Federal budget cuts to affect arts, humanities, science
By Nolan DeGarlais, Hawkeye staff
May 1, 2017
Filed under Education, News, School News, U.S. and World News
The Trump administration presented a preliminary 2018 budget covering discretionary federal spending on Thursday, March 16. Discretionary spending covers nearly a third of federal spending and includes non-mandatory spending which pays for defense and other federal agencies. Mandatory spending p...
Schwab hired as assistant superintendent for ESD
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
April 28, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, Education, News, School News
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...
Data analyst pushes students to succeed in STEM fields
By Annika Prom, Lifestyle Editor
April 27, 2017
Filed under Education, News, School News, STEM
Senior data analyst Jason Isley, who has been working at Walt Disney for seven years, met with STEM students during PASS today to explain to them how to succeed in STEM fields, starting with their high school career. He presented in room 125, hosted by science teacher Bryan Smelcer. “If you wan...
Schwab selected as finalist for ESD assistant superintendent position
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
April 25, 2017
Filed under Education, News, School News
Principal Greg Schwab was announced earlier today as a finalist for the position as assistant superintendent for Secondary Schools in Edmonds School District (ESD). The assistant superintendent oversees all principals and other administrators working in ESD middle and high schools, along with othe...
Engineer Peter Block presents to STEM students, shares professional experience
By Ciara Laney, Hawkeye staff
April 21, 2017
Filed under Education, Featured Stories, News, School News, STEM
Engineer Peter Block, who worked on the Saturn V rocket, as well as the Apollo missions with Boeing and Aerojet, spoke with STEM students during PASS today in the Career Center. “My area of interest was analytical,” he said about his work. Block specifically analyzed the safety and reliabil...
School Board President announces she will not seek re-election
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
April 20, 2017
Filed under Education, News, School News
Edmonds School District Board president Susan Phillips announced last week that she will not seek re-election next year. Phillips’s term expires in December 2017, after which a new School Board president will be decided upon. Between the end of her term and the announcement of a new president, a...
Gallery: Key Club organizes toiletry drive products for homeless shelters
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
April 19, 2017
Filed under Education, Featured Stories, Multimedia, News, School News
Key Club separated different products to be divided among the two homeless shelters they would be donating to, Pathways For Women, a homeless shelter designed for abused women and the Cocoon House in Everett, a teen homeless shelter. Members of the club were packed into advisor Kimberly Nelson's classroom...
Robotics team to national competition in Houston
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
April 17, 2017
Filed under Education, Featured Stories, News, School News
The Robotics team, Chill Out 1778, will head to the FIRST Robotics national competition in Houston, Texas later this week. Only 39 teams from the northwest division will advance. The team qualified for the competition for the first time in team history, after having gone twice for winning the “all-s...
Theater to raise overtime wage for manager
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
April 14, 2017
Filed under Education, News, School News
The theater at MTHS will change its overtime rate for the theater manager from $27 an hour to anywhere between $30-32, according to Edmonds School District (ESD) Director of Facilities Brian Harding. The increase, Harding said, is due to the district learning they have not been paying employees enough for working b...
Recognized biologist, nuclear scientist visits to recruit for summer workshop
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
April 14, 2017
Filed under Education, News, School News, STEM
Recognized biologist and nuclear scientist Manoj Pratim Samanta, who received his Ph.D. in Electrical engineering visited MTHS during PASS today to speak with STEM students about share information about his workshop this summer. The workshop, Coding for Medicine, will be held at Bellevue College in ...
Jose Aguiniga gives back to MTHS through new staff position
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
April 14, 2017
Filed under Education, Feature, Featured Stories, News, School News, Teacher Feature
A year and a half later and the job has only gotten better for on-time graduation coordinator Jose Aguiniga. Before MTHS, Aguiniga has gained experience of working with kids and young adults at the Alderwood Boys & Girls Club, the YMCA and Meadowdale Middle School. However, he felt he wanted to c...
Palumbo: McCleary is the “most important thing” right now
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
March 23, 2017
Filed under Education, Feature, Featured Stories, News
And with a final concurrence from Chief Justice Barbara A. Madsen, Washington state was found guilty in the famous Washington state Supreme Court case McCleary v. State. The lawsuit was filed in 2007 by the Network for Excellence in Washington State (NEWS), a statewide coalition that campaigns for...