The Big Bad Budget
By Nolan DeGarlais and Ritika Khanal
June 3, 2019
Facing a $17.7 million budget deficit for the upcoming school year, the Edmonds School District Board of Directors voted 3-2 to approve a cost-cutting budget that led to an equivalent of 25.2 certificated teachers, an equivalent of 8.5 elementary assistant principals and two instructional technology co...
New book teaches students solidarity
By Nathaniel Reyes, Hawkeye Staff
May 23, 2019
American Born Chinese is a new graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang being introduced to the MTHS English 9 Honors curriculum. If approved, the book would be available for use in any of the district’s classrooms. The book was piloted last iyear by MTHS English teacher Vince DeMiero. The book, DeMiero says,...
Cooking competition crowns champion chef
By Nathaniel Reyes, Hawkeye Staff
May 22, 2019
The Iron Hawk competition, in which Terrace students compete to make the tastiest dish in a limited time span, was held on Wednesday, May 15. After a short delay to find a replacement judge (who turned out to be Kimberly Nelson), the competition began. Twelve students, representing all grades, were d...
Terrace’s writing on the roof
By Nathaniel Reyes, Hawkeye Staff
May 21, 2019
If you’ve viewed our school on Google Maps or Google Earth, you might have noticed the numbers “31-713” on the MTHS roof. Why are they there? What are they for? Well, according to Sheriff Robert Trenary of the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Department, they’re actually obsolete. Sheriff Trenary s...
District mulls cutting teachers as budget deficit looms
By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
May 14, 2019
The Edmonds School District, facing a $17.7 million budget deficit in the 2019-2020 school year, announced that staffing cuts must be made to balance the budget. Under the plan adopted by the ESD Board of Directors during a May 8 meeting, 43 full-time district employees will face termination. Teachers...
Schedules changing for Core 24
By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
May 3, 2019
High school students in Washington state, beginning with this year’s sophomores, must acquire 24 credits over four years to graduate high school. This recent change, put in place by the Washington State Board of Education after a 2014 decision by the state legislature, was implemented in the 2017-201...
Under the weather?
By Annika Prom, Co-Editor-in-Chief
March 27, 2019
Families found themselves stuck indoors during most of February due to the winter storm dubbed the “snowpocalypse.” As a result of the handful of snow days, the school year is now set to end on Thursday, June 27, the fifth snow make-up day. It could have been worse. The graduation dates throughout the Ed...
What is the deal with the Falk heads?
By Theresa Van, Hawkeye Staff
March 26, 2019
Ever since the beginning of the school year, there have been sightings of a certain assistant principal’s head around campus. That is none other than the one and only, Dan Falk. Falk’s head has been posted around school grounds where people may find them, but it remains a mystery as to who is r...
Online component improves flow of registration process
By Nathaniel Reyes, Hawkeye Staff
March 26, 2019
Registration for the school year of 2019-2020 had an extra step added to it, as students were required to input their requested classes into Skyward. The move was made by the MTHS counseling department in an attempt to ease their load during the registration process. Allison Hong is the counselor in charge of r...
2019-2020 Big 6 Election Results
By Ben Eyman
March 7, 2019
Here are the results for the 2019-2020 Big 6 Elections: President - Ciara Laney Vice President - Mckenna Mortensen Secretary - Leonardo Diaz Treasurer - Preston Thrush Public Relations - Vivian Tran Historian - Skyler Knight
District transportation faces snow troubles
By Nathaniel Reyes, Hawkeye Staff
February 26, 2019
The Edmonds School District (ESD) prepares its transportation department for service in snowy weather by putting together snow routes and deciding which individualized routes can be rerouted or have to be canceled. A decision is then made on what routes the buses are able to run early in the morning. St...
School district responds to “snowpocalypse” concerns
By Ritika Khanal and Annika Prom
February 13, 2019
The Edmonds School District (ESD) announced all schools and related programs will be closed Thursday, Feb. 14, due to unsafe weather conditions. This closure marks the ninth snow day affecting the district this school year. Some community members are questioning why school is canceled on Thursday. ...