Student support group combats addiction issues
By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
November 19, 2018
Filed under News, School News
In September, the teen support group Alateen resumed operations at MTHS for the 2018-2019 school year. The group, which is advised and managed by MTHS counselor Julianne Peterson during its weekly Thursday meetings, is affiliated with the national Al-Anon Family Groups program and exists to support s...
The devastating impact of prescription drug abuse hits home
By Nick Fiorillo, Editor-in-Chief
June 13, 2014
Filed under Feature
Young people among top Rx drug abusers Prescription drug abuse-related deaths have made national headlines in recent years – particularly in deaths involving celebrities, such as Heath Ledger, who died in 2008 from a drug overdose. But celebrities are not the only ones to abuse prescription drugs and pay the u...
Drugs a key factor in former student’s homicide
By Nick Fiorillo, Editor-in-Chief
March 31, 2014
Filed under News, School News
Police have confirmed that drugs played a role in the homicide of 2011 MTHS graduate Forest Jackson early Saturday morning. Mountlake Terrace Police Department (MTPD) Commander Doug Hansen said the suspect in the homicide, 20-year-old former MTHS student Toby Sauceda, was under the influence of drugs...