Mountlake Terrace High School
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| 'Mountlake Terrace High School' | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Mountlake Terrace, Washington, USA | |
| Information | |
| School district | Edmonds School District #15 |
| Principal | Greg Schwab |
| Enrollment |
1,600[1] |
| Faculty | 150 |
| Type | Public Secondary School |
| Grades | 9, 10, 11, 12 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Motto | "To be, not to seem."[citation needed] |
| Mascot | Hawk |
| Color(s) | Silver & Red & Black & White |
| Established | 1961 |
| Homepage | http://www.edmonds.wednet.edu/mths/ |
Mountlake Terrace High School is one of the five high schools in the Edmonds School District. It is located in Mountlake Terrace, Washington. The school serves about 1,600 students in grades 9 through 12.[1] The current Principal is Greg Schwab, aided by Assistant Principals Erin Murphy and Scott Morrison. The school's official mascot is Herky the Hawk. Its official colors are silver and red.
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. To comply, in September of 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, Opportunitiy and Scholarship School. The school received a $833,000 grant in return for their participation. The effort has been met with mixed reactions.[2] Students must stay in a school until their Junior year, or file a petition with an Administrator to transfer. Due to funding issues, the school will discontinue the small schools program beginning in the 2008-2009 school year.
In 2006, 85% of students passed the Reading portion of the WASL exam, 84% passed the Writing portion, 56% passed the Math portion, and 38% passed the Science portion. Only 50% passed all three portions of the exam, which was actually a dramatic 11 point improvement from 2005. About 69% of students graduate on time.[3]
The school is also known for its high-performing basketball, student newspaper, and jazz band, the latter of which traveled to New York in 2005 and placed third in the Essentially Ellington competition[4].
[edit] Citations
- ^ a b Edmonds School District
- ^ Bob Geballe. Bill Gates' Guinea Pigs. Seattle Weekly. Retrieved on 2006-11-02.
- ^ School Guide. Seattle Times.
- ^ Local school bands swing, nearly sweep competition. Seattle Times.
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