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MVHS alum ‘21 Andie Liu was walking around her college campus with her friend when she was approached by a visitor. The visitor asked “What are you majoring in?” When Liu responded “computer science,” the visitor gave a nod of approval. The visitor then asked Liu’s friend, who said she was majoring in English, but the visitor dissaproved. Liu was no stranger to judgement like this.
Varsity Boys Volleyball defeats Cupertino High School 3-0
Skip to Content Matadors dominate during Senior Night About the Contributors Ethan Eisler, Features Editor Ethan is currently a senior and features editor for El Estoque. In his free time, he enjoys mountain biking, watching sports games and finding new music to listen to. Angela Poon, Staff Writer Angela is currently a sophomore and staff writer for El Estoque. In her free time, she enjoys swimming, trying new stationery, and hanging out with her friends.
Varsity Boys Volleyball defeats Cupertino High School 3-0
Matadors dominate during Senior Night Tags: About the Contributors Ethan is currently a senior and features editor for El Estoque. In his free time, he enjoys mountain biking, watching sports games and finding new music to listen to. Angela is currently a sophomore and staff writer for El Estoque. In her free time, she enjoys swimming, trying new stationery, and hanging out with her friends.
Students start haircut businesses
Small tufts of hair drift to the ground from a pair of sharp silver scissors working around a client’s head of hair. Senior and student barber Vibhav Pata circles his client and changes tools to a razor to skillfully blend the client’s fade. Once he is done, Pata lifts a mirror for his customer to see, watching him inspect his new haircut. The satisfied smile on the client’s face marks another successful haircut in Pata’s business.
Winter Guard and Percussion host the Winter Home Show
MVHS and LHS Winter Guard and Percussion hosted the Winter Home Show on Wednesday, April 4 in the Bettencourt Gym.
How Sophomore Juju Ling found more ways to be expressive
Sophomore Juju Ling describes her queer identity and how it intersects with other parts of her identity After a long day of speeches at the Arizona State University speech tournament, sophomores Juju Ling and Lisa Fan listened to and cried over an adaptation of “Epic: The Musical.” Although Juju did not know Fan very well, the two quickly bonded over musicals like “Epic: The Musical” and shows like “Alien Stage,” as well as other interests such as drawing.
MVHS journalism teacher Julia Satterthwaite’s band Vida Blues plays at Freewheel Brewing
Vida Blues band performs a two hour setlist covering a variety of songs at Freewheel Brewing MVHS Journalism teacher Julia Satterthwaite and her band, Vida Blues, performed a 26-song setlist at Freewheel Brewing Company on March 3, 2025.
A love for LEGO
Blue waves with frothy white edges crest over tiny wooden boats trapped in the sea. The scene is a recreation of Hokusai’s famous painting “The Great Wave off Kanagawa.” However, on closer inspection, the scene doesn’t quite have the same texture as the original wood block painting. That’s because this isn’t just any recreation of Hokusai’s painting — it was created by senior Jayden Peng using only LEGO.
Varsity Boys Basketball falls to Saratoga High School 53-49 in an overtime loss
Varsity Boys Basketball lost to Saratoga High School 53-49 in overtime. After starting out with strong defense, MVHS pulled ahead of SHS by the end of the first half with a score of 19-15. However, SHS kept the game close, and in the final 10 seconds of the game hit a 3-pointer to tie the game 45-45, sending it to overtime. During overtime MVHS and SHS traded 2-point shots until SHS got 2 2-point shots to tip the score in their favor.
MVHS students and staff find joy in homegrown vegetables
As soon as she gets home from school every day, senior Bernice Kwong drops her school bag and rushes to her backyard to see her tomato, herb and cucumber plants that she has been growing since the beginning of the latest season. Like a detective investigating a crime scene, Kwong carefully examines each of her plants for any damage caused by bugs or other critters.
The musical journey of MVHS senior Iris Shi
EE: Hi there! My name is Ethan Eisler, and my name is Samuel Teo, and today we are joined by senior and co-concertmaster Xinyan Shi. Shi has played violin since fourth grade and was recently appointed co-concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. EE: How did you get into playing violin? XS: I started playing violin in fourth grade when I was nine years old.
FUHSD announces it will continue to phase out Japanese at MVHS during board meeting
FUHSD Coordinator of Data and Assessment Brooke Chan delivered a presentation on the state of World Language enrollment at FUHSD schools during a FUHSD board meeting at the District Office on Tuesday, Nov. 12. After Chan’s presentation, Associate Superintendent Trudy Gross and Chan recommended that the district continue phasing out Japanese at both MVHS and Cupertino High School, as well as French at Fremont High School.
The troubles of mandatory military service
Looking through the scope of a rifle, former Emergency Medical Technician for the Israeli military Orr Sharpe aims her weapon at a target. Before she pulls the trigger, Sharpe shuts her eyes in fear and fires her shots, missing all of them. This is the third time that Sharpe has attempted the shooting exercises, and the third time she has failed them. Fortunately for her, an officer overseeing the exercises decides to pass her, understanding that she will be an EMT and won’t be doing much fighting.
