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6 An open letter to Donald Trump 8 Two new winners take home the trophy 10 Jazz 1 to Essentially Ellington festival

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12 Taking a look at Traxler’s story 15 How the Dept. of Education affects YOU 16 Will McCleary meet its deadline?

Letter from the Editor

A free press is most deserved by American citizens

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uring my sophomore year, the Hawkeye editor-in-chief posed a challenge to the Hawkeye staff to memorize and recite the First Amendment.

Later that year, I bought a T-shirt from a national journalism convention with the First Amendment written across it.

Stephi Smith EXECUTIVE EDITOR This past summer, I attended classes held at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., a museum dedicated solely to the history of the press and protection of the First Amendment, where the importance of a free and open press is stressed above all else. At one point, we all sat in rows in front of a glass wall with names etched up

to the ceiling.

These names were journalists who died on assignment, dating back to 1837. The Journalists Memorial is updated each year to add a list of new names who lost their lives the preceding year.

Each name feels like a personal hit, the engraved names etching their way into skin.

During the class, l heard from “Attacks on the Press,” a book of compiled stories from those who have suffered different forms of torture while on assignment.

As I learned about these stories, I sat on the cold, hard bench, while chills ran up my back and my tongue felt too big to fit comfortably in my mouth.

Most of these stories, as with most names from the memorial, come from those who reported in different countries, ones where a free press isn’t valued the way it is in the

United States.

So, I think you understand my frustration when I hear all the reasons the press is “failing,” “fake” and “trash” from Americans. You see why it upsets me to see it attacked from those I would expect to protect a free press at all costs. I used to think that America was the safest place to be a journalist. Everyday that idea is shot down again and again.

Our elected officials should not be barring media from press briefings, should not be mocking the press, should not be attacking the press like this.

I’d like a world where the truth is reported without fear, a world in which I don’t have to see reporters mocked, assaulted, murdered.

A world in which a free press really means just that: free. H

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OP/ED

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listened to a supposed “rock critic” People who share a common direction and back in the early ’90s interview the sense of community can get where they are Rolling Stones icon Keith Richards. This going more quickly and easily because they guy droned on and are traveling on the thrust of one another. on and on to the When a goose falls out of formation, it sudpoint of nausea denly feels the drag and resistance of trying to about what a great go it alone, and quickly gets back into formaguitarist and song tion to take advantage of the lifting power of writer Keith was. the bird in front.

After a couple If we have as much sense as a goose, we will Kim Stewart minutes Keith puts a stay in formation with those people who are ATHLETIC DIRECTOR/ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR stop to the interview headed the same way we are. and says something When the head goose gets tired, it rotates that I have always kept in mind: “Look, back in the wing and another goose flies we ain’t all that special and ain’t nothin’ point.

Beethoven ain’t already done.”

It is sensible to take turns doing demandEvery conference, speaker, ing jobs, whether with people or Imagine what staff member, administrawith geese flying south. kind of school we tor, student, etc. etc. etc. has Geese honk from behind to could create… something to offer all of us encourage those up front to keep if we just stop and not only up their speed. listen to them talk but HEAR WHAT What messages do we give when we honk THEY’RE SAYING. from behind?

So I am going to share something I read Finally ... and this is important ... when a back in 1997 and I have used it in my lead- goose gets sick or is wounded by gunshot, and ership class ever since. Imagine what kind falls out of formation, two other geese fall out of school we could create… with that goose and follow it down to lend “If we Had as Much Sense as a Goose” help and protection. They stay with the fallen When you see geese flying along in “V” forgoose until it is able to fly or until it dies, and mation in the fall, you might consider what only then do they launch out on their own, or science has discovered as to why they fly that with another formation to catch up with their way: group.

As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an If we have the sense of a goose, we will stand uplift for the bird immediately following. By by each other like that. flying in “V” formation, the whole flock adds ~Author Unknown H NOTE: The Hawkeye provides the MTHS Athletics and at least 71 percent greater flying range than if Activities office space each issue in the Op/Ed section as each bird flew on its own. part of our mission as a designated open public forum.

Dear Op/Ed Editor: hether you voted for Trump, Clinton, Sanders, Johnson, or Sponge Bob – the most important thing we all agree on is that a healthy democracy depends on an informed, involved electorate.

One of the main reasons our country is as messed up as it is, is that roughly half the population doesn’t even bother to vote. And the ones who do vote, don’t even bother to make sure the people they voted for are delivering on their promises.

Democracy is not a spectator sport, and decisions are made by those who show up.

If you want to have a decent world to live in after high school, I encourage you to get informed and get involved in creating it.

Any student(s) who wants to form a student activist club, feel free to see me about it.

I’d be glad to let you use my room to meet in.

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Who are we as a school community?

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ith everything going on nationally, I’ve Pretty powerful when you think about what been focusing a lot of my attention he’s asking. What are you doing for others? this year on challenging us to make our school Your family, your friends, the community you a positive place for live in, our school that you call home for 6+ every student who goes hours every day of the week for 9 months out here—a place where of the year. We all have the opportunity each everyone is valued, and every day to do things for others that can respected and feels a build someone up or support him/her or we sense of belonging and can do things that tear someone down. I think connection. Plans to it is really easy to care about, stand up and do Greg Schwab build walls, plans to ban things for those people that are close to you, PRINCIPAL entry into our country but we also have a responsibility to our school for certain individuals, the recent repeal of and our community to care about others and federal guidance for protection of transgender do our parts to make sure that others are being students in schools, and even treated with kindness, We all have the opportunity some of recent incidents we respect, and compassion. each and every day to do have had to deal with in our When you see someone things for others that can school reminds me of how build someone up or support being treated in a way that much work we still need to him/her or we can do things disrespects him or her, do as a school community. what do you do? Do you that tear someone down.

I continue to believe that say something? Do you we are a really good school and a caring school stand up and say that’s not right? What do community that places a high value on respect you do when you hear someone call someone for one another, despite the differences we may else a name that is derogatory? Do you say have in what we think, feel and believe. something? What if we all did things like I am In January we celebrated Martin Luther King describing? What if we all made it a focus to Day and our school community came together simply do something for someone that helped for an assembly to honor his life, work and to in some way? I can tell you this—our school, celebrate the diversity that makes Mountlake which is already a pretty good place, would Terrace High School such a unique place. It become even better. It would be the kind of was truly one of the best MLK assemblies I school that others would look to as a commuhave witnessed and is a testament to the stunity that cares and respects everyone. dents who planned it. One of Dr. King’s quotes Maybe this is asking a lot. But to me, it’s that I think really applies to our school comworth asking the question and challenging our munity is this—“Life’s most persistent and thinking and actions. H NOTE: The Hawkeye provides the MTHS Administration space each urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for issue in the Op/Ed section as part of our mission as a designated others?’” open public forum.

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An invitation to get involved

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So, what’s on your mind?

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

REGARDING THE

Dear Op/Ed editor: This election season has certainly been... something. I should make it clear, I’m not happy with who is in office. I tried to be open minded when he was first elected, through my disappointment. However, as soon as he started announcing cabinet picks, I was done.

Not only are they under-qualified, there is no effort to try and find bipartisan unity.

These positions are not something to be handed out like lollipops to good little boys and girls. They should be given to the people who are the most qualified, and won’t have blatant conflicts of interest.

Next opinion: I’m someone who really values the Constitution. I donate to and am a member of the ACLU, and I’ve always been very, very outspoken when I think something is unconstitutional.

That’s is why I am not at all pleased with the Trump administration. He and his administration have already said and done so many things in violation of our civil liberties that it makes me sick.

A ban on immigration from predominantly Muslim countries (except the ones that he has business interests in, of course)? It should be obvious that the ban goes against the First Amendment. When he says that he’ll favor Christian refugees and immigrants?

That is blatantly against the Establishment clause. When he wants to silence the press from criticizing him, first of all, how petty, and secondly, what?! Freedom of the press!

He would also like to violate our privacy, with Muslim surveillance (1st and 5th).

His views on immigration violate 1st, 4th, and 5th.

Okay, enough about Trump. I’m making myself sick.

Let’s talk about something

else. I’m thinking minority rights and abortion.

I legitimately do not get why we cannot treat others decently and respectfully. It is silly that people discriminate against others based on who they choose to love, on what the color of their skin is, where they come from, what gender they are, or their religion.

It’s not hard to not demonize someone with vast generalizations. This is going to get a little odd, and it’s where I stray from other liberal views, but hear me out.

