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The Mentor

The student news site of Manhattan High School

The Mentor

The student news site of Manhattan High School

The Mentor

Freya Skye’s new single is in ‘Descendants/Zombies’

Elizabeth Thornley, Online Editor-in-chief September 4, 2025

Freya Skye, a singer that has had music in Disney series like “Descendants/Zombies” released a new song Aug. 11. On the surface, this song sounds energizing but deep down it is about something sad....

MHS should offer more AP social science classes

Olivia Howe, Opinions Editor August 31, 2025

Right now, Manhattan High School only offers three AP social science courses: AP US Government and Politics, AP European History and AP US History. However, according to the organization that makes and...

Improving the phone policy: flexibility is key

Olivia Howe, Opinions Editor August 30, 2025

In March 2024, a book called the “The Anxious Generation” – a #1 New York Times bestseller linking the youth mental health crisis to devices – was published. In December 2024, Kansas educational...

Worksheets don’t help students learn foreign languages

Lane Lewison, Editor-in-Chief August 29, 2025

After taking Spanish classes for four years, I can read and write many words in Spanish, but when it comes down to actually speaking the language, I struggle -- and I know I’m not the only one. I...

Don’t be afraid to pull up the chair

Jack Spiegel, Blue M Co-Editor-in-Chief May 14, 2025

With my time in high school rapidly coming to a close, there is a lot to reflect on after spending four years here at Manhattan High. I began my high school journey in 2021 at East Campus, and since then,...

Reflecting on high school

Rachel Palmgren, Blue M Co-Editor-in-Chief May 14, 2025

If I could go back and talk to my freshman self to give her one piece of advice, I would tell her to take the hard classes.  Now I know most seniors would say don’t stress as much about grades, or...

The Best Four Years of Our Lives

Sandra Fuentes Toro, Businesses Manager May 14, 2025

They say high school is the best four years of your life. And while we might have rolled our eyes at that as freshmen, sitting awkwardly at lunch tables and fumbling through locker combinations, now —...

Life moves pretty fast

Will Ivester, Editor-in-Chief May 14, 2025

Going into high school they never warn you how fast time goes by. From walking into my first day at the ninth grade center in 2021 to walking on the stage at Bramlage this weekend, high school has gone...

Letter from the Editor: The End of a Chapter

Advith Natarajan, Editor-in-Chief May 14, 2025

Four years ago, I stepped into room C-107 as a wide-eyed freshman, thinking I was signing up to write stories. But what unfolded was far greater than writing. It became a journey of storytelling, design,...

Hot Milk’s Revolution

Elizabeth Thornley, Staff Writer May 8, 2025

Hot Milk a band that was created in 2019 and is releasing a new album Jun 27 called “Corporation P.O.P.” The songs on the album that are currently out are “Swallow This”, “90 seconds to Midnight”...

Shattered Image of Unicorns

Elizabeth Thornley, Staff Writer May 8, 2025

A new and unique movie came out in April and has become one of the most interesting stories in my opinion. “Death of a Unicorn” by writer and director Alex Scharefman shatters the typical image of...

American Idol to “American Heart”

Elizabeth Thornley, Staff Writer May 5, 2025

Benson Boone’s new upcoming album “American Heart” is coming out completely in June. After being on American Idol and the success he has made many great albums such as “Fireworks & Rollerblades,”...

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