Based on the novel of the same name written by Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants is a brilliant movie. Frontman George Clooney plays Matt King, a Hawaiian lawyer and land baron, who faces two simple-yet-complicated problems at the movie’s outset: his wife Elizabeth, played by Patricia Hastie, is comatose from a boating accident, and he [...]
The musical “All Shook Up” has its opening night Jan. 18 and is playing through Jan. 21 for $9. The cast has practiced hard on routine and getting their lines perfect, and have made “All Shook Up” a fantastic musical to see. The musical takes place in the ’50s and is inspired by Elvis Presley’s [...]
INTERHIGH Halfway through November, the MTHS annual canned food drive started. The tournament itself was dubbed “Munch Madness” this year, based off of college basketball’s “March Madness.” It is a single-elimination tournament pitting third period classes against one another. Each class tried to collect more canned food and other monetary donations than their assigned opponent, [...]
There have already been three assemblies since the school year started: the Inspirational Speaker Assembly, the Fall Activities Assembly, and the Homecoming Assembly. The Inspirational Speaker Assembly was to inspire students to “be the bigger elephant” and to prevent bullying. The Fall Activities Assembly introduced the sports teams and helped kick off the year in [...]
There are several extracurricular activities to choose from at school, from sports to drama to student government. Though socialization is a key factor in joining activities outside of school, the benefits extend beyond. A survey of over 300 schools by the Minnesota State High School League showed the average student had a 2.68 GPA, student-athletes [...]
Research has shown that students who are involved in extracurricular activities do better in school than those who aren’t. The good news is that there are many different clubs and activities to join and participate at MTHS. For athletics, the first day of winter sports starts on Nov. 14. This includes men’s and women’s basketball, [...]
Tryouts for the musical “All Shook Up” took place Sept. 13 through Sept. 15. Sept. 13 and 14 were the singing auditions, and Sept. 15 was the dancing auditions. There are 10 lead roles followed by 27 ensemble, bringing a total of 37 that had to be chosen from the nearly 60 who tried out. [...]
Three MTHS students in the past few years have had their work become widely known. Ariana Deboo, a 2010 graduate, has been featured for two songs on iTunes. The first song is “Brand New Bike,” the other is “Swisher Sweet Dreams.” Then for his Senior Project, Nick Terry made a mockumentary called “Prom Night” that [...]
Over the summer, just as every summer, MTHS instrumental music instructor Darrin Faul busied himself with two weeks of band camp. The first week was open to all band students that reached to about 45 students. The second week was a bit more specific to jazz band students that reached about 30 students. The first [...]
Seattle Women’s Chorus (SWC) is coming around again, starting their ninth season on October 1st and 2nd at Benaroya Hall with country music that will be focusing on major female country singers including Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Martina McBride, Dixie Chicks, Tammy Wynette Loretta Lynn, and Anne Murray that they will be calling True Country. [...]
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