Most people are genuinely nice and decent folk, trying to eek out a happy living. It doesn’t matter if they’re black, white, Asian, Hispanic, gay, straight, Jewish, Muslim, or

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Christian, or any of the other multitudes of classifications there are. There are always going to be people on the other extreme, really bad people. But you can’t make broad sweeping generalizations on either side.

For example, cops. Majority are kind, hardworking people that work and give their lives to keep us safe. People of color. Lovely, ordinary people.

(I do support BLM. I think that they have the right ideas, but I do not agree with many of their tactics.)

Many POC rights groups have stereotyped cops in a way that is very harmful. Is police brutality wrong? Yes. Is racial profiling wrong? No doubt about it. Do police offi-

cers that do these things need to be held to the full extent of the law, and do the families affected deserve justice? Of course they do. But, should all cops be assumed to be terrible, bigoted people? NO. Same thing here: Is terrorism bad? Yes, I’m against extremism of all kinds.

Are some of these terrorists Muslim? Yes. Should one assume, thusly, that all Muslims are terrorists? NO. No sane person should.

Moral of the story, judge everyone on an individual basis. Everyone deserves your respect until proven otherwise.

Next up, abortion.

I am strongly pro-choice, and I think that can be summed up for me in only a

few sentences. I’ll start with an analogy. If you put a seed in the ground, then take it out, have you killed a tree?

No, I don’t think so. Some may disagree. Anyway, does banning or restriction stop abortions?

The answer to that is no.

Women will still get abortions. The only difference is that this time, they won’t be in a licensed medical center.

They’ll be at tremendous risk, and a procedure that is ordinarily very safe will now be very hazardous.

All right, that’s probably enough. I, in all likelihood, sound like a crazy person.

Thanks for reading to here.

Cheers, Amy Harris freshman

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THE DEAR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PROJECT

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President Donald Trump has been making what seems like every headline in the news these days. It’s not necessarily because he’s a bad leader, but more due to his differences from former President Barack Obama.

There are a lot of feelings in our country, community and around the world right now.

So, here’s a question: If you could speak to President Donald Trump right now, what would you say?

This is the concept of the “Dear President Donald Trump” project. Whether you write a letter, draw a political cartoon or write a song reflective of your feelings toward Trump fitting under the theme, send it to us at oped@ thehawkeye.org. For potentially the next four years, Hawkeye will keep a space open to publish your work, in the paper or online at thehawkeye.org. When you send in your submission, you will also be asked to fill out a form so that you are properly credited. So, get your writing, compositions and art in, whether you’re a student or simply a community member ready for your voice to be heard. H NOTE: Consistent with all our usual policies, the Hawkeye makes all final editorial decisions and reserves the right to edit for grammar, spelling and profanity.

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y name is Marianne Nacanaynay.

I’m a sophomore at Mountlake Terrace High School in Mountlake Terrace, Wash. and the Op/ Ed Editor for my school’s publication, the Hawkeye.

Last month I interviewed Marianne Nacanaynay Jeremy, a OP/ED EDITOR 25-year-old, queer, black North Carolinian and asked about you and your involvement with LGBTQ rights.

The question I remember most clearly asking him, unscripted, was, “are you scared?”

“I’m terrified,” he responded.

The word resonates, not just because of his quavering voice, or because of the word itself, but because it’s far from the first time I’ve heard it since your term began. I’ve used it myself, because it was the first word that came to mind on November 8.

I don’t know how what you will do will affect me. I’m not entirely sure what the future holds regarding your administration and in the next four years I will be getting my first job, entering college, buying my first car and stopping by a number of more milestones. To not know the security of those basic plans scares me.

When I think of your presidency, I flash back to a rally you held in Everett,

Wash., during your campaign. but I’m still responsible for and going to I sat in the far, back left corner of the push for the truth. media pit, next to a wonderful reporter And the truth is, there’s not a lot you from the Mukilteo Beacon and feet away can do to stop me and others. from journalists coming from publicaJournalism won’t die. tions and organizations I’ve admired for Journalism is imperative to the success years. I sat with my legs crossed, ready to of society. take notes and photos, when you pointed Journalism is teaching and informing in my general direction so we have a record of what and what seemed like the we did and what we can The world is majority of the audience learn from in the future. watching you. booed.

President Trump, I hope I’m watching to It was only for a few secyou know the world is see what you’ll onds, maybe. But it came watching you. do, because you like a sweeping axe to my I hope you know you’ll be still haven’t quite quelled my fears or written in all the history heart. the fears of others. books future generations One of my major aspiraEverything you do tions in life is to become will be studying because will be taken note a journalist, and to see you’re already a consequenof and it will be the people working a job I tial president. reported on… love get discredited in an Whether what is said offhanded comment or in a about you is good or bad is tweet is more than discourup to you and your actions aging.

– and whoever writes history.

Because, then, what am I and what will The world is watching you.

I be?

I’m watching to see what you’ll do, What am I to the people I write for? because you still haven’t quite quelled my Journalism is not “fake news.” If it is, it fears or the fears of others. Everything isn’t journalism. you do will be taken note of and it will I wholeheartedly believe with an be reported on, because not only am I admittedly optimistic mindset that real on a conquest for truth but so are the journalism is focused on the truth and American people. how the truth affects people and their Please don’t mess up. stories.

Regardless of whether you say it is the Sincerely, truth or not, I will continue to publish and print every fact with the intent of Marianne Nacanaynay holding you accountable for your actions.

I may be a student journalist without a financial motivation for what I do,

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NEWS

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Better to buy spots early An opened gate welcomes students into the parking lot.

Story and photos by Ciara Laney HAWKEYE STAFF

Every single school year students have filled all 287 parking spots at MTHS, according to Athletic Director and Activities Coordinator Kim Stewart. But the process behind these spots are a bit more complex than just a place to park in the morning.

The ASB collects the money for the parking spots, which sell at $50 per spot, until the second semester. During the second semester, the price decreases monthly by $5 until it gets to their lowest price of $30 a spot. Principal Greg Schwab decides what the parking revenue goes toward, but it is mostly set aside for sports and student activities funding.

With a first come, first serve policy, parking spots become a bargain.

Compared with other local high schools, such as Jackson High School in Mill Creek, prices at Terrace are a steal.

At Jackson, parking spots are auctioned off. The spots closer to the school can mark up over $1000, as opposed to the ones in the back where they’re sold for less.

At MTHS, a spot cannot be purchased by a student without a driver’s license and proof of insurance of the car that is trying to be registered. This means that the people who receive their license after school starts get the spots in the back row toward the exit of the campus.

The contract that students sign when buying a parking spot is often ignored, along with the procedure that is expected when a spot is taken.

Some students may not fully read the contract when purchasing a parking spot. Because of this, students do not know the procedure of what to do if their parking spot is occupied by someone else’s vehicle.

This often happens to Running Start students who leave the parking rules once, you will receive a warning and have at some point during the day and come back at a different it taken off. On the second offense you will be fined $100 time. and be towed away, which would be approximately $200 To summarize the parking permit contract, which is in total. However, towing fees and the cost to get a towed available in Stewart’s office, if someone else parks in a vehicle can be even more expensive. student’s spot, they should not park in another. This can Although there are many pros and cons, it would be cause a “chain reaction.” more beneficial in the long run to pay for a parking spot in For example, if person A parks in person B’s spot, then the beginning of the year. person B might end up parking in person C’s spot.

The fees may be a little expensive at the beginning, but All you need to do is “not freak out,” Stewart said. the amount of walking and more funding towards sports Move to the back of the school near the fields and park make up for it. H there instead, which is most likely a better spot than what is usually available to students.

It is in fact stated in the Mountlake Terrace High Vehicle Registration that “Students may not park in the faculty lot, visitor parking, fire lanes, or behind the school (unless someone is parked in your space).”

Students whose parking spots are stolen also need to tell Jerry Myers, the paraeducator who is in charge of security and is stationed near the front entrance of campus.

He will either ticket the car, tow it, or put a “boot” on it. Myers reported that boots can be issued at any time, sometimes three are issued in one week, at sometimes others none is issued in a month.

Myers has access to two $450 One of the two $450 boots is placed on a student’s vehicle. wheel locking boots. If you violate

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LIFESTYLE

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TERRACE IDOL BRINGS NEW TALENT TO THE STAGE Story by Semira Beraki crowd, along with shouts of encouragement aimed toward Photos by Harper Thomas

the performers.

