In focus: the Class of 2014
As the graduates of the Class of 2014 move on to the next chapter in their lives, we look back on their triumphs and origins. See the MTHS graduating class like you’ve never seen it before. Using the different tabs and controls below, you can explore the post high school plans of the Class of 2014.
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Snapshots of the Senior Class The Hawkeye chose 13 seniors to feature. These seniors have accomplished great things in a large variety of fields. Meet these incredible graduates.
Kayla Wheeler
READ MORE: Nothing she can’t do
Mykhailo Verlan
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READ MORE: Verlan’s violin gives grace to terrace ears
Calvin Martin
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READ MORE: Acting, performing, kumquats and meteorites
Katie Beth Higgins
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READ MORE: Education for the next generation
Yoel Tekle
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READ MORE: Basketball an outlet for talented Tekle
Barbara Biney
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READ MORE: Biney’s journey is just beginning
Maddy Kristjanson
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READ MORE: wonder woman: what can’t Maddy do?
Lucy Schermer
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READ MORE: A perfect mix of passion and grace
Greg Bowman and Loren LaCasse
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READ MORE: Dynamic duo leaves Terrace with a bang
Chris Ryder
READ MORE: musician, actor, singer, improv comedian
Senait Zerom

Nick Fiorillo is the Editor-in-Chief of the Hawkeye and thehawkeye.org. This is Nick's second year of serving as editor. Last year, he led the Hawkeye in one of the organization's most dramatic transformations in decades, replacing the broadsheet newspaper with a feature based newsmagazine and an emphasis on online content.
Prior to serving as editor-in-chief, Nick was the local news editor during his sophomore year and was a staff reporter during his freshman year.
Nick was named as the 2014 Free Spirit Scholar from Washington state, and traveled to Washington, D.C. as the Washington state delegate to the 2014 Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference. He has received several state and national awards for journalism, including several JEA National Write-off Competition Awards. He was recently awarded the rating of "Superior" for Editorial Writing at the Spring 2014 JEA/NSPA High School Journalism Conference in San Diego, Calif.
His interests include journalism, politics, public policy, law and education. He plans on attending a four-year university and majoring in political science and social policy.
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