The student news site of Mountlake Terrace High School in Mountlake Terrace, Washington.

The Hawkeye

The student news site of Mountlake Terrace High School in Mountlake Terrace, Washington.

The Hawkeye

The student news site of Mountlake Terrace High School in Mountlake Terrace, Washington.

The Hawkeye

Op/Ed

Beware the impact of seasonal depression

Beware the impact of seasonal depression

By Lucas Barquin, Hawkeye Staff
December 14, 2022

Do you ever get that feeling? You come home from school in mid-winter or fall, it’s already dark and you feel like it’s hopeless to even do anything. That could be seasonal...

Ominous cartoon-style drawing of a panel of silhouetted judges forming a semicircle around a scared-looking baby.

SCOTUS ruling could impact Native American sovereignty

By Halle Connell
November 29, 2022

The ICWA (Indian Child Welfare Act) has been in place for more than 43 years. It was enacted in 1978 to protect Native American children from being unlawfully removed from their...

A posed photo of Arabella Devera looking down at her work with a solemn face, holding a pen and listening to music. In the background, other students are blurred, also working on their own schoolwork.

The pressure of perfection and the disastrous consequences

By Arabella Devera
November 28, 2022

If you are currently a student or have ever been one, then you are familiar with that feeling of success and accomplishment when you’ve aced a test or did well on an assignment,...

Cartoon-style turkey looking inconspicuous.

It’s time to reconsider Thanksgiving’s shadowy past

By Lucas Barquin
November 27, 2022

Americans are spending more and more on Thanksgiving each year. In 2021, nearly $1 billion was spent on Thanksgiving turkeys alone. It seems that everything nowadays is commercialized,...

A feathery pencil style sketch of a student wearing headphones and a mask.

Greater understanding needed for student accommodations

By Lucas Barquin
November 27, 2022

With any problem, there always seems to be at least one solution. When it comes to student accommodations in school however, it seems like no one knows exactly how to tackle it....

A silhouetted side profile of someone speaking with a speech bubble.

New policy sets a precedent, now its up to students to make your voices heard

By Staff
November 26, 2022

As journalists, we have the right and responsibility to speak on current events affecting us both locally and in a wider context, reporting the full truth and amplifying voices...

Thankful? Nah. Let’s talk dislike

By Maggie O'Hara and Cecilia Negash
November 24, 2022

Hey there Hawks, ‘tis November. The month for being thankful, and for being a colonist. Everyone had those assignments in elementary school relating to Thanksgiving somehow,...

The hauntings of a young editor

By Cecilia Negash
October 31, 2022

Bonjour, Hawks. Halloween is upon us, also known as Hallow’s Eve. What better way to celebrate this ghoulish season than telling scary stories? Now, I’d rather not deal with...

Its time to stop deadnaming students

It’s time to stop deadnaming students

By Adrian Subaykan
October 21, 2022

Walking into class and seeing a substitute teacher is absolutely terrifying as a trans student. Some teachers say they give a certain list to call out when taking attendance instead...

Caylee Anthony: Justice not served in this tragic case

By Kaitlyn Miller
October 21, 2022

Tuesday, July 15, 2008. 911 received a call from Cindy Anthony, Casey Anthony’s mother, reporting her daughter on suspicion that she had stolen a car and money from the family....

School headshot photo of Spruce Elementary teacher Thea Klever.

The harrowing thoughts of an elementary school teacher

By Thea Klever
September 10, 2022

I got the news while my kids were at recess, and my heart stopped. I walked outside to pick them up and was immediately swarmed with hugs and little hands that wanted to hold mine....

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A mystery to uncover in every case

By Kaitlyn Miller, Op-Ed Editor
September 10, 2022

The first cases I became aware of as a young kid were the shocking discoveries of people finding severed feet washed up onto beaches around the Salish Sea. When I was younger,...

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