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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

Nick Fiorillo

Nick Fiorillo, Editor-in-Chief

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.

You can view his pressfolio here.

Twitter: @nick_fiorillo

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VIDEO: Meet the new executive ASB officers

By Nick Fiorillo, Editor-in-Chief
April 15, 2015

Editor-in-Chief Nick Fiorillo talks with the newly elect 2015-2016 Executive ASB officers: President Liya Ewing, Vice President Gene An, Secretary Andrea Portugal, Treasurer Kaitlyn Anderson,...

Dynamically Derr

Dynamically Derr

By Nick Fiorillo, Editor-in-Chief
March 17, 2015

As much as we’d like to think we’re in total control of our lives, often it’s only through reflection and retrospect that we can more fully appreciate the influence that...

Roundtable 3

By Nick Fiorillo, Editor in Chief
March 12, 2015

Treasurer Hawkeye Editor-in-Chief Nick Fiorillo interviews treasurer candidates Kaitlyn Anderson and Rosie Lee.

Roundtable 2

By Nick Fiorillo, Editor in Chief
March 12, 2015

Secretary Hawkeye Editor-in-Chief Nick Fiorillo interviews secretarial candidates Andrea Portugal and Tinh Nguyen.

Meet the candidates

By Nick Fiorillo, Editor in Chief
March 12, 2015

Roundtable 1 President, Vice President and Historian Hawkeye Editor-in-Chief Nick Fiorillo interviews presidential candidate Liya Ewing, vice presidential candidate Gene An and...

Roundtable 4

By Nick Fiorillo, Editor in Chief
March 12, 2015

Public Relations Hawkeye Editor-in-Chief Nick Fiorillo interviews public relations candidates Chase Alberts and Irvin Zhang.

Graduates sit waiting for the commencement to begin.

In focus: the Class of 2014

By Nick Fiorillo, Editor-in-Chief
June 13, 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...

Kayla Wheeler: Nothing she can’t do

By Nick Fiorillo, Editor-in-Chief
June 13, 2014

Whether she’s assembling a rocket for rocketry club, delivering a monologue on stage, tinkering with parts for robotics, speaking Spanish to build her fluency, studying for her...

In-Depth Data: The Class of 2014

In-Depth Data: The Class of 2014

By Nick Fiorillo, Editor-in-Chief
June 9, 2014

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. <span...

May 2014 students of the month

May 2014 students of the month

By Nick Fiorillo
June 2, 2014

The Edmonds School District selects two students each month to each of the high schools to recognize their accomplishments and achievements. Go to the ESD website for the complete...

Final exam schedule released

By Nick Fiorillo, Editor-in-Chief
May 27, 2014

Here is the finalized schedule for the upcoming final exams and the last day of school. The new schedule features a normal start time, but the addition of a new review time preceding...

Do you have an accent?

Do you have an accent?

By Nick Fiorillo
December 26, 2013

The New York Times thinks it can guess your area of origination based solely on the way you speak. In a quiz published on the New York Times website on Dec. 21, readers were...

Check the latest election results

Check the latest election results

By Nick Fiorillo
November 5, 2013

Updated Nov. 5, 6:36 p.m.  As vote counts are being finalized for the Nov. 2013 General Election, it's clear that this election was a huge victory for local incumbents. This...

Staff Feature: Tom Boland

Staff Feature: Tom Boland

By Nick Fiorillo
October 22, 2013

An interview with the Magic Man The words “substitute teacher,” immediately evoke negative connotations. Substitutes are often disregarded as clueless, confused and lost. Classes...

MTHS ASB created this poster representing the homecoming schedule. The poster is the first thing students will see as they walk in the doors on Monday.

Homecoming schedule announced

By Nick Fiorillo
October 4, 2013

The schedule for this year's homecoming week has officially been announced. ASB has finished their large homecoming poster that represents the different theme days for the...

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The Mountlake Terrace pot problem

By Nick Fiorillo
April 16, 2013

With the passing of Initiative 502, Mountlake Terrace and cities all across Washington could expect a brand new kind of store to open up: a store that sells marijuana. Tasked...

Terrace’s top issue goes to vote

By Nick Fiorillo
April 15, 2013

Citizens of Mountlake Terrace will again decide the fate of Proposition 1, to build a new civic campus, on April 23. This is the third time Proposition 1 has been brought to the...

Cuplin gets some help from young new friends while working on his Japanese characters.

Cuplin’s Journey: week 2

By Nick Fiorillo
April 8, 2013

Sophomore and Hawkeye staff writer Stephen Cuplin is a now a foreign exchange student, living in Sapporo, Japan. He reflects on his first day of school and life so far away from...

We Day makes history at Key Arena

We Day makes history at Key Arena

By Nick Fiorillo
March 27, 2013

Nearly 30 MTHS students were among 15,000 young people who gathered at Key Arena for We Day Seattle. We Day, presented by Free the Children, is a movement, started in Canada,...

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Lake Ballinger Golf Course will eventually be open for public recreation, but for now the only ones using the course are the geese.

Lake Ballinger Golf Course closes

By Nick Fiorillo
February 11, 2013

The closing of Lake Ballinger Golf Course left the city with a 42 acre ‘passive park’ and the MTHS golf team without a home course. MTHS Golf Coach Tom Gorney said he expects...

Second Red Onion opens

By Nick Fiorillo
February 9, 2013

After fire struck Red Onion Burgers on Oct. 1, it is finally making its comeback. The local burger joint opened up its new restaurant, in a new location. Just a few minutes...

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Local burger joint Red Onion caught on fire on Oct. a, causing the restaurant to close down and is not expected to open for around three to four months.

Fire closes Red Onion

By Nick Fiorillo
October 11, 2012

Local restaurant, The Red Onion, remains closed after it suffered significant fire damage on Oct. 1. No one was hurt during the fire. According to Fire District 1, the fire was...

222nd St. SW detour underway

By Nick Fiorillo
October 9, 2012

The detour of 222nd St. SW continues, while work crews make several improvements to 222nd St. between 44th Avenue W to 39th Avenue W. The detour is scheduled to continue until...

Melt Frozen Yogurt: meltdown

By Nick Fiorillo
September 18, 2012

Fans said goodbye to Mountlake Terrace’s only frozen yogurt store, Melt Waffle and Frozen Yogurt, when it closed for good in late August. Just blocks from MTHS on 212th...

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