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The Stampede

The official news publication of Monte Vista High School.

The Stampede

The official news publication of Monte Vista High School.

The Stampede

The San Ramon Valley Unified School District’s 2024 - 2025 adopted budget. The charts showed revenues by source and expenditures by type, totalling under $500,000. Courtesy of San Ramon Valley Unified School District's Budget and Fiscal Services.

The Price of Learning: SRVUSD Budget Cuts

Emma Phillips, Social Media Manager March 20, 2025

     While Monte Vista is considered a prestigious school, the San Ramon Valley Unified School District (SRVUSD) is in the bottom fourth percentile of funded districts across California. Over the...

The NASDAQ Composite graph. Stock sales showed a sharp increase on election day and when Donald Trump was elected president. Courtesy of Apple Stocks.

Red, White, and Blue Versus Green: The Election Versus the Stock Market

Emma Phillips, Social Media Manager March 20, 2025

      As the 2024 election results were released, the stock market has shown significant changes. This is due to sellers and buyers anticipating new economic policies. Thus, many are trading various...

Inside Monte Vista’s Wellness Center. The space was decorated with couches, chairs, and pillows so students could relax. Image courtesy of MVHS Counseling.

Investing in Mustangs’ Mental Health

Emma Phillips, Social Media Manager March 4, 2025

       Since the opening of the Wellness Center (WC) in 2021, students have utilized the space to take a break from daily stressors. Students are allowed to leave class to talk with the WC...

Trump signing executive orders alongside children (ABC News)

A Brief Look at the First Two Months in Office

Amaya Jalal, Reporter March 4, 2025

    America has seen a lot of change just in the past few months. We’ve entered a new presidency albeit with familiar faces, but lots of new ideas and action. The White House says President Trump signed...

Teachers gather on the sidewalk along Stone Valley Road in front of the senior parking lot holding signs to raise awareness about the direct impact SRVUSD budget cuts will have on students.

Teachers Advocate for Students Amidst Budget Cuts

Evelyn Gase and Danya Omair March 4, 2025

Teachers lined up along the front of Monte Vista holding signs of protests and concerns after the Board of Education released the budget reduction plan, starting with a devastating cut of $26 million....

First responders extinguishing palisades fire - courtesy of Capital Public Radio

City of Angels, City of Ruin

Sydney Gross, Reporter January 31, 2025

   Just seven days into 2025, regions all across the Los Angeles county experienced five separate fire outbreaks. While fires are not an abnormal occurrence for California, first responders and residents...

Tick Tock, TikTok

Tick Tock, TikTok

Danya Omair and Evelyn Gase January 31, 2025

     The time for the ‘Apple’ dance, ‘Renegade’, get-ready-with-mes, and celebrity edits seemed to be coming to an end Saturday evening, just hours before midnight, as TikTok began to shut...

Adam Schiff in June, 2023 in front of the U.S. Capitol.

2024 Senate Election

TJ Nagarkar, Sports Editor November 19, 2024

     In November, 34 states will hold elections for the Senate. In California, two candidates are fighting for the opportunity to be the next senator in office, one of them being a Monte Vista alumnus:...

Many teachers require students to put their phones in a phone jail. Students have often put burner phones in the place of their real ones to avoid getting caught.

The Future of Phones at MV

Noelle Choi and Evelyn Gase September 24, 2024

     In this day and age, there aren’t many students around the world who don’t carry a phone with them 24/7. Soon, students might not be able to have all of these privileges. The days of phone-free...

Will BART become more bearable?

Srishti Mazumder March 24, 2024

     BART has been supplying rides to the people of the Bay Area since 1964, connecting different parts of the Bay Area through one swift train ride. Now, this public transport system is going through...

Downtown Danville Improvements

Maksim Korostelev March 24, 2024

   With the start of a new year there are many upcoming changes coming to Danville one of which being the Catalyst Project estimated to begin construction between April and May. The project is said...

College Anticipation and its Challenges

Tyler Choi and Theo Lee February 15, 2024

     While seniors eagerly await their college decisions, they find themselves in a state of anticipation, wondering what their future holds.       Most seniors have finished submitting all...

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