The 2017 Terrace Idol event was a big hit going on all The number of contestants in the second round was cut in throughout the month of February as thousands of dollars half, moving five finalists to the third round and intensifying were made from ticket sales. This annual singing competithe competition. Each contestant was to perform two songs tion was showcased in three rounds, each held about a week in the finalé, from which the judges and the audience would apart, bringing in talented singers from all around other dischoose two winners: the Judge’s Choice and the other the tricts to come and show off their voice in the MTHS theater. Audience’s Choice.

The Senior Class ASB hosted Terrace Idol as a fundraiser, In this year’s competition, sophomore Rackeb Kelemu which many people showed up to support their local singers, won Judge’s Choice and senior Tanner Rook was awarded having a packed audience each night. the Audience’s Choice. Each contestant had a lot to say All kinds of performances were displayed, creating a variabout their overall experience and final performances on the ety of music in the show. From singers performing different Terrace Idol stage. genres of music to how they presented themselves up on the stage, each brought out their own style and energy that had the crowd going. There were even contestants that had their own arrangements of songs, whether they performed with instruments or with accompanists.

Judges were always polite and voiced out their thoughts on each performance, admiring or giving out advice on how She was shocked, thrilled, and excited when she was the performers could improve. Throughout the whole event, announced as the Judge’s Choice for Terrace Idol. there were six judges as the judging panel was a different “I honestly couldn’t believe it because it was something that set each round, each with their own extensive music backI wanted since freshman year,” Kelemu said. ground.

Being a contestant from last year’s Terrace Idol competiThe special performances during the judge’s deliberation tion, as well as one of the finalists, she’s acquired a lot of were also well enjoyed by the audience as each round brought experience and implemented much of it into her performancout old faces and exciting acts. In one performance, the Hip- es this year. She took the advice from the 2016 Terrace Idol Hop Team performed their own self-choreographed dance judges about improving on body movement and stage usage, number called “Hawks Through the saying that “it’s the whole factor Decades.” [they look for], not just the voice.”

“Music is a very powerful thing Other performances in the event Growing up with a music-loving [that] connects people.” also included past contestants from family, Kelemu’s love for music was Rackeb Kelemu previous Terrace Idol competioften inspired. She started out her SOPHOMORE tions, including the 2016 Terrace musical journey as a “fun sort of Idol Audience Choice Winner Kyle thing” when she was 4- or 5-yearsold. She explained how her older sister and mom love sing“K-Money” Llarenas and the 2016 Terrace Idol Judge’s ing and how they would always sing together, playing music Choice Winner Maddy Caiola. around the house and just having fun.

The first round started off with 20 contestants. Out of Music started to slowly become something she wanted to those 20, 10 moved on to the second round, bringing in more take more seriously, especially after she got equipment for energy and adding their own rendition of popular songs.

One performance in the second round by third-round final- her performances and posted a few videos on YouTube. Over ist Praditha Halstad included a percussion and guitar accom- time, singing became a passion for her.

Her Terrace Idol performances required a lot of preparapanist that did a rendition of “Hotline Bling” by Drake. tion and effort, she said.

Other performances included jazz versions of songs, guitar “When it comes to any performance, you have to [have] and ukulele playing and old classics such as “Hallelujah” by good preparation for it [and] give it time because nothing Jeff Buckley and more. These songs incited support from the HAWKEYE STAFF

The winner with the Mariah Carey voice

comes without practice,” Kelemu said.

What helped her was listening to others, whether her peers or family members, singing and receiving feedback from others, such as her mom. The first round, it was “definitely the most nerve-racking” for her, being a new year and the stage not something she was used to quite yet. But each round gradually got easier, she said.

“Terrace Idol is a great opportunity [for musicians],” Kelemu said regarding those who want to practice performing on stage. She also expressed Terrace Idol as a way to meet other people and fellow performers.

During her experience backstage, she described everyone as “a bunch of goofballs” and supportive of one another. It was a really fun experience for her and meeting these new people felt it was “a big family” for her.

In the third round, finalists had to perform two songs.

Kelemu picked “Dancing On My Own” by Calum Scott as her first song and “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston as her second. The first song, she explained, was one she’s always loved after first hearing it on the talent contest show Britain’s Got Talent.

“The emotion [Scott’s song] got out really stuck to me,” Kelemu said.

Her rendition of the song incorporated sophomore Reed Lyon performing a contemporary dance alongside her and junior Sophie Parsons playing on the piano to heighten and express the emotions more in her performance.

For her second choice, she greatly admires Whitney Houston and said she wanted to perform a song of hers that has been considered one of her greatest hits. In this smooth arrangement, Kelemu added a saxophone accompanist to appear in the middle of the performance as she wanted to add a “surprise element.” Her performance was based upon the foundation of the original song as it still started out gentle and gradually grew more powerful.

She said she had an amazing time during her Terrace Idol experience and is grateful for the people she met and all she’s learned to better improve herself as a performer.

The theater kid with style Performing in musicals for the past five years and always retaining his love for singing , Terrace Idol was the experience Rook needed just before he ended his high school career. This year was the first time Rook had competed in

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He incorporated a lot of his theatrical experience into his Terrace Idol as its was his fin al year and he wanted to try performances. In one performance throughout the first something new. round, Tanner performed “Ladies’ Choice” from the 1980s “To actually see people vote for me and actually know that musical “Hairspray.” In this performance, he danced around people liked what I did was really cool,” Rook said. the stage, using the microphone stand to his advantage and The stage is a familiar territory to him, he explained, as having a theater technical assistant adjust the lighting to furhe performed numerous times, whether at Terrace or at ther heighten the performance. local theaters. His musical career began with his family. His In the third round, his two song grandfather was a music teacher and choices included “Jailhouse Rock” his dad showed him all genres of music.

“We want to go out there and by Elvis Presley and “Somebody to He was exposed to a variety of artists give people a good show.”

Love” by Queen. His first song was growing up, such as rock bands Queen Tanner Rook brought on by the influence Presley and AC/DC, which showed him SENIOR left on him regarding singing and how “crazy vocals” and theatrics can stage performance.

Rook felt he improve a performance. needed to honor an iconic Elvis Presley song with his perforHe then started his musical theater journey the summer mance and “Jailhouse Rock” was the one that popped in his before his freshman year when attending a theater summind.

He felt he could have prepared more for the first song, mer program and performing his first musical called “Camp but still enjoyed performing it.

Rock.” Overtime, he performed in other musicals such as Doing a Queen song was a must for him as “Somebody to “Footloose” and was cast as the comical cowboy, Willard, in Love” is one of his family’s favorite songs that they’ve always that same program. He also played the lead male role, Jonny admired.

He said he’s always wanted to perform it in front of Warner, in the recent Drama Department production of an audience and Terrace Idol was his chance.

“Zombie Prom.”

Rook loved the competitiveness of Terrace Idol, Musical theater is something Rook wants to pursue along with the support from the other conthroughout college and later as a career, he said.

MARCH 2017 | 9 testants. However, he wasn’t expecting to advance so far in the competition.

When he was on stage, he said he “ just wanted to have fun” with his performances and “sing these [kind of] songs” simply because he could.

Learning from the judges’ critiques, he plans on taking better care of his voice and learning to control his breathing while singing. He also plans on singing more upscale and elaborate songs to better improve as a performer in the future.

Advice from the winners As the two winners exit the Terrace Idol stage, they encourage musicians to go for their passions and not be afraid to pursue music more seriously.

Kelemu mentioned that failure shouldn’t be the reason why musicians don’t choose to take on the stage.

“Failure isn’t bad, it’s something that you learn from [and] is something that you can better from,” she said.

While performing, Rook said a singer should find songs he or she enjoys and know they can “own.” With this mind set, he explained, performers have a better presence on stage. H

Terrace’s Idols: Senior Tanner Rook was this year’s Audience’s Choice winner, while sophomore Rakeb Kelemu took home the Judges’ Choice award. HARPER THOMAS | HAWKEYE

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Rajah: “[Essentially Ellington] is the most important thing I’ve ever worked for in my life so far.”

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Five long years attending daily sectionals at 6 a.m. and working with professional musicians, helped set the foundation for pushing Jazz Ensemble 1 (Jazz 1) to continuously improve their music and teamwork.

Their hard work came to fruition as Jazz 1 advanced as one of 15 finalists to Essentially Ellington (EE) for the first time since 2012.

