tutors.
Catharsis in the kitchen

Catharsis in the kitchen

Cynthia Mao November 19, 2012

Food is one of life’s simplest pleasures. First and foremost, it keeps you alive and your body functioning. But let’s be honest: That’s not nearly as important as how brownies — we are firm believers...

MUSIC: ‘(III)’ expands Crystal Castles’ electronic roots

MUSIC: ‘(III)’ expands Crystal Castles’ electronic roots

Cynthia Mao November 12, 2012
Latest album darker, more varied than previous works

When did equality become so radical?

Cynthia Mao October 8, 2012

When we were deciding the special report topic for this issue, we initially shied away from calling it feminism. Concerns were raised that the word would alienate a large part of the student body — but...

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