El Estoque

My father’s smile

Rajas Habbu • May 24, 2019

10:26 p.m., March 12, 2007. My sister and I were ushered in to my aunt’s house. I turned back to see my mother and father driving away. My sister grabbed me by the shoulders and assured me that everything...

Conflicting Commitment

Rajas Habbu and Gauri Kaushik • April 12, 2019

For sophomore Henry Zhai, the summer before his freshman year was filled with going back and forth between practices. He played the summer season for his club volleyball team while also attending the MVHS...

Taking it to the next level

Rajas Habbu, Rucha Soman, and • March 13, 2019

It was the summer of 5th grade when MVHS alumna and now Cornell University freshman Demetra Williams and her best friend found diving lessons offered at Fremont HS. Her friend said, “I’ll do it if...

Rising Greatness

Rajas Habbu • January 14, 2019

At MVHS, varsity players are associated with upperclassmen like juniors and seniors, but sometimes teams use junior varsity players to their advantage. Some players get pulled up to play for their varsity...

Tennis Senior Night

Rajas Habbu and Oishee Misra • October 31, 2018

Senior Leslie Ligier shook her head as she heard her friends cheering her on. She looked back, smiled and wiped off some sweat. It was girls tennis senior night — one of the last times that Ligier would...

Athlete of the Month

Rajas Habbu • October 26, 2018

Coaching parents: Peter Wood on supporting your student athletes

Rajas Habbu and Kamyar Moradi • October 3, 2018

On Sept. 25, parents of MVHS athletes trickled into the auditorium. All of them wanted to hear PAC, or the Parent Athlete Conference, representative Peter Wood share his thoughts about what role parents...

Q&A with Interact club presidents

Rajas Habbu • September 28, 2018

As a flood of students walked through the doors of F111 on September 20, 2018 for Interacts’ first meeting, each officer is getting more and more excited about how many people were walking through the...

From dream to reality

Rajas Habbu • September 1, 2018

It was February 2016 and I was a freshman, eager to be joining the ranks of the MVHS volleyball team and donning the purple and gold. Throughout tryouts, I’d find myself gazing at the purple championship...