El Estoque

Animal Euthanasia: An act of humanity

Swara Tewari, Helen Chao, and Sunjin Chang • May 26, 2019

Fight of our lives

Sunjin Chang and Helen Chao • May 22, 2019

As the year ends, seniors share their personal highs and lows during their years at MVHS. “Senior year was the most supportive [year] I’ve had throughout high school.” High: Chen was able...

A look ‘Into the Woods’

Alyssa Hui, Helen Chao, and Chelsea Wong • April 10, 2019

Dessert Detectives: Honey Berry

Helen Chao • April 3, 2019

Twice a month, El Estoque takes on a new case at a bakery or café, trying to decipher the quality and cost of its most popular items. Continuing the alphabetical trend, we went to Honey Berry, a dessert...

Windows to the world: Reading novels to cope with our loss of innocence

Helen Chao • March 3, 2019

Windows to the world by El Estoque Online on Exposure

Wooing with words: Students offer their best pick-up lines

Helen Chao and Emily Xia • February 24, 2019

A collection of pick-up lines . from MVHS students for Valentine's Day

Temptation: As we grow up

Helen Chao • February 8, 2019

We’ve all reached for the red apple. The serpent slumbers, coiled in the shadowy recesses of consciousness. For every tentative step we take towards the apple, he slithers forward, ravenous and ready...

Switching roles from teacher to student

Sunjin Chang and Robert Liu • December 18, 2018

On Tuesday, Nov. 27, four teachers walked in the footsteps of MVHS students as an alternative to their traditional teacher evaluation: Chinese teacher Zoey Liu, science teacher Lora Lerner, math...