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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

Nolan DeGarlais

Nolan DeGarlais, Editor-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief Nolan DeGarlais is in his senior year of high school and is a fourth-year staff member of the Hawkeye. This year, Nolan hopes to lead the Hawkeye in coverage of all of the events that have the potential to impact the school community. Nolan also hopes to further develop the Hawkeye as an editor and a leader by helping other staff members to be successful in all aspects of journalism, including writing, graphics, photography and design. Under his leadership, Nolan hopes that the Hawkeye will continue to shine as one of the top student publications in the state and nation. In his free time, he enjoys reading, hiking, watching movies and spending time with friends.

All content by Nolan DeGarlais

Hope is on the horizon

By Nolan DeGarlais, Editor-in-Chief
March 2, 2020

Sitting down at my desk after getting home from school each day, I often immediately open up a tab, navigate to the school’s calendar and then search for the next school break....

Food drive helps neighbors in need

By Nolan DeGarlais, Editor-in-Chief
December 28, 2019

Throughout November, Terrace students watch as the back end of the HUB is gradually filled with canned and boxed food items donated by students, staff and community members. This...

Happy holidays from Walden Pond

By Nolan DeGarlais, Editor-in-Chief
December 24, 2019

December has always appeared to me as a month of sharp dichotomies. Its most common image is that of holiday festivities and the familiar Christmas trees, delicately wrapped presents...

Lighting the torch of justice

By Nolan DeGarlais, Editor-in-Chief
November 28, 2019

At this point, it has become a cliché to say that we live in an increasingly polarized society. By now, we all know the story that always seems to be on an endless loop in the...

Fostering Terrace community

By Nolan DeGarlais
October 30, 2019

October has arrived yet again, bringing with it the familiar dreary weather and increasing pace of the school year. As assignments begin to pile up, the sun sets ever earlier and...

House launches impeachment inquiry

House launches impeachment inquiry

By Nolan DeGarlais, Editor-in-Chief
October 10, 2019

Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi authorized the launch of an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on September 24. These proceedings began in...

New year, new expression

By Nolan DeGarlais
September 12, 2019

With each new school year comes a predictable cycle, at least for those of us who are returning to the now familiar high school routine. For at least a quarter of MTHS students,...

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...

Schedules changing for Core 24

By Nolan DeGarlais
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...

Assistant Principal Dan Falk informs Robert Reichle's third period English 9 class of impending schedule changes. Reichle also had his first period AP Literature class affected as one of the six cut in the face of lower-than-expected attendance numbers.

Periods cut, teachers travel

By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
October 19, 2018

  Editor's Note: This version of the story is an update of the original story that appeared in print in the October issue of the Hawkeye. The names of teachers Daniel...

A veteran of school music activities, senior Tunny Parrish plays the vibraphone in  fth period percussion ensemble. Parrish has participated in school musicals, the pep band, and the drumline.

Transcendence

By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
June 18, 2018

Tunny Parrish has been many things. Not only has he been a member of STEM leadership, the drumline and the percussion ensemble, but he has also been an active member in the MTHS...

MTHS students, shaken up after the June 7th shooting scare, line up outside the attendance office to be excused for the remainder of the school day.

Threats cause disruption, fear

By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
June 14, 2018

Several threats to school safety during the week of June 4 to June 8. The threats culminated on Thursday, June 7, when the MTHS campus entered a state of total lockdown by administration...

A helping hand

By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
May 14, 2018

Latisha Williams has been passionate about lending a helping hand to those less fortunate than herself since high school. With her new job as a social worker and student support...

Pictured from left to right: Treasurer Eugene Seubert, Vice President Rosie Lee, President Brianna Houtman, Secretary Samantha Garcia Perez, Historian Kennedy Cooper and Public Relations Coordinator Andy Shaw.

The revised Constitution

By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
January 19, 2018

The Associated Student Body (ASB) proposed amendments to the ASB constitution in an email sent out schoolwide on Jan. 3. The amendment process began over the summer of 2017 when...

Former MTHS English teacher dies at 63

By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
December 25, 2017

Former MTHS English and social studies teacher Gaynelle Derr died in December 2017 at the age of 63. Derr taught at MTHS for 11 years until her retirement in 2015 for medical reasons....

Graphic created by Emma Holbrook

Out with the old, in with the new

By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
November 2, 2017

Textbooks are an inescapable part of modern American public education. The vast majority of schools, from the elementary to college level, use textbooks in a variety of courses...

Graphic created by Tessa King

Over crowded classes

By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
September 22, 2017

As the new school year begins, those who are returning to MTHS may find some of their classes are overcrowded, with some classes having over 36 students to one teacher. This drastic...

Photo provided by Mark Burbank

First national win for TSA

By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
September 22, 2017

Members of the MTHS Technology Student Association (TSA) attended the 2017 National TSA Conference at the Rosen Shingle Creek hotel in Orlando, Florida from June 21-25. Eight sophomores...

Schwab's graduating

Schwab’s graduating

By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
June 17, 2017

Greg Schwab has served the MTHS community for the past 13 years as its principal. Throughout those 13 years, he has become an inseparable member of the community and has become...

Pledge to pledge

Pledge to pledge

By Nolan DeGarlais, Hawkeye staff
May 1, 2017

The Pledge of Allegiance, familiar to most involved in the American education system, has created much controversy over the course of its nearly 125-year long existence. The official...

51-50

By Nolan DeGarlais, Hawkeye staff
March 24, 2017

The closest presidential cabinet confirmation vote in United States history was made on Tuesday, Feb. 7. The Senate voted 51-50 to confirm Betsy DeVos as the 11th Secretary of...

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