At 11:35am over 1,700 students filed outside as blinking lights and obnoxious alarms rang through the halls. Fourth period just started when the threat was reported and the school evacuated. The threat was found by a student written on the bathroom wall saying that the school would explode.

Due to the unplanned nature of the exodus, the frigid cold strained the mood of the students and staff.

Senior Jenna Shaw was in the library with her Modern Fiction class when it was time to move down to the football field. “I had a feeling it was a bomb threat, but it was most likely just a kid trying to get out of a test or something, like always,” Shaw said.

As seniors, Jenna Shaw and Niko Gavino attended GPHS when the first bomb threat occurred. “This reminded me of freshman year when we were stuck outside for a good few hours.”

The occurrence of bomb threats has become an unfortunate part of the high school experience. Teens tend to treat them with a lack of severity, and don’t take them seriously. As they line up and on the field with their second period classes to take roll, many students walk around to find their friends but Ms. Zanol was not about to allow that today.

“Get back to your lines gentlemen, this isn’t a drill,” she said in her teacher voice. The boys walked swiftly to the lines of students with their second period teachers.

Administrative staff was out of the building at the time for a conference. They were alerted to the situation and were back at the school before the students resumed class.

“Authorities have searched Glacier Peak High School and have given the all clear for students and staff to return to the building and classrooms. Everyone is safe. We appreciate your understanding in this very important matter. We take matters of student and staff safety very seriously,” the Snohomish school district posted on Facebook. By 12:20pm students were back in class and the schedule was adjusted to fit the rest of the classes and lunch into the remaining two hours of the day.