2018-2019 Staff
Kaitlin Clark
Print Editor-in-Chief
Kaitlin Clark, senior, is in her second year in publications, working as Print Editor-in-Chief for The Mentor. Clark has always had a big interest in the journalistic field. Since second grade, journalism has been on her min...
Meredith Comas
Online Editor-in-Chief
Meredith Comas is the editor-in-chief of the The Mentor Online. Currently a junior, she joined staff her freshman year after taking the intro to journalism class. Comas’ sophomore year on staff, she was the opinions editor. Sh...
Hannah Heger
Features Editor
Hannah Heger, features editor, is a junior at MHS. She eventually wants to grow up to be a veterinarian because of her immense love for pets, specifically dogs. She has grown up with two older brothers, Alex and Evan. While s...
Sophia Comas
Sports Editor
Junior Sophia Comas is the Sports Editor for The Mentor. She started her career in 21st Century journalism due to encouragement from her sister, Online Editor-in-Chief Meredith Comas. She later came on to staff officially as ...
Brianna Carmack
Opinions Editor
Brianna Carmack, sophomore, is the type of person who just wants to make someone’s day go from terrible to great. Carmack was born in Lancaster, California and moved to Manhattan when she was three years old. She has always ha...
Aloera Ostermann
Blue M Visual Editor
Aloera Ostermann, junior, is on her second year on the publications staff. She was introduced to publications through her older brother John Ostermann. “He knew I would like it because I like designing things and he thought ye...
Kamryn Bussmann
Blue M Visual Text Editor
Kamryn Bussmann, junior, has been on publications staff for two years. At the beginning, Kami’s friend, John Ostermann, convinced her to join the yearbook team. He said it was a fun class, and she decided to join The Mentor ...
Makenna Wollenberg
Assistant Photo Editor
Makenna Wollenberg, senior, is beginning her third year on the Mentor staff as an Assistant Photo Editor. She is the youngest of four siblings who she is not very close with. This year she is covering both Art Club and Artist of the...
Cade McNeil
Staff Photographer
Cade McNeil, junior, was originally introduced to photography by his mother when she worked as a fashion designer where she would often take pictures of high fashion clothing. McNeil became interested in photography around the age o...
Joshua Flickinger
Staff Photographer
Joshua Flickinger, a junior at Manhattan High, has had a love for photography since he can remember. His grandfather and uncle both worked as photographers for newspapers, travelling and seizing opportunity. This inspired him ...
Javi Mercado
Staff Photographer
Javi Mercado, a Manhattan High senior, has been working for The Mentor for almost a year. He first got into publications through the class 21st Century Journalism, and eventually came to work for publications as a staff photogr...
Ayden Boyles
Staff Writer
Senior Ayden Boyles, staff writer for The Mentor, is in his first year on publications staff. He first learned about publications, specifically newspaper, through his friend and Print Editor-in-Chief Kaitlin Clark, who encour...
Riley Williamson
Staff Writer
Junior Riley Williamson, former 21st Century Journalism student, is the definition of an epic comeback. After taking time to fulfill her other aspirations, such as soccer, she has returned to Manhattan High journalism for the 2018-20...
Madison Ritz
Staff Writer
Madison Ritz is a junior on the Blue M yearbook staff. This is her first year on staff and she joined because the staff sought her out, thinking she would be a good asset to yearbook at Manhattan High. When Ritz is not in the y...
Tara Wood
Staff Writer
Tara Wood, senior, is a staff writer for the Blue M yearbook and The Mentor. She was born in Manhattan, Kansas, but wasn’t always in the Manhattan school system. She was in this district up to fourth grade, but moved to the ...
Duncan O’Brate
Indian Insider Videographer
Duncan O’Brate is a senior in the class of 2019 and is excited for graduation day. O’Brate took video fundamentals his sophomore year and then joined the Indian Insider staff his junior year. One of Duncan’s passio...
Gabe Jernigan
Indian Insider Videographer
Gabe Jernigan, a junior at MHS, is in his first year as a videographer for the Indian Insider. Gabe has been into creating videos ever since 6th grade. He was inspired by watching the weather channel and grew up wanting to...
Jarrod Wege Jr.
Indian Insider Videographer
Jarrod Wege Jr., sophomore, is currently one of three videographers for the Manhattan High publications and one of the few producers for the Indian Insider. Though he is new to staff, he was inspired by assistant photo editor Makenna ...