Notably, the streaks of two Seattle schools who had attended every year since the event began – Garfield and Roosevelt – came to an end. However, the area continues to be well represented as Edmonds Woodway and Mount Si were also selected.

Jazz 1 has earned the opportunity to participate in the 22nd Annual Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival in New York. The event will take place from May 11-13 and includes workshops, jam sessions, rehearsals, performances, a concert for all participating bands and an awards ceremony for the top three finalists.

Jazz 1 was practicing on

Feb. 14 as per usual with professional saxophonist Mark Taylor who works with the band every Tuesday.

Band director Darin Faul suddenly ran into his office and began pacing around, making small talk on the phone. He knew exactly what the call would be about before answering the phone.

Once the call ended, Faul announced to the class that Jazz 1 was chosen as a finalist to attend EE in New York for the seventh time in MTHS history.

The news was met with a burst of energy, cheers, tears and screams of the students whose hard efforts paid off. Senior alto sax Kaylee McGovern felt the moment was “surreal” because the band’s spirits were low as they felt they didn’t measure up to other participating high school bands.

“All of our hearts stopped for a little bit,” McGovern said. “We didn’t do anything for the rest of the class just leaping around and hugging everyone else and screaming and losing our voices and trying to call our parents.”

Participating high schools submitted recordings of their music and underwent a blind screening. The finalists were then selected to travel to the “House of Swing” at Lincoln Center in N.Y. to attend workshops and perform together.

More than 1000 high schools in North America competed to enter the finals for EE. The purpose of the event is to disseminate the music of composer Duke Ellington, but the organizers of the event have incorporated other composers since the inception of EE. One of the perks of EE is the chance to work with a professional jazz musician who is part of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.

They will fly out from N.Y. to work with the finalists at each of their high schools. The sofar-unannounced visitor coming to MTHS will work with Jazz 1 on April 17.

Senior tenor sax Dylon Rajah said the band has always dreamt of attending EE and researched New York, an itinerary, hotel room arrangements, sights to see and looked into travel expenses and other specifics, even before Jazz 1 was accepted. “[EE] is the most important thing I’ve ever worked for in my life so far,” Rajah said.

“I’ve listened to their music for years.

These guys are like idols to me. And to be recognized as one of the 15 schools in the country and meet my idols and play with them and learn with them and be with other talented musicians is a good way to possibly end my music career.”

McGovern feels attending EE will be a it’s different from other people?” Faul said, strong way to end her senior year and “see describing how he’d encourage his students how far we’ve come as a senior class.” as they prepare for EE. “Especially for the seniors, what’s it gonna Faul wants his students to see the benefits be like? What do we have to work towards? of being together because “being in N.Y. We’re so close to the end, but finding out opens up the possibilities for their lives.” He we’ll have this one last push, this one last believes it’s crucial for students to be in concelebration at the end, we really have to dig tact with successful people, deepen frienddeep,” McGovern said. “We gotta push all ships, explore city life and learn how to work the way to the end.” as a group.

She described EE as “a good opportunity “I hope [the students] get a broader view for those professionals to give their expertise of the world because you get to meet kids and time to high schoolers” and to work with from all over the U.S. and their experiences “top-notch bands who we respect as peers.” are different other times than ours and that Faul attributes this accomplishment to be interaction is really important,” Faul said. more than just the result of one year. Since While on the trip, McGovern thinks last school year, Jazz 1 has been taking part an important thing to keep in mind is to in early morning sectionals, creative music remember the band’s home roots and since labs and jazz workshops. They consistently MTHS is a “tiny school,” they earned this worked in musical clinics with professional opportunity on their own. To her, attending musicians Mark Taylor, Justin DiCioccio, EE is a culmination of her entire high school Steve Korn and Jiggs Whigham. band career.

Despite all of this preparation, McGovern “Just through the process of being together said she was afraid the band would put out for so much, it becomes a little bit more of music they felt was truly their best, but still a family. There’s some real family aspects in wouldn’t quite make the cut to enter EE. there,” McGovern said. “We argue with each “When you put literal blood, sweat and other and it’s not always pretty and we get tears into this process and so many hours under each other’s feet and drive each other and so many rehearsals and so much money nuts and at the end of the day, we also know and all of this stuff and you’ve put something that they’ve got our back. It’s OK to be mad together and you’re super duper proud of it, at them because deep down, we know that it’s really hard to take that step of vulnerabil- we love each other.” ity and present it to be judged,” McGovern Since she is in the Running Start program, said. “I was scared McGovern considers that my best efforts band to be her cen“We’re so close to the end, weren’t good enough.” tral community at but finding out we’ll have this While rehearsMTHS. It becomes one last push, this one last ing for the blind more difficult for celebration at the end, we really have to dig deep.” screening audition, students to stay on McGovern also top of things during Kaylee McGovern SENIOR feared letting the this time of the year band down by being with classes picking the only person to mess up in recordings. up, a higher concentration of school work Faul shared a similar view with his biggest and other obligations, McGovern said. concern being consistency. The winners In spite of these obstacles, McGovern for EE are decided through recordings of hopes the band will not lose sight of their the high school jazz bands, which were not goals. She said the key to staying motivated allowed to be altered in any way and had to is to find a love and appreciation for what be sent in as one recording done in one take, you’re doing through “setting aside yourself so Faul stressed every student having to play and doing things you don’t always want to great at the same time. do or working with people [who] sometimes However, Faul says the preparation prodrive you crazy.” cess was “deeper than just practicing.” The “Of course, when you travel with people, it purpose behind exploring music is also to always is an experience that brings you closer understand jazz and be yourself, he says. He with everyone because you have to live with emphasized inserting one’s personality into them,” she said. “You get to know everything their music, not as a solo, but in the context about them from the kindness of their heart of the group. to the dirty socks they leave everywhere.”

“It’s easy to get distracted and forget why When EE comes around, Faul hopes the you’re there. You should not try to be somefestival will be a “powerful transformation” body else, you should just be yourself. The in students finding their individuality in challenge then is, can you be yourself when music to grow as musicians. H

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ON FIRE SINCE 1990 FROM TROUBLE MAKER TO TEACHER, TRAXLER IS HAPPILY “SURPRISED” HE STILL HAS A JOB

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Traxler mixed water and dish detergent, pumped with natural gas, to create a ball of fire at a lab station.

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ack when he used to teach biology, he released a bunch of crickets on accident and it took years before they all died off. For years students and teachers would hear the repetitive chirps of crickets throughout the building.

Another day, he was washing dishes in the back room and the fire alarm was set off. “I forgot to turn off the water and a petri dish fell over the sink. The fire turned out to be real so it was about three hours until we got back in the building,” he said. “When I came back into the building there was about two inches of water from my room all the way to the other room.”

He conducted an experiment where he lit a methanol cannon and a little drop of it fell into a box of magazines. The magazines slowly smoldered and caught on fire; the fire engines came but the fire was put out before they arrived.

“Yeah, I’m still surprised I have a job,” he laughed.

The beginning

It all started when science teacher John Traxler was born on March 23, 1966.

He grew up in Mountlake Terrace and had five siblings – two older brothers, one older sister and two younger sisters. During Traxler’s high school years, when he attended MTHS, he was involved in football, soccer and swimming.

“I was a very good [student], but I was a bit of a troublemaker,” he said.

During his senior year at an assembly he popped out of a box and stripped down to his speedo and a black bow tie while the band was playing “The Stripper” by David Rose.

“I was in a lot better shape back then… A lot better shape,”

he laughed.

During his free time in high school, Traxler fell in love with hiking. He was an avid member of the Hiking Club during his high school career, and the group went hiking once a month around Washington.

Two of his three sisters were Terrace homecoming queens.

And, while his two brothers didn’t graduate, both went on to get their General Education Development (GED). One is a nurse while the other is a tugboat captain. “[My brothers] did well in life, but they didn’t like school so much. They got in a lot of trouble,” Traxler said.

Traxler graduated with the class of 1984 and moved on to go to college at the University of Washington (UW).

“Oh, I loved [college]. It was hard but I enjoyed the challenge,” he said, reminiscing on his four years at UW.

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“There were no AP science classes [at the would have to retire as the swim coach due to his own pertime],” Traxler said, “and I was getting bored sonal life. so I started the AP Chemistry program.”

“There was no way I could keep coaching. I had just gotten He would later encourage the biolmarried and had a kid. I had to give it up because I like my ogy teacher Jamie Tanakas to start an AP own kids more than I like you guys,” he joked.

