El Estoque

Creating culture

Alan Tai, Kathryn Foo, Riya Murthy, Leah Desai, Lindsey Tang, Stephanie Zhang, Arshiya Sen, and Lauren Chuu • April 13, 2024

Sounds of sports

Manas Kottakota, Daphne Huang, Ethan Yang, Ethan Kellogg, Kaia Yuan, Trisha Sannappanavar, and Lillian Wang • April 13, 2024

Monta Vista High School hosts a variety of sports, each using varying methods of sound to convey messages in each sport. To learn more about how athletes, coaches and parents involve music, pep-talks and...

Toxic Vista: Fixing our flaws

Sagnik Nag Chowdhury, Crystal Cheng, Taryn Lam, Kalyani Puthenpurayil, Liz Liu, Eshika Tiwari, Arushi Singh, and Amberly Sun • April 13, 2024

From the outside, Monta Vista High School may seem like the ideal high school: numerous AP courses, top national rankings and more. However, step inside and find that there is more to it than meets the...

The golden city

Samika Bhatkar, Corinna Kuo, Pranati Kotamraju, Jami Lim, Sania Nadkarni, Brandon Wang, and Michelle Zheng • April 9, 2024

Off-court champs

Manas Kottakota, Daphne Huang, Lillian Wang, Trisha Sannappanavar, Kaia Yuan, Ethan Yang, and Ethan Kellogg • March 11, 2024

From photographers to student athletes to the athletic director, MVHS sports requires a variety of often overlooked roles that play a crucial role in the sports community. CLICK HERE to learn about these...

Fearing the inevitable

Sagnik Nag Chowdhury, Crystal Cheng, Kalyani Puthenpurayil, Taryn Lam, Amberly Sun, Liz Liu, Arushi Singh, and Eshika Tiwari • March 9, 2024

As students grow up and gain more experience in their lives, they start to develop various fears in the different facets of life. While many of these fears can be mitigated, oftentimes these fears play...

State of the art

Samika Bhatkar, Jami Lim, Michelle Zheng, Brandon Wang, Corinna Kuo, Pranati Kotamraju, and Sania Nadkarni • March 9, 2024

Raising Funds

Meggie Chen, Ethan Eisler, Aletheia Ju, Aidan Ruan, Joyce Li, Sarah Liu, Brandon Xu, and Eric Zhou • March 9, 2024

Work hard, play hard

Lauren Chuu, Leah Desai, Kathryn Foo, Riya Murthy, Arshiya Sen, Alan Tai, Lindsey Tang, and Stephanie Zhang • March 9, 2024

Education legislation

Ethan Kellogg, Taryn Lam, Liz Liu, Kalyani Puthenpurayil, Lindsey Tang, Brandon Wang, Brandon Xu, and Eric Zhou • January 28, 2024

With the start of the new year, multiple new laws on education in California have gone into effect. From increased funding for mental healthcare to bans on book bans, click here to find out more about...

Unfolding Cupertino city limits

Meggie Chen, Crystal Cheng, Aletheia Ju, Sagnik Nag Chowdhury, Aidan Ruan, Trisha Sannappanavar, Ethan Yang, and Michelle Zheng • January 28, 2024

As author Kelly Loy Gilbert once said in her book Picture Us in the Light, "Cupertino is a bubble," and within this bubble many of us find ourselves surviving but not truly living. From high housing prices...

Stepping into a new year of sports

Manas Kottakota, Daphne Huang, Sania Nadkarni, Lauren Chuu, Stephanie Zhang, Arshiya Sen, and Ethan Eisler • January 28, 2024

From year to year, the sports world hosts a variety of new implementations and changes. CLICK HERE to view an exploration of the recent rises of 2023 and changes for 2024.