Japanese language students push to keep Japanese class
Japanese language students at MVHS have campaigned to keep the Japanese language courses amidst FUHSD’s plans to phase the course out. In April of 2023, the district announced that the Japanese program at MVHS would be phased out starting in the 2024-2025 school year and finishing in the 2028-2029 school year.
A citizen’s conundrum
While vacations often signal relaxation, for Chinese teacher Zoey Liu, it was quite the opposite this past year. Liu was planning an international trip to Britain when she ran into a problem: because she was a Chinese citizen, she had to apply for a tourist visa, which required mountains of paperwork and an interview that impacted her work schedule. Unfortunately, the process took too long, and with her departure date coming up, Liu had no choice but to pay extra money to expedite her application.
Mindful Expression
Senior Farida Elgebaly breathes a sigh of relief as she finishes the final strokes of her painting of a storybook scene, then checks with her reference image again to make sure the painting is synonymous with what she initially intended to create. Upon the completion, Elgebaly can feel the stress melt away as she finds peace. Elgebaly first started art lessons in elementary school, and after discovering her love for the activity, she continued making art in her own free time.
Baseball loses to Fremont High School 3-2
Varsity Baseball fell to Fremont High School 3-2 on Friday, May 9. Although MVHS led 2-1 for most of the game, FHS scored two more runs in the 7th inning and the 8th inning after Varsity Baseball chose to walk a few batters. Pitcher and Freshman Joseph Muria says that the team needed to play with higher energy and play better during close games. “We tried to come out of the gate with higher energy which worked, but unfortunately, we couldn’t keep it,” Muria said.
Duke Shifts Scoring of College Essays
Duke University made the decision to stop giving its applicant’s essays a numerical rating as a part of its holistic review for the 2023-2024 admissions cycle. The decision was made to combat the rise of text generative AI. Instead of scoring an applicant’s writing style, the university opted to only consider the topic and content of their essays.
Eating Local
Local Kitchens, a Bay Area restaurant chain that serves food from a variety of restaurants, aims to hold 50 fundraisers across all locations every business quarter. Most recently, Local Kitchens has held fundraisers with both MVHS Girls Basketball and Orchestra to help meet the fundraising goals of both parties. “Our mission is to bring communities together,” Local Kitchens Community Development Lead Marggi De Lusignan said.
Fremont High School hosts 2024 IDC Fantastics Rally
FUHSD schools attend 2024 IDC Fantastics rally to participate in games and watch various performances February 5, 2024 The IDC Fantastics rally was held at Fremont High School on Feb. 2, 2024. Students from all five schools in the district attended the rally to participate in games and watch performances from dance clubs and bands. Junior and Class Officer Peter Chen says that MVHS showed up with a lot of energy at the rally.
New Olympic sports
The 2024 Paris Olympics are coming back after eight years and a canceled 2020 Olympics with four additional sports: skateboarding, breaking, surfing and sport climbing. decided to include the four sports to set a new standard for inclusive, gender-balanced and youth-centered games. However, some participants in these sports believe that the sports will face certain challenges as they attempt to reach a wider audience at the next Olympics.
Boys Soccer loses to Fremont High School 4-1
Varsity Boys Soccer fell 4-1 to Fremont High School on Monday, Nov. 27, marking its first loss of the season. FHS scored two goals while the Matadors scored one in the first half — however, FHS scored two more goals during the second half due to [was there a breakdown in communication or anything like that?]. After the team’s first draw against Aragon High School, junior and center back Justin Chen claims that a lack of communication within the team was a major reason for its loss.
Elders in policymaking
Alan is currently a junior and a Features Editor for El Estoque. He is an active member of MV Speech & Debate and enjoys exploring technology. In his free time, he plays video games, messes with people and scours the internet for random topics that pique his interest.
Field Hockey falls to Saratoga High School 2-1
Varsity Field Hockey lost 2-1 to Saratoga High School on Monday, Oct. 10. MVHS and SHS each scored a goal by the end of the first half. However, SHS took the lead with a goal in the third quarter. Even with a few offensive pushes, MVHS was unable to score another goal, losing the game 2-1. Junior and midfielder Indu Devakonda attributes the loss to the lack of communication. She says this is something that the team will need to work on for their future games.
Acting with Jiya
MVHS alum ‘23 and UCLA freshmen Jiya Singh dresses up as a 50 year old man. She steps onto the stage in the auditorium to perform in MVHS’ fall play “Peter and the Starcatcher.” Singh said that she was originally uncomfortable in this new role, but that she became more comfortable as the show went on. Soon, Singh said that the mostly elementary and middle school audience began to laugh at her performance, in a good way.
Field Hockey beats Cupertino High School 3-1
Varsity Field Hockey won 3-1 against Cupertino High School on Wednesday, Sept. 7, marking its second preseason victory. After neither team scored in the first quarter, junior and forward Tvisha Jain was able to break the tie with a goal. The team scored one goal in both the second and third quarters, allowing the team to win despite a late fourth quarter goal from CHS. Senior and defender Olivia Ho says that the team’s effective passing and communication led to their victory.
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