Biology program, as well as physics teacher One year he made a bet with his men’s team that if they Gil Comeau. won the school district meet he would dye his hair blonde.

“Chemistry is life. The more we understand There were five teams in the Edmonds School District, it, the more we understand the world and life and MTHS was expected to be last out of those five teams. itself and the more we can control it,” Traxler MTHS tied for first and, since it wasn’t an outright win, he said. told his teams he would instead dye it half blonde.

Chemists are now starting to figure out the “I looked like a 30-year-old guy trying to be a 20-year-old,” chemistry of the brain and even love, Traxler Traxler said. said.

But there was some confusion about the final results that In fact, Traxler says that there are practical day. Everyone assumed Terrace had won and the other teams ways you can apply chemistry to your everywas starting to leave. day life, including making sound consumer “We were going so crazy,” he said. Then the judges told decisions like knowing which chemicals best another team they had tied with Terrace and the other team mix to make your car run most efficiently. came back to get their trophy.

“Little things like why you’re paying 20 Out of those 12 years of coaching he left with some good cents more to get your gas at Chevron than at experiences that would help advance his teaching career.

ARCO,” Traxler said as an example.

“You begin to learn that it’s all individual and that some of He’s also an advocate of taking on good your students will be coming in not knowing how to learn academic challenges. He says students should chemistry,” he said. take an AP class to challenge themselves, for This is just like how some students may join the swim team example. and barely know how to swim. They will need to be taught Not only should students consider taking differently than someone who comes in with experience. a higher-level science class, they should also “You really start to appreciate that learning is a lot like take one they find the most interesting and being an athlete,” Traxler said. “Not everyone is going to talk to the teacher who teaches that class. have the same skills and coaching will help you understand AP Chemistry is a lot harder and students that part of teaching.” are expected to learn it more on their own, It’s similar, he said, to how a lot of teachers think that every Traxler said. student should be able to write an essay.

“You’re expected to know it so well I can ask “Well… maybe an essay is a lot like swimming the butterEarly in his career, Traxler coached swimming and diving for the Hawks. you a question in any way about it,” he said. fly,” Traxler explained. “Not everyone can do it but you can PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN TRAXLER For Traxler, the chemical compound he teach everyone how to do the butterfly. But not everyone is His favorite part, he said, was attending the football games could think of with the “coolest” reaction was going to do it greatly.” H and the numerous friends he made along the way.

30 percent hydrogen peroxide.

“I don’t think I was different in high school than the way I “Sometimes the science text[acted in college],” Traxler said. “I was more serious in colbooks call [the chemical] ‘elephant lege and I was paying for it myself so there was no way I was toothpaste.’ You get this big set of going to fail a class or repeat one.” bubbles; the bubbles make the fire Traxler would go on to receive his bachelor’s degree in biol- go faster,” he explained. “Then you ogy and earn a minor in chemistry — similar to his own high turn off the fire and the fire comes school chemistry teacher, former science teacher Gil Comeau back on.” who retired two years ago.

Later in the year, Traxler’s classes do an experiment in both his AP chem and regular chem called His chemistry teacher was his favorite, along with the class. “Visual Purple.” Students sit in a When he first started working at MTHS 27 years ago, he completely dark room for half an taught biology and master math. But the moment a chemishour, then are taken outside and try position opened,he took it and found out he liked teachare told to open their eyes and close ing it more than anything else. them quickly. A perfect black and “It’s more hands-on and more get-out-of-your-seat,” Traxler white picture will form inside the said of chemistry compared to biology. brain until you open your eyes again.

Out of all the years Traxler has worked here, one of his favorite moments was when the students and PTA elected him teacher of the year.

For the first 12 years he taught at “[It was] a huge honor and I was really proud of that,” Terrace he coached both the men’s Traxler said. and women’s swim team. At first, But the things he remembers the most are certain kids who MTHS was a lesser known team he’s met over the years. and he had eight men and 11 women “I’ve been to a dozen ex-students’ weddings and they come on his teams. But 12 years later, in and show me their kids,” Traxler said. “That’s the part I he had 38 men and 53 women, and like the most.”

MTHS went from being one of the After putting on safety goggles to preform an experiment, Traxler remembered he Traxler developed the Advanced Placement (AP) lowest ranked teams in the district was wearing his regular glasses as well.

Chemistry program 15 years ago. to above average. However, Traxler

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But alas, going down the pathway of a full time musician is a “tough road” and she decided that she wanted to continue her teaching career and has gained much teaching experience throughout her lifetime.

Growing up in the Midwest, she’s taught in numerous places. She taught in a K-8 school in northern Illinois and taught all the science classes there. After a while, she moved to teaching in the Chicago suburbs and later came to Washington to teach at several districts. At the Northshore School District she also became an administrator for a while.

She then alternated between Edmonds School District and Federal Way, before finally settling in at MTHS. Lefavour teaches regular and AP biology, STEM English 12, and Biotechnology and has been teaching at MTHS for 10 years now. She is also the advisor of the ECO Club at and for the STEM girl’s club called IATRIX 21 that hold their meetings at the Shoreline Library.

“I love teaching sciences where students can actually think while they’re learning and then taking an idea of their own and trying it – they learn a little bit, think a little bit, and then try something,” Lefavour said.

Teaching all of these science classes allows her to watch her students experiment, especially in the upper levels. She gets to “see them grow” and really “loves being in a classroom.”

She’s attended several colleges, including the University of Washington, Monmouth College and the University of Iowa.

She’s also conducted research studies at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute, an intensive week of study at the Institute for Systems Biology, and has published field research about woodpeckers in Illinois.

Her reasons for being a teacher come from her grandpa being illiterate during her childhood. When she was younger, her grandpa would always “read” to her from a old newspaper he would carry and stressed the importance of being literate. After he died, she found out that most of the news he had read to her was made up. It bothered her that her grandpa never was able to read, but understood that he never had that opportunity to learn.

“I knew how much I got from reading and how much my family got from reading- and I couldn’t imagine not being able to read,” Lefavour said. From a young age, she wanted to make sure that everybody around her “could access the world around them through reading and education.”

Ever since then, she loves being in a classroom and getting to see her students grow.

together songs and dances and would perform for their school. “Grade school was really flexible and people got to form clubs and groups,” Lefavour pointed out.

She would also practice playing the piano and would receive lessons from her first grade teacher. When her teacher retired, she gave Lefavour an 1858 Steinway piano.

“Now I get to teach lessons [on the piano] and still play it,” Lefavour said.

Throughout middle school, she was part of a musical group known as madrigals that played renaissance drums and “recorder/ocarina type instruments.” The group made money off their performances as they traveled to different venues and funded their middle school’s music program.

When attending high school in the late ’70s, she was very musically active. She was in a “folk-singing” group and perStory by Semira Beraki formed dance numbers with them. She also sang in numerPhotos by Jonathan Kwuong ous choirs and continued to take piano lessons.

HAWKEYE STAFF “Piano and voice are my music degrees,” said Lefavour.

Not many people can say they’ve traveled throughout In 1988, she toured Europe for about a year with a jazz Europe, or that they’ve been through the first rate experience group she was singing with known as Sound of Five. One of staying at a hotel wired with radios to eavesdrop on every of her memorable moments in Europe was when they went conversation. to Slovakia, behind the Iron Curtain boundary in Europe.

STEM/Science/English teacher Penny Lefavour is an There, many of the customs differed from those in the exception to that.

United States. They were also limited in what they could do Having an extensive teaching and music background, in their performances.

Lefavour has been to many places throughout her lifetime.

“The girls normally wore red [outfits and] they weren’t Ranging from the East Coast to the West, Midwest, and allowed to wear them because they were too bright. We even out of the country. Why she’s been to these places, [also] couldn’t perform one our songs [because] they didn’t that’s her story to tell. approve of the lyrics,” Lefavour said. “I’ve never been cenLefavour grew up commuting between two locations in sored before.” It was also in Slovakia that she stayed at a the Midwest through an excruciating eight-hour drive. hotel where the rooms were wired with eavesdropping radios.

While she lived in her grandma’s house in the suburbs near Despite that, it was exciting to her to make connections Chicago, she was surrounded in a Spanglish-speaking neighwith people. They got to know people at their concerts no borhood where the majority were black and Hispanic. Her matter whether they had a big or small audience. She says mother simply didn’t want her kids to attend a one room she still is in contact with some of them. schoolhouse, which was the only thing available in the rural “And that’s always the best part [about area her dad grew up in northern Wisconsin. music] – it’s an international language [and Despite that, her family still visited their farm often. connects people],” Lefavour said.

