Schurke blasts off to new horizons
By Jonah Paulsene, Hawkeye Staff
September 9, 2019
Over the summer, MTHS Vice Principal Peter Schurke was promoted to be the planning principal of a new high school opening in the Northshore School District.Schurke is very excited to take on the job and explore the new opportunities that it will bring. “The opportunity to be a planning principa...
Funding, class sizes requirements cause scheduling problems
By Ian Dortsch, Hawkeye Staff
January 19, 2018
Schools tend to have problems with class sizes, and MTHS is no exception. Even this year, the school had problems with organizing the classes students will be taking, some of which you might’ve heard about or experienced yourself. While it may not seem like it, class sizes affect everyone. Because of the amoun...
They’re not the secret service: Administration purchases new earpieces
By Luke Thurber, Sports Co-Editor
November 4, 2013
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In order to allow better hearing around school, MTHS administrators recently purchased five new earpieces. The equipment is being used by the administrators and the head custodian. In total, five staff members received the new earpieces. This equipment cost...
PSAT and PLAN to prepare students for college, beyond
October 10, 2013
On Oct. 16, all sophomores and juniors will be taking the PLAN or PSAT tests. All sophomores will be required to take the PLAN test and all juniors will be required to take the PSAT test. Both the PSAT and PLAN tests give students a sneak peak of the actual SAT and ACT tests. This is t...
Straightening up attendance
By Peter Kidane
December 6, 2011
The administration feels that getting to school on time is important and has a huge impact on learning in the classroom. A few weeks ago, administrators began scanning the barcodes on the ID cards of students who were tardy to school. Their names were also marked down as a way to motivate the stu...