Third successive graffiti threat elicits heightened security measures
By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
June 6, 2018
UPDATE: June 7, 2018 at 1:39 p.m. This article has been updated with information from an email sent to teachers on June 7 about the graffiti threat from the previous day. Events regarding June 6 have been changed to past tense. Edits made by Co-Editor-in-Chief Annika Prom. After school on Wednesday, June 6,...
Fighting for Net Neutrality
By Jonas Rivera, Hawkeye Contributor
December 8, 2017
OPINION/ADVOCACY While the vote is coming up on Dec. 14, the fight for net neutrality is still far from over. One thing YOU can do to save it is as simple as emailing a few people. These leaders of the FCC are AGAINST net neutrality, and plan to vote to kill it. These people want to give power to comp...
Social media post prompts modified school lockdown
By Annika Prom, Co-Editor-in-Chief
September 2, 2017
MTHS went into a modified lockdown yesterday morning following a social media threat that was perceived as a possible threat toward the school. For security measures, police and a greeter were onsite during the school day to ensure the front entrance of MTHS was the only access point to enter the build...
Interim Principal Greg Schellenberg chosen for 2017-2018 school year
By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
August 9, 2017
Greg Schellenberg has been chosen by the Edmonds School District (ESD) to be the interim principal of MTHS for the 2017-2018 school year. This decision was announced by the School Board on July 24 following its decision on June 16 to not offer the position of principal to one of the three finalists f...
Interim principal to lead MTHS next school year
By Annika Prom, Co-Editor-in-Chief
June 16, 2017
MTHS will be led by an interim principal next year, following an announcement from Edmonds School District (ESD) Superintendent Kristine McDuffy in a staff meeting just after 2 p.m. in the theater. McDuffy and outgoing Assistant Superintendent Patrick Murphy announced that the district’s hiring t...
Mumps in ESD, prevention
By Sierra Clark, Graphics Editor
May 11, 2017
The Edmonds School District (ESD) has confirmed a case of the mumps as of May 5 and the affected school has been alerted. Mara Marano-Bianco, the ESD Health Services Program Manager, sent out mumps prevention steps to ESD staff. According to Marano-Bianco, Mumps is a “contagious disease caused by a virusâ€...
ESD subject to phishing emails
By Sierra Clark, Graphics Editor
May 3, 2017
In the past week, students in the Edmonds School District (ESD), as well as others, have been sent phishing emails to their district accounts. These emails are seen as shared Google documents that are sent by other students or even members of the ESD. It is important that, if receiving the phish...
Inslee visits MTHS STEM, jazz, journalism
By Samantha Svikel, Op-Ed Editor
May 1, 2017
Washington state Governor Jay Inslee visited MTHS Friday, at about 1:45 p.m. He first arrived in the STEM hallway as seniors Elizabeth Jurgensen and Natu Abraham were his tour guides during the visit. His first presentation introduced the STEM program and the pathways that are included. Engine...
Schwab hired as assistant superintendent for ESD
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
April 28, 2017
Principal Greg Schwab has been selected to serve as an assistant superintendent starting next school year for the Edmonds School District (ESD). The position will go into effect July 1, for the 2017-2018 school year. ESD Superintendent Kris McDuffy made the announcement earlier today. "Gr...
McDuffy named superintendent
By Paxtyn Merten, News Editor
April 1, 2016
Dr. Kris McDuffy, the current superintendent of the Arlington School District, has been named the new superintendent of the Edmonds School District. Board of Directors Announcement: New Edmonds School District Superintendent (excerpt) The school board made its decision following last night's pu...