Whether they had breaks or vacations from school, they After her jazz tour, she performed in variwould spend the majority of the time surrounded by 400 ous cities with different musical groups, such cows and doing daily chores on the farm. as Los Angeles, Boston, South Carolina, New Her love for music came from her family’s influence. She York at Carnegie Hall, San Diego, Chicago never grew up with a lot of money, so being able to have and more. In one experience in Chicago, instruments around the house was a gift. She performed she performed with the Chicago Symphony mostly in her church’s choir at a young age. Her mom played Orchestra and the Waukegan Symphony the accordion and her five brothers (one has passed away) Orchestra, enjoying singing with that type of each were able to play one to two instruments. environment. Performing with an orchestra “My dad can play the radio,” Lefavour said, “and he’ll is “loud and full” and “feels like you can float proudly tell you that.” on top of the music when you sing,” Lefavour Ironically enough, her grandparents from her dad’s side explained. She describes the music as being were the professional musicians in the family. Her grandma active and “living in [your] space” while was a top notch organist/pianist, while her grandad played “you’re just adding your voice to the orchesthe banjo and even had the opportunity to play at the Grand tra.”

Science teacher Penny Lefavour shows off the work of her BioTech class. JONATHAN Ole Opry, which he declined.

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left up to the states.’ She didn’t even know it was a federal requirement.”

The closest presidential cabinet confirmation vote in United Welman was also concerned with DeVos not knowing the States history was made on Tuesday, Feb. 7. The Senate difference between students who are showing proficiency and voted 51-50 to confirm Betsy DeVos as the 11th Secretary of students who are showing progress.

Education, with Vice President Mike Pence casting the tie“Senator Al Franken [of Minnesota] asked her about the breaking vote. difference between a student showing progress versus proAll Democrats and Independents in the Senate ficiency, which to people not in education is a bit of a nerdy voted against her confirmation and were joined by two question, but to folks like me who think about it, any educaRepublicans, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins tor should know that and she clearly had no idea,” he said. of Maine. Comparatively, other cabinet appointments by Also, DeVos told Connecticut Senator Christopher President Donald Trump were confirmed with much higher Murphy, “I think that’s best left to locales and states to levels of support in the Senate, such as confirming Secretary decide,” regarding the role of guns in public schools. of Defense James Mattis with a vote This comment drew criticism of of 98-1.

DeVos, as many believed this showed “I think we have somebody Public education advocates, teachers her lack of knowledge about issues leading the Department of and teacher unions opposed the conrelating to gun violence in schools.

Education who has no idea firmation of DeVos. The American DeVos has never attended or how public schools work, and I think she’s trying to advance an Federation of Teachers (AFT) and worked in a public school and all agenda about school vouchers the National Education Association four of her children attended private and not about public schools.” strongly opposed DeVos as well. schools. She was the chairwoman of Concern was raised over the experithe Michigan Republican Party from Adam Welman SCIENCE TEACHER ence of DeVos in public education 1996-2000 and again from 2003and her knowledge of contemporary 2005. education issues.

The DeVos family has been active in Republican Randi Weingarten, a public education advocate in NYC politics for decades and has donated around $200 miland AFT president, consistently opposed DeVos throughout lion to Republican causes since 1989. They have also the confirmation proceedings. hosted fundraisers for the campaigns of Republicans “DeVos has no meaningful experience in the classroom or such as former President George W. Bush and former in our schools. The sum total of her involvement has been Governor Mitt Romney. She previously spent two spending her family’s wealth in an effort to dismantle public years as the chairwoman of the National Republican education in Michigan. Every American should be concerned Senatorial Committee finance committee. that she will impose her reckless and extreme ideology on the DeVos has long worked as an advocate for charter nation,” Weingarten said. schools and has promised to greatly expand them.

Science teacher Adam Welman voiced strong criticism Charter schools are schools that operate independent of DeVos, who he views as unqualified for her position as of the government and school districts, but receive both Secretary of Education. federal funding and funding from the companies that “The president has the right to nominate cabinet secretaries operate them. and a variety of other positions, as he or she should, and the Advocates for charter schools believe they allow kids senate should provide advice and consent, not entirely based in disadvantaged school districts to attend successful on [the nominee’s] political background, but on their qualifischools that meet their individual needs. However, cations. Betsy DeVos was not qualified for the job, which was opponents argue charter schools draw away much needwhy her nomination hearing was so close,” Welman said. ed funds from public schools, as both charter and pubWelman said DeVos has a lack of knowledge on the lic schools are funded by the Department of Education.

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a fedLittle evidence suggests charter schools perform beteral law which provides access to education for students who ter than public schools. A recent study from the Center have learning support needs. for Public Education found 46 percent of charter The law provides students with specialized education needs schools performed about the same on testing as their with an Individualized Education Program (IEP), which public school counterparts, 37 percent performed sigdetermines individual goals for students identified as having nificantly worse and 17 percent performed significantly a disability. This allows those students to reach personalized better. and realistic educational goals within their abilities.

Charter schools have been found to foster an envi“My daughter has an IEP,” Welman said. “And without it, ronment of segregation. A Civil Rights Project study she wouldn’t be able to go to school. Betsy DeVos, when she at the University of California reported “seven out of was asked about the IDEA by a U.S. senator who has a son 10 African American charter school students attend with cerebral palsy, she said, ‘Oh, I think that’s an issue best schools where 90 percent of the students are racial and HAWKEYE STAFF

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ethnic minorities.”

DeVos has long been an advocate of school vouchers, which allow students to attend private or religious schools while receiving government funding. DeVos has promised to greatly increase funding for school vouchers, seeing them as providing “school choice” to families.

However, opponents point out that school vouchers draw money away from public education. School vouchers are also criticised for spending tax dollars on religious and private education, which only benefit a select number of kids.

“I think we have somebody leading the Department of Education who has no idea how public schools work, and I think she’s trying to advance an agenda about school vouchers and not about public schools,” Welman said.

Although the majority of elected officials in Washington state oppose DeVos’ ideas, her policies could still impact MTHS. If she cuts federal funding for public schools, then school districts will have less money to spend on students.

DeVos is also in a position to cut federal protections for at-risk students. She has already struck down federal protections for transgender students to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with. Many fear DeVos will later remove other protections, such as federal mandates for equal access of boys and girls to sports. H

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State Senator Guy Palumbo, who repThe Supreme Court also defined keyresents the 1st Legislative District that And with a final concurrence from Chief words, such as “paramount,” “ample,” “all” includes MTHS, called a solution for Justice Barbara A. Madsen, Washington and “education” in this stage. the McCleary decision the “most imporstate was found guilty in the famous Moore said the Supreme Court did some- tant thing” right now in the legislature.

Washington state Supreme Court case thing unusual and upheld and retained the He called this year the “make or break McCleary v. State of Washington. jurisdiction, watching over the state and it year,” as the deadline for a solution is The lawsuit was filed in 2007 by the ensuring efforts were made to fund public fast approaching and he doesn’t view the Network for Excellence in Washington education. legislature as far along as expected by the State (NEWS), a statewide coalition that However, in September of 2014, the Supreme Court. campaigns for “ample funding” for all Supreme Court held the State Senator Washington students, according to their state in contempt for Maralyn Chase, from “If we can’t provide website. failing to make signifithe 32nd Legislative [students] with the best education possible, we’re NEWS filed the lawsuit on behalf of cant progress.

District, said that lost.” the McClearys and the Venemas, two The Supreme Court the legislature is “not families with students in the Chimacum documents stated that even close” to devising Teresa Moore NEWS COMMUNITY RELATIONS MANAGER School District in Chimacum, Wash. they had “repeatedly a plan. She said the The McCleary and Venema children were ordered the State to prolegislature will most young when the case began, when they vide its plan to fully comply” with the court likely have to hold special legislative sesfirst sat in the Washington State Superior order by the 2018 deadline. The document sions that go through the summer and into Court. continued, explaining that Washington September.

Now, as the case has plodded along, state “repeatedly failed to do so.”

