Threats cause disruption, fear
By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
June 14, 2018
Filed under Featured Stories, News, School News
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 at approximately 11:14 a.m. through an announcement over the intercom. This total lockdown lasted until approxima...
Know your rights
By Sierra Clark, Graphics Editor
May 14, 2018
Filed under News, School News
“Know your rights,” say The Clash in their protest song of the same name, which highlights differences they observed between the rights — the right not to be killed, the right to food money, and the right to free speech — that people seem to have and the rights that are actually enforced. Students, like The Clash, have the r...
Schwab’s graduating
By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
June 17, 2017
Filed under Feature, Lifestyle, Special Edition
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 the well known and friendly face of the school’s administration. Now, Schwab is leaving his principal role to assume th...
Interim principal to lead MTHS next school year
By Annika Prom, Co-Editor-in-Chief
June 16, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, News, School News
MTHS will be led by an interim principal next year, following an announcement from Edmonds School District (ESD) Superintendent Kristine McDuffy in a staff meeting just after 2 p.m. in the theater. McDuffy and outgoing Assistant Superintendent Patrick Murphy announced that the district’s hiring t...
Schwab hired as assistant superintendent for ESD
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
April 28, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, Education, News, School News
Principal Greg Schwab has been selected to serve as an assistant superintendent starting next school year for the Edmonds School District (ESD). The position will go into effect July 1, for the 2017-2018 school year. ESD Superintendent Kris McDuffy made the announcement earlier today. "Gr...
Jose Aguiniga gives back to MTHS through new staff position
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
April 14, 2017
Filed under Education, Feature, News, School News, Teacher Feature
A year and a half later and the job has only gotten better for on-time graduation coordinator Jose Aguiniga. Before MTHS, Aguiniga has gained experience of working with kids and young adults at the Alderwood Boys & Girls Club, the YMCA and Meadowdale Middle School. However, he felt he wanted to c...
MTHS holds community forum about safety
By Samantha Svikel, Op-Ed Editor
January 12, 2017
Filed under News, School News
The MTHS administration held a community forum on Monday, January 9th in the theatre due to gun related events that occurred on Wednesday, January 4th and Friday, January 6th. Principal Greg Schwab has said these events were unrelated. Parents from the Mountlake Terrace and Brier areas came to learn...
Schwab: “[The photo] was not intended to be a threat”
By Sierra Clark, Graphics Editor
January 4, 2017
Filed under News, School News
An MTHS student was emergency expelled Jan. 4 after posting an image of a pile of bullets with the caption “be prepared” on Instagram. The expulsion was announced through emails and other district media following an eventful day that saw 28 percent of the students were absent, though many of those ...
Student verbally harassed on walk to school
By Sierra Clark, Graphics Editor
May 2, 2016
Filed under News, School News
At approximately 9:10 this morning, a female student was verbally harassed on her way to school. Principal Greg Schwab clarified that the student does not attend any morning classes. The student was walking near 44th Avenue and 212th when a male driving a black Mazda 3 drove past her, going the ...
UPDATE: Former student charged with third-degree rape
By Paxtyn Merten, News Editor
April 16, 2016
Filed under News, School News
UPDATE: 16 APRIL 2016 The former MTHS student who was emergency expelled in January (see below) under suspicion of sexual assault has been formally charged with third-degree rape – a felony – by Snohomish County prosecutors, according to court papers. The 17-year-old male is being charged as a...
Get in the game now
By Stephi Smith, Executive Editor
May 4, 2015
Filed under Feature
It wasn’t until after he graduated that MTHS alumnus Michael Boxley decided on his career as a behavior coordinator. However, it was in Terrace classrooms and hallways that he took the necessary steps to get there. “I think [MTHS] had a considerable impact on furthering my education when it came to th...
Police arrest student in connection to December bomb threats
By Nick Fiorillo and Stephi Smith
January 15, 2015
Filed under Featured Stories, News, School News
Updated 1/15/15, 8:20 p.m. An MTHS student was arrested earlier today in connection to bomb threats phoned in to the attendance office on Dec. 4, according to Principal Greg Schwab. Mountlake Terrace Police Department (MLTPD) detectives arrested the student, who is a minor, in the main office, ...