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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

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Testing is detrimental to students’ mental health

By Lucas Barquin, General Staff May 9, 2023

As we get closer to testing season, a lot of students are experiencing higher levels of anxiety. This can affect their everyday lives, including students' physical, mental and academic health. So, how...

Beware the impact of seasonal depression

Beware the impact of seasonal depression

By Lucas Barquin, Hawkeye Staff December 14, 2022

Do you ever get that feeling? You come home from school in mid-winter or fall, it’s already dark and you feel like it’s hopeless to even do anything. That could be seasonal depression. Seasonal depression...

A posed photo of Arabella Devera looking down at her work with a solemn face, holding a pen and listening to music. In the background, other students are blurred, also working on their own schoolwork.

The pressure of perfection and the disastrous consequences

By Arabella Devera November 28, 2022

If you are currently a student or have ever been one, then you are familiar with that feeling of success and accomplishment when you’ve aced a test or did well on an assignment, as you rightfully should...

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State law supports mental health

By Maggie O'Hara and Cecilia Negash September 12, 2022

Starting this school year, students in Washington State will be allowed to take excused absences for mental health reasons without needing a doctor’s note or medical diagnosis. This change comes as a...

A natural on stage, at home in the spotlight

By Arabella Devera June 16, 2022

Set? Check. Lights? Check. Costume? Check. Makeup? Check. As the red curtain rises, senior Hannah Fisker-Anderson prepares herself for the stage. She clears her mind and calms herself down. In an instant,...

Gov. Inslee to require K-12 schools to provide in-person instruction

By Ritika Khanal March 12, 2021

All students in the state of Washington will return to a form of in-person instruction by mid-April of 2021, Gov. Jay Inslee announced on Friday, March 12. This proclamation comes almost exactly a year...

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 temperatures grow more...

Silencing the stigma around mental illness

By Marianne Nacanaynay, OP-ED Editor May 14, 2018

May being Mental Health Awareness Month, it’s time to have a greater conversation not just on how to take care of your mental health or on improving mental health education, but on the stigma itself....

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