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

Tick. Tock. TikTok...
Tick. Tock. TikTok...
House of Representatives passes a bill to restrict connections between TikTok and the Chinese Communist Party
April 10, 2024
A total solar eclipse was partially visible on Monday morning. At its peak, approximately 35% of the sun was obscured.
MVHS students and staff see part of a total eclipse
April 10, 2024

MVHS students and staff looked to the sky on April...

Jariwala is currently teaching in the classroom while preparing to become a Teacher Mentor next year.
Classroom to classroom
April 10, 2024

After 16 years of teaching, English Department Lead...

Photos of the article on sexual harassment, currently involved in a censorship lawsuit, published in the April 2023 edition of the MVHS Oracle. Photo by Myesha Phukan | Used with permission
Pressing matters
April 9, 2024

Teacher and student representatives of Mountain View...

Photo courtesy of Rajvansh Gupta | Used with permission
Losing to win
Sophomore Rajvansh Gupta shares his involvement with the chess variant Antichess
April 16, 2024
Creating culture
Creating culture
April 13, 2024

Mixed feelings
Mixed feelings
April 13, 2024

When junior Aruna Venkateswaran visited her father’s...

Various cultural clubs exist around MVHS, hosting events, shows and meetings. | Photos by Dylan Canoglu, Lily Jiang, Michelle Zheng and Yutong Zhong
Club hub
April 13, 2024

Beyond the birds and the bees
Beyond the birds and the bees
Period education should happen in elementary school
April 15, 2024
“I heard that they got a…”
“I heard that they got a…”
April 13, 2024

Gunn High School alum Stanley Zhong’s college application...

Photo illustration by Amberly Sun
Toxic Vista: Fixing our flaws
April 13, 2024

From the outside, Monta Vista High School may seem...

Many female students deal with mansplaining in classroom settings.
Explaining mansplaining
April 12, 2024
Students and staff share their perspectives on guys talking over others
Film fanatics
MV athletes share how watching film of their opponents affects their gameplay
April 13, 2024
The Class of 2025 cheers with pom poms during the Welcome Back Rally.
Hearing Cheering
April 13, 2024

AR: “We say shuttle-, you say -cock” MV...

Badminton Head Coach Russell Okuno gives advice to sophomore Maxim Gutnik after his first set of Varsity 3 Boys Singles against Lynbrook High School.
Sounds of sports
April 13, 2024

Monta Vista High School hosts a variety of sports,...

Playing with pixels
Playing with pixels
April 13, 2024
MVHS students share their experiences with sports video games
Participants of the 2022 ALA Girls State convention in Missouri pose for a selfie. | Courtesy of Apple TV
“Girls State” falls victim to the female empowerment cliches it criticizes
Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine’s documentary sequel tells an average yet endearing chronicle of a teenage-run democracy
April 15, 2024
Syzygy refers to the opposition between two objects, such as the sun and moon | Sonia Verma
La Pluma: Syzygy
April 13, 2024

MVHS’s award-winning literary arts magazine, La Pluma,...

Monta Vista students often participate in a large amount of extracurriculars.
Extra Extracurriculars
April 11, 2024

When MVHS ‘23 alum Elizabeth Lee first joined MVHS’s...

Some popular examples of young adult novels are the Harry Potter book series, the Twilight series and The Hunger Games trilogy.
The book revolution
April 9, 2024

When Literature and AVID teacher Megan Choate was in...

Volume 54, Issue 5, March 16, 2024
Volume 54, Issue 5, March 16, 2024