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The Mentor

The Mentor

The student news site of Manhattan High School

The Mentor

Business Professionals of America members at Manhattan High compete in a national competition in Orlando, Florida.

BPA heads off to the world of Disney

Nina Kumle, Staff Writer May 15, 2017

It has been an eventful year for the Manhattan High School Business Professionals of America team as they have have recently gone to nationals and qualified for finals just this last Wednesday through...

AP Spanish students prepare for exam

Nina Kumle, Staff Writer April 11, 2017

April 10 marks the last month of preparation for those taking the Advanced Placement Spanish Literature Exam. For seniors Brandon Cook, Ben Brokesh, Tony Liu and Saubhagya Shrestha, this is the end...

New series uncovers the truth about suicide

Nina Kumle, Staff Writer April 11, 2017

An astonishing story that shows the shocking truth about suicide, the series and book “Thirteen Reasons Why.” The book “Thirteen Reasons Why” came out in 2007, 10 years later the series was...

How school affects sleep: Teachers and students

Nina Kumle, Staff Writer April 4, 2017

Lack of sleep is something we all experience at some point in our lives. Normally when you talk about being exhausted at school, it comes from a student. But lack of sleep affects both students and teachers...

Chilly Business Takes Two Juniors to Nationals

Nina Kumle, Staff Writer April 4, 2017

Juniors Taylor Ruckert and Kaitlyn Hagadorn proposed snow-cone business, will take them to nationals after winning the Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge. “It was like a business, so start your own...

School is running students’ lives

School is running students’ lives

Nina Kumle, Staff Writer March 14, 2017

School has so many pressures -- some would say too many. With sports coming around, midterms coming up within the next week, trying to have a social life and getting adequate sleep, it's hard to manage...

Chick-fil-a Leader Academy to fundraise for custodian’s son injured in car accident

Nina Kumle and Angie Moss March 14, 2017

One of Manhattan High’s own night custodians, Tiarra Harris, experienced the unthinkable. Her uncle, Gary Harris, suffered a heart attack at the wheel while transporting her son Devin Busick, an eighth...

National Honor Society hold Fashion Show fundraiser

National Honor Society hold Fashion Show fundraiser

Nina Kumle, Staff Writer February 28, 2017

" order_by="sortorder" order_direction="ASC" returns="included" maximum_entity_count="500"]Dozens of students were able to strut their stuff at the National Honor Society’s Fashion Show on Saturday at...

Back to the Bathroom Wars: Transgender ban unfair

Back to the Bathroom Wars: Transgender ban unfair

Nina Kumle, Staff Writer February 28, 2017

Until Wednesday, transgender individuals had begun getting more rights while Obama was president. Now our society is taking a step back. Donald Trump is at it again. He rescinded protections for transgender...

Warning: pirates take over the school, ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’

Nina Kumle, Staff Writer February 23, 2017

Many students participating in the winter play dressed up as pirates last Tuesday to advertise the show. This dress-up day is known as Gapper Day. “It was to do something flashy and to have people...

BPA competes at state, has 14 national qualifiers

Nina Kumle, Staff Writer February 21, 2017

Out of approximately 450 students from all over the state and 21 from Manhattan High who entered the state Business Professionals of America state leadership conference last week, 14 MHS students qualified...

Little Apple entrepreneurs needed

Nina Kumle, Staff Writer February 7, 2017

The Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge is coming to Riley County, lead by NetWork Kansas on March 14 at Pottorf Hall. Though the challenge is where students 9-12 who live the the Riley County area will...

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