“I don’t want to be here [at work] until Carter McCleary, who was 7-years-old The Court filed for contempt and decided September; I don’t think anyone else does when the case began, is a senior in high Washington state “must take immediate either,” she said. school. action to enforce its orders.” On Jan. 9, Originally, about seven months ago, a In 2012, the Washington State Supreme 2014, the Washington Supreme Court McCleary task force was created, with repCourt ruled unanimously that Washington imposed a $100,000 per day penalty on the resentatives from each Washington state state was not meeting its “paramount duty” state for each day it remains in violation caucus set to come up with a consensus to provide “ample provision for the educaof the court order. The money fined is set plan. tion of all children,” as stated in the case to go toward Washington state education Unfortunately, Palumbo said, the task and Article 1 Section 9 of the Washington funding. force failed due to miscommunication State Constitution respectively.

The official deadline for the plan, as set and now there are two different plans, as The plaintiffs won at “virtually every by the Supreme Court, is the 2017–2018 set by the Democrats and Republicans of stage,” as NEWS Community Relations school year, beginning in September.

Washington state.

Republicans at first did not lay out a plan, Palumbo said, and instead the Democrats had their own plan that was not agreed upon by the other party.

As time went on, the Republicans created their own plan that was “short-notice” as defined by Palumbo.

He said that the Democrats’ plan is based off the existing system, regarding incoming revenue and the education budget, while the Republicans plan is more “radical” and “turns education on its head.”

There are two major possibilities, Chase explained.

Either the legislature can raise taxes or they can take the funding from elsewhere, the “safety nets,” as she called them.

Chase explained that the problem that lies within finding a way to fund public education is the state’s tax system. It’s the “only lens through which you can underChildren of all ages participated in the march on the capitol. HARPER THOMAS | HAWKEYE stand [the] McCleary [case],” she said.

Washington state has the “most regressive EXECUTIVE EDITOR

state and local tax system,” according to the the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP).

ITEP outlines how Washington state divides its taxes among the different economic classes, taxing the “lowest 20 percent,” those making less than $21,000 a year approximately 16.8 percent of their annual income.

The top 1 percent, those making above $507,000 a year are taxed approximately 2.4 percent of their annual income.

Chase said that, first, Washington state has to adjust its tax system to one that’s more “fair” and taxes each household more equitably. Afterward, the state must raise taxes.

According to Chase, taxes can’t be raised beforehand due to the bottom income households being “maxed out.” They wouldn’t be able to afford any more taxes, Chase said.

The one thing that’s not possible, in Chase’s own opinion, would be taking from the safety nets.

She, along with 1st District State Representative Derek Stanford, don’t believe cutting other programs would be beneficial.

Stanford said the only thing left to cut are non-discretionary programs, ones that are required by a budget or a contract, such as mental health and prison programs.

He called it a “terrible idea” to cut these and they would be shortchanging Washington state students by decreasing the budget of these programs. And even with these cuts, Stanford continued, there wouldn’t be enough funds to comply with the court.

The state needs anywhere between $3.5 billion to $4 billion additional dollars to fulfill the court orders, but if all that were to come from cuts, it’d be “really devastating” to students and families who rely on such programs, Stanford said.

The state is required to pay for nearly everything necessary in a school district.

This includes transportation, teacher salaries, technology and most textbooks.

However, as Principal Greg Schwab said, here in the Edmonds School District (ESD) the state is not completely funding all of these requirements.

The state provides ESD with approximately $40 million for teachers and other salaries for employees

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NEWS within the district, however, Schwab said, that is not nearly enough to cover how much ESD employees are actually paid.

That’s where the “levy cliff” comes in.

A number of local levies were introduced in 2015, allowing school districts across Washington state to raise local taxes by 28 percent to supplement things the state does not.

Schwab said that the levies fill in the gap of teacher salaries, along with textbooks and technology needs for students.

However, the “levy cliff,” the name given to the end of levy contracts, will take this away and decrease the amount of money school districts can collect through local propertytax dollars.

This levy cliff is expected to hit Washington state in January 2018 — halfway through the next school year.

The state expected to have better progress at this time in regards to McCleary, ESD Superintendent Kris McDuffy explained, but so far that hasn’t gone as planned.

The only problem with the levy cliff, McDuffy explained, is it would cause a loss of $15 million in revenue. And without a clear answer on the McCleary decision, ESD has no way of creating a solid budget. There just aren’t enough answers.

A solution to the levy cliff has a deadline of April 30, but McDuffy said her School Board thinks that is too long to wait.

The annual district budget is expected to be first read on July 11 and finally adopted on August 8 and they need to know how much money they have to work with before April 30.

But until then, a number of community meetings are held to propose and prioritize certain programs and Washington state Governor Jay Inslee met with superintendents and legislators earlier this year and expressed that April 30 is simply too late and there should be a plan ready to move forward with how to fill in the gap of the levy cliff by April 1.

There are six budget forums to be held this year to help plan for next year’s budget. So far, two have been completed, with little movement,

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ers go above and beyond the expected work, McDuffy said. including buying supplies with their own Two budgets are being proposed for the money and buying things for students that 2017–2018 school year, Schwab said. One they cannot provide for themselves. for the “worst case scenario,” in which the Some of this is just a part of being an edulevy cliff is fulfilled and the McCleary decicator, he added. sion does not fill in the holes, and one in “A lot of that stuff [is] hidden [and] people which “everything works out” and the gaps just never see, but it all adds up,” Schwab dug by the levy cliff are filled.

If the problems posed through the levy cliff said.

As for whether these budget changes were are not solved, McDuffy said that the district will have to decrease staff, increase class sizes to extend to charter schools, a different type of public school that parents can send their and extracurricular, district-funded prochildren to out of choice, rather than geograms would be affected. graphical requirements, Chase and Palumbo Class sizes are a big deal, though, accorddisagree. ing to Chase. People voted for smaller class Chase is opposed to charter schools, saying sizes, she said, but with the current budget, that if she has anything to do with how the that’s just not possible.

Chase said Washington state needs smaller funds are allocated, all new revenue would be strictly to the regular public schools. class sizes and more classrooms, which If people want an would not be possible education that is an for most school districts “[As constituents], we have alternative to a cuswithout funding from the to resist the moves to try to tomary public school, state. say we don’t have to fund that’s fine, she said, Furthermore, Chase our education.” but it shouldn’t be thinks teachers salaries Maralyn Chase STATE SENATOR at the expense of the should be raised altotaxpayers. gether.

Palumbo, however, said that charter She said that most of the teachers in ESD schools are public schools, just a different have masters degrees [about 67 percent], but form and the McCleary decision would she doesn’t believe their pay matches those most certainly extend to cover their financial qualifications. needs as well.

If ESD has these high standards set for Chase also said that some of the their teachers, she continued, why aren’t they Republicans want to “ignore” the McCleary paid well? And why should they stay? decision, which she thinks would be dangerShe compared the idea of not paying ous. Palumbo believes some of the members teachers enough to the women’s suffrage of the Republican caucus simply think movement and how women fought for their the Supreme Court has overstepped their right to vote in 1920, saying it’s up to the people and the teachers to demand a pay that bounds, especially with the heavy daily fine.

But if the Washington state legislature matches their qualifications. does not continue with trying to find a plan She also compared ESD to Lakeside High for the McCleary case, the Court could do School, a private high school in Seattle. much worse than implementing a fine.

Lakeside has a large, upkept campus, they Moore of NEWS said the state could pay their teachers well and have small class invalidate the legislature, shut down public sizes of approximately 10–16 students per schools altogether or even throw legislators classroom. in jail, to which Chase said she doesn’t think Which is why all the “rich kids” go there, it will go that far, but she thinks they should she explained; proper funding leads to qual— it’s a crime, she explained, to not follow ity education. court orders.

“It’s not that [ESD] doesn’t know how to But for those who want a decision soon, teach people, [they] do,” she said. “Why can’t Chase continued, they need to rise up. It’s a our public schools have nice campuses like matter of the people.

Lakeside? Why can’t we pay our teachers?” “[As constituents], we have to resist the Schwab agreed, saying that he is completely behind raising salaries. He mentioned all the moves to try to say we don’t have to fund our education,” she said. time and effort teachers put into their work, It’s crucial to properly fund public educafrom buying school supplies out of pocket tion, Moore said. The students in public to grading tests and homework on their own school right now, she continued, are the time at home. future.

While being a salaried worker, as opposed “If we can’t provide you [students] with the to being paid on an hourly basis, one is best education possible, we’re lost,” Moore expected to work past the hours of a normal work day, Schwab said and while the district said. H EDITOR’S NOTE: The full version of this story can be found does its best to compensate teachers outonline at www.thehawkeye.org side work hours, it still “nowhere covers the amount that teachers [in ESD] need.”

