Twitter now trending at MTHS
If you have a friend who uses terms such as tweet, hashtags, DMs and retweet, chances are, your friend is using Twitter. Twitter, the social networking and microblogging service, has begun to slowly catch on among MTHS students. It allows users to send and read posts of up to 140 characters. Some use Twitter as [...]
DECA members advance to state
Three out of the 24 members of MTHS DECA who competed in Area two placed into state. The Area two competition was held at the Lynnwood Convention Center on Jan. 11. The three members who placed were: Marissa Gilbraith, who took third place for Accounting Applications; Samantha Evensen, who took fifth place for Marketing Management; [...]
STEM program featured at Terrace starting in 2012-13
The STEM magnet school program is an exciting expansion of the pre-engineering program at MTHS. The STEM program is a 4-year program that consists of powerful combination of studies in science, technology, engineering and math that will be available to all students in the Edmonds School District. MTHS has experienced a significant decline in student enrollment over the past [...]
Tech, capital levy on Feb. 14 ballot
There will be proposition for a new levy to replace Resolution 11-36, Proposition No. 1. on Feb. 14. The new levy, if passed, will have equal rates to the current one. This rate is 44 cents for every $1000 of home valuation. This means that for every $100,000 a home will have $44 of tax [...]
MTHS Giving Tree helps students and families
For most people, the holidays are a time filled with happy festivities, traditions, home cooked feasts and the giving and receiving of gifts. Many low-income families may not be able to afford the costs of the holidays. That is why the freshman ASB started the Giving Tree. The Giving Tree was set up in the [...]
Multicultural Week Performance Interrupted
During a Multicultural Week lunchtime performance on Jan. 10, the club Colores Unidos performed a series of Mexican and Latino dances including Cumbia, Banda, Bachacha and Macarena. However, in the middle of second lunch at 11:41 a.m., freshman Joshua Wyant ran through the group of dancers shirtless. Alex Corona, a Colores Unidos member commented on [...]
“Come To School Late” protest goes bust
About 10-15 MTHS students came to school late to protest administration’s recent practice of scanning the ID cards of students who are late to school at the front door. They were planning to cause a jam of student traffic at the door, but when they arrived, not a single student was carded. The protest was [...]
Enough is enough
Teachers from MTHS, Cedar Way Elementary and Brier Terrace M.S. wave signs to oppose education budget cuts at the intersection of 196th and 44th on Nov. 28. A brisk Monday afternoon after Thanksgiving break didn’t stop teachers from waving signs on the intersection of 196th and 44th advocating against additional cuts to the Washington state [...]
Straightening up attendance
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 students to [...]
Tutorial time is back
In response to the increased failure rate in core subjects, school administrators are reinstating tutorial time which was cut at the beginning of the school year. The tutorial time will start the week of Dec. 12-16. The details of the new tutorial were explained in an email from MTHS principal Greg Schwab to staff on [...]
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