Nestled right in the heart of Kansas City is the Hallmark Visitors Center. As downtown Kansas City declinedwas declining through eras of urban blight, the Hallmark...
Maude Alsept-Beaty is an MTHS 2020 graduate who joined the BSA (Boy Scouts of America), in July of 2019. Since then, she has become one of the first generations of female Eagle Scouts.
Before college,...
Kristin Deven wanted to be a nurse. At least, she thought she did.
“So, Kristin, what do you want to do when you grow up?” people would ask.
From the age of seven, she had the same answer.
“I...
Some people believe that high school doesn’t help individuals grow and learn more about the world around them, but this is certainly not the case for Austin Thiessen.
From being a shy and introverted...
Throughout his four years of high school, senior Jacob Knight had the opportunity to perform in front of thousands of people, participate in an MTHS theater production of “Little Shop of Horrors” and...
You can almost hear her hard work ethic and determination in her voice when the team huddles around her. It is the definition of how she has been able to galvanize and give a resurgence to the women’s...
It was in the shower when freshman Flynn Thomas thought, “What if I was a boy?” He described it as “just another random thought among the millions of others.”
However, the more he thought about...
In “The Book of the Courtier,” Baldassare Castiglione describes the ideal courtier to be athletic, have knowledge of the fine arts and humanities, and have a warrior spirit. The guidelines he set eventually...
As people covered in ash ran past her yelling out for medical attention, her husband said, “Don’t you dare,” on the other end of the line.
An active social worker who found herself at the World...
It’s been 25 years since he stood in the Hawk Dome on the three point line, with sun in his eyes and took the shot. He is now known as the Seattle Chalk Guy, but in 1989 he was Martin Hester, number...
Since he graduated with the class of 1990, MTHS alumnus Josh Henderson has been living out his dream in Seattle as a restaurateur.
Henderson founded multiple businesses in the food industry, including...
She is one of the strongest people you may ever know. You have probably seen her face around school. Maybe you’re her friend, and perhaps she’s in one of your classes.
Odds are, many of you have heard...