He continued, explaining how often teach-

18 | MARCH 2017 Story by Matthew Hipolito Graphics by Tessa King HAWKEYE STAFF

As the United States transitions to leadership underneath a Republican Donald Trump administration, the fate of the rights of many minority groups are up in the air, especially in the face of numerous executive orders, some of which, such as the ban on immigration from seven countries, have been challenged in court.

Among these groups whose rights and protections are in the balance is the transgender community - the T component of LGBTQ+.

At first, there appeared hope that under the new administration, transgender people would continue to enjoy the Obama-era interpretation that Title IX, which prevents institutions and programs that receive federal funding from the Department of Education from discriminating based on sex, would continue to extend to the transgender community. Trump supported transgender people using whichever bathroom that fell in line with their sexual identity in April 2016.

In fact, the Trump White House, on Jan. 31, issued a statement entitled “President Donald J. Trump Will Continue to Enforce Executive Order Protecting the Rights of the LGBTQ Community in the Workplace.”

The release stated that “President Donald J. Trump is determined to protect the rights of all Americans, including the LGBTQ community.” It states the fact that Trump’s nomination acceptance speech was the first ever to contain mention of the LGBTQ+ community.

It then explicitly states that “the executive order signed in 2014, which protects employees from anti-LGBTQ+ workplace discrimination while working for federal contractors, will remain intact at the direction of President Donald J. Trump.”

However, on Feb. 22, Trump’s White House rescinded that order - despite opposition from newlyappointed Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, uncomfortable with the potentially negative effects that revocation of the order could cause to transgender students, according to the New York Times, reporting from three unnamed Republican sources.

However, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has a consistent

NEWS record of voting against LGBTQ+ rights legislation, especially highlighted in 2006 when he voted for a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, wanted DeVos to drop her opposition.

According to the Times’ Republican sources, Trump sided with Sessions and “faced with the alternative or resigning or defying the president, agreed to go along [with the signing of the order].”

This comes at a volatile time with regard to transgender rights. The Supreme Court, until March 6, was poised to hear G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board, a case

The about-face in policy has drawn criticism from transgender activists, including Laverne Cox and Caitlyn Jenner. During the 2016 Grammy Awards show, Cox encouraged viewers to do a google search of Gavin Grimm, with the hope of educating more people on his situation.

“Well @realdonaldtrump,” Jenner tweeted Feb. 23, “from one Republican to another, this is a disaster. You made a promise to protect the LGBTQ community.

Call me.” Attached to the tweet was a video expressing optimism towards the future of transgender

Transgender rights ‘up in the air’ under Trump administration elevated from the Fourth District Court of Appeals regarding Gavin Grimm, a female-to-male transgender student who was barred from using the men’s restroom at his public high school. In a statement rescinding the decision for the Supreme Court to hear the case, the Supreme Court vacated the Fourth District’s decision in favor of Mr. Grimm, sending it back to the lower courts for further review and consideration “in light of the guidance document” issued by the Trump administration.

The rationale for revocation in the letter officially doing so is that the order is ambiguous in its terminology and failed to undergo any formal public process, citing a Texas federal court that referred to the term “sex” as being unambiguously defined as biological sex.

The Trump administration places the onus upon states to decide whether to allow students to use the bathrooms with which they identify. Sean Spicer, White House Press Secretary, said Feb. 21, “This is a states’ rights issue and not one for the federal government.”

rights nationwide.

Singer and former America’s Got Talent winner Jackie Evancho, who sang the national anthem at Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, expressed her disappointment with the issue on Twitter on Feb. 22, followed four hours later by a request to meet with President Trump regarding transgender rights. Evancho has a transgender sister, Juliet, who is a plaintiff in a Pennsylvania case that resulted in a temporary injunction declaring the ban by a local school district from using the bathrooms they identified with as unconstitutional.

What does this mean for students at MTHS and in Washington?

Well, little. Sets of cascading policies ranging from the state government to the school districts prevent gender-identity discrimination.

Under the Washington State Law against Discrimination, or WLAD, specifically RCW 49.60.040, the definition of “sexual orientation” includes “gender expression or identity.” Under all provisions of the WLAD explicitly defining discrimination or “unfair practice,”

Hawkeye discrimination based on sexual orientation is illegal (except in provisions where sexual orientation is irrelevant, such as prohibiting retaliation against whistle blowers regardless of their sexual orientation).

Furthermore, RCW 28A.642.010 bans discrimination in public schools in Washington based on “race, creed, religion, color, national origin, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability.”

In 2012, the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or OSPI, officially adopted this as its interpretation of laws regarding discrimination.

Policies protecting transgender students within the Edmonds School District are also in place.

In Section 8201 of the Edmonds School District School Board Policies and Procedures, ESD resolves to create “an educational environment that is safe and free of discrimination for all students, regardless of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.”

In 8201-R1, ESD lays out certain procedures with regards to transgender students. These include non-disclosure of transgender or gender nonconforming status, use of official District communication of student preferred names and pronouns, use of restrooms consistent with the student’s gender identity and a case-by-case basis of locker room usage.

Additionally, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), which oversees secondary athletics in Washington state and of which MTHS is a member, has a policy (18.15.10) of allowing students to participate in WIAA-sanctioned activities “in a manner that is consistent with their gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on a student’s records.”

Despite a newfound lack of federal government support, transgender students in Washington and ESD can feel safe expressing a gender identity other than the one they were born with, ensured and protected by Washington State law and ESD policy. H

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TRIP TO THE S-DOME FALLS SHORT Story by Emily Anderson Photos by Jack Fiorillo HAWKEYE STAFF

The last time the MTHS men’s basketball team stood inside a Dome for the WIAA Basketball State Tournament was 2013. It was the second year in a row they had made it to the Tacoma Dome.

On March 1, the Hawks stepped onto the court at the Yakima SunDome at 9 a.m. and fought against the North Kitsap Vikings in the first round of the State Tournament, a feat the team hadn’t accomplished in four years.

While the Hawks fought a hard battle, it just wasn’t enough and they lost 34-30, ending their season with a 14-11 record.

“We could’ve been a lot better [during Wednesday’s game]. I think we could’ve been sharper mentally,

In the game the Hawks overwe could’ve been a little more turned the ball a total of 25 times focused,” head coach Nalin Sood and during the third quarter senior said of the Hawks performance forward Sean Kirk was the only during the state tournament. “I give a lot of credit to North Kitsap, player from Terrace who was able to score, making the only two how they played defensively, what points the Hawks would earn in they did and I give a lot of credit to our kids and what we did defen- that quarter.

Kirk sively. But ended the to be better “Shooting’s mental, handling game with offensively the basketball is mental, 12 points, and hanexecution is mental.” more than dling the Nalin Sood any player basketball BOY’S BASKETBALL COACH you’ve really from either team. got to stay The Hawks entered the playoffs on top of your game mentally. as the No. 3 seed for the WesCo Shooting’s mental, handling the 2A/3A league and went on to win basketball is mental, execution is three of their four games. Out of mental. We didn’t do a very good the three games the Hawks won to job in those three areas and that’s get to state they beat their opporeally what cost us the basketball nents by an average of 17.6 points. game.”

Post season, along with the regular season, was an eventful one for the Hawks.

“I believe this season was successful because of what they did three to four days a week in practice, they practiced and they worked to get better, they worked to master their craft, they worked to educate themselves as basketball players, they had team meetings and from all that the by-product of that was successful games and it was those successful games that got us into the district, that got us into regionals and got us into the state tournament,” Sood stated.

The season looked bleak as the Hawks lost their first two games of the year. But by January it was clear that the season would be anything but bleak.

In their January 17 game against

the Shorewood Thunderbirds the Hawks won with a 20-point margin, ending the game 65-45.

Senior forward Brock Davis hit 23 of the 65 points to lead both teams that night.

And even when the Hawks lost, the Terrace players tended to individually outscore the players from the other teams. And it was in January that the Hawks melded on the defensive end of the court.

“Now I know we ended on a low on Wednesday morning against North Kitsap, that is still raw, it still stings a bit,” Sood said.

“There is still a feeling of disappointment,” Sood continued. “But I’ve been doing this long enough that I know give it some time and that will pass and we’ll look back at the body of work of a very successful season.”H

Top: Senior Joey Gardner passes the basketball.

Bottom, left to right: Keegan GraysonZehrung prepares to take a shot, with Zeke Tomas at the ready. Khyree Armstead contends with an opposing team member to score. Students from MTHS support their team in the cheering section.

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