Mountlake Terrace High School
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Mountlake Terrace High School is a public high school in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, and is part of the Edmonds School District
. The school is also known for its high-performing student newspaper (the Hawkeye) and its jazz band. The school received attention when it became the first suburban High School in the nation to adopt the experimental Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Small Schools project. Due to budget constraints, this program was discontinued as of the 2008-09 school year.
educational program that helps give middle and high school students the rigorous ground-level education they need to develop strong backgrounds in science and engineering. The High School offers engineering and robotics classes that offer college and university level credit if an AP exam is taken. Approximately 100 students are enrolled in this program.
In September 2003 the school reorganized under five "small schools," each with a different emphasis: the Terrace Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Discovery School, the Innovation School, the Renaissance School and the Achievement, Opportunity and Scholarship School. The school received a $833,000 grant in return for their participation. The effort had been met with mixed reactions. Students were to stay in a school until their Junior year, or file a petition with an Administrator to transfer.
Mountlake Terrace's Theatre sports team has been much accredited for their superior performance capabilities two years straight, winning first place at Market Place Theater's "Hogan Cup", an improvisational performance competition between Terrace and schools around the greater Seattle area.
Music festival and Central Washington University
's music festival, and also has gone on several European tours. There are 3 concert bands and 2 jazz bands. The jazz band is well decorated on local, national, and international levels with performances at festivals and competitions all over the world. They have gone to the Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival and Competition in New York in 2000, 2002, 2005, and 2008; they placed 3rd in the competition in 2005 and in 2011, they also received an honorable mention in 2002. The Jazz band has also gone on several European tours. The top jazz choir, Dynamics, was a winner of the Lionel Hampton jazz festival in Idaho, 2009, the third win in a row for the choir. Dynamics is one of the best choirs in all of the northwest and winning the Lionel Hampton jazz festival is nothing new to them. Mountlake Terrace is also known for their all girls audition choir, Accents, as well as having a non-audition Chamber Choir. The MTHS orchestra has also been recognized with annual trips to Gresham, OR and other places.
Football Boys, Girls Volleyball, Boys Tennis, Cross Country, Girls Soccer, Girls Swimming, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Boys Swimming, Wrestling, Track and Field, Soccer, Girls Tennis, Boys Baseball, Girls Fastpitch Softball, Golf (Boys & Girls).
The 2005 football team had the best record in twenty years for the school, with a 5-5 record. The 2005 team had four players move onto Junior College at Ventura Community College. In 2008 the team amounted a 4-6 record, concluding with a victory over Monroe High School. In 2009 the team went 6-4 and made it to the playoffs for the first time in school history.
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The Fight song is to the tune of the University of Michigan
's fight song, and the chorus is as follows:
Hail to the Hawks so valiant
Hail to the conquering heroes
Hail to the Terrace Hawks
The leaders of the West
Edmonds School District
Edmonds School District No. 15 is a school district that serves the communities of Edmonds, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Woodway and portions of Brier and unincorporated Snohomish County in the state of Washington.-High schools:*Edmonds Woodway High School...
. The school is also known for its high-performing student newspaper (the Hawkeye) and its jazz band. The school received attention when it became the first suburban High School in the nation to adopt the experimental Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Small Schools project. Due to budget constraints, this program was discontinued as of the 2008-09 school year.
Academics
As of the 2008-2009 school year Mountlake Terrace High School is a registered Project Lead The Way magnet school. Project Lead The Way is a national STEMSTEM
STEM can refer to*STEM fields – an acronym for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics*Scanning transmission electron microscopy...
educational program that helps give middle and high school students the rigorous ground-level education they need to develop strong backgrounds in science and engineering. The High School offers engineering and robotics classes that offer college and university level credit if an AP exam is taken. Approximately 100 students are enrolled in this program.
In September 2003 the school reorganized under five "small schools," each with a different emphasis: the Terrace Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Discovery School, the Innovation School, the Renaissance School and the Achievement, Opportunity and Scholarship School. The school received a $833,000 grant in return for their participation. The effort had been met with mixed reactions. Students were to stay in a school until their Junior year, or file a petition with an Administrator to transfer.
Theater department
Mountlake Terrace's Theater Company, or the MTTC, has been nationally recognized as one of the top in the nation. The current director, Jeannie Brzovic, makes sure of this every year. Last summer (2009), the cast and crew of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska to perform (twice) at the International Thespian Festival. This honor is only given to select high school theater departments throughout the nation, and rarely has ever been given to first-time participants (as the MTTC had been).Mountlake Terrace's Theatre sports team has been much accredited for their superior performance capabilities two years straight, winning first place at Market Place Theater's "Hogan Cup", an improvisational performance competition between Terrace and schools around the greater Seattle area.
Music program
Mountlake Terrace High School is best known for its exceptional music program. The MTHS music department is recognized nationally and internationally for its excellence. The top wind band, Chamber Winds, frequently performs at local music festivals, such as the University of WashingtonUniversity of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
Music festival and Central Washington University
Central Washington University
Central Washington University, often abbreviated CWU, is a public university in Ellensburg, Washington in the United States.This location was selected by the state legislature as a consolation prize after Ellensburg lost its bid to be state capital...
's music festival, and also has gone on several European tours. There are 3 concert bands and 2 jazz bands. The jazz band is well decorated on local, national, and international levels with performances at festivals and competitions all over the world. They have gone to the Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival and Competition in New York in 2000, 2002, 2005, and 2008; they placed 3rd in the competition in 2005 and in 2011, they also received an honorable mention in 2002. The Jazz band has also gone on several European tours. The top jazz choir, Dynamics, was a winner of the Lionel Hampton jazz festival in Idaho, 2009, the third win in a row for the choir. Dynamics is one of the best choirs in all of the northwest and winning the Lionel Hampton jazz festival is nothing new to them. Mountlake Terrace is also known for their all girls audition choir, Accents, as well as having a non-audition Chamber Choir. The MTHS orchestra has also been recognized with annual trips to Gresham, OR and other places.
Athletics
Mountlake Terrace High School's athletics department offers a variety of programs, including the following for the 2010-2011 year:Football Boys, Girls Volleyball, Boys Tennis, Cross Country, Girls Soccer, Girls Swimming, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Boys Swimming, Wrestling, Track and Field, Soccer, Girls Tennis, Boys Baseball, Girls Fastpitch Softball, Golf (Boys & Girls).
The 2005 football team had the best record in twenty years for the school, with a 5-5 record. The 2005 team had four players move onto Junior College at Ventura Community College. In 2008 the team amounted a 4-6 record, concluding with a victory over Monroe High School. In 2009 the team went 6-4 and made it to the playoffs for the first time in school history.
Notable alumni
- Mark O'ConnorMark O'ConnorMark O'Connor is an American bluegrass, jazz, country and classical violinist fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor's music is wide-ranging, critically acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards for both his playing and his composition...
, fiddler (musician). He has talked about how there was virtually no music program when he attended the school.
History
The existing school is a replacement facility constructed in 1991 and designed by Bassetti ArchitectsBassetti Architects
Bassetti Architects is an architectural firm based in Seattle, Washington with a second office in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1947, the firm has designed several well-known Seattle landmarks and many schools in the greater Seattle-Tacoma area, including several buildings at the Pike Place...
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The Fight song is to the tune of the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
's fight song, and the chorus is as follows:
Hail to the Hawks so valiant
Hail to the conquering heroes
Hail to the Terrace Hawks
The leaders of the West