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The Mentor

Students simulate playing a part in the government

Aloera Ostermann, Staff Writer March 6, 2018

Members of Model UN got to be a part of the two-day conference in Topeka last week when they joined students from all over Kansas to participate in a model meeting of various things that the United Nations...

U.S. scores lowest Olympic medal count in 20 years

Aloera Ostermann, Staff Writer March 1, 2018

Once every four years countries from all over the world attend the Olympics. In the 41 games of the Olympics that have ever been put on the United States has attended 40 of them. In each of those Olympics...

Intramurals end with intensity

Aloera Ostermann, Staff Writer March 1, 2018

The main event of any sport is the championship. Whether it's intramurals or not, grind time starts when the regular season stops. Every year at Manhattan High at the conclusion of the intramural basketball...

Manhattan High students affected by sexual harassment

Aloera Ostermann, Meredith Comas, and Sophia Comas February 28, 2018

Unnamed sophomore female Interview conducted by Meredith Comas "The first time he ever did it when we were freshman and was making me uncomfortable and was like ‘not even a panty pic?’" "When...

Manhattan High Retirees of 2018

Elizabeth Alexander and Aloera Ostermann February 6, 2018

Welcome to part one of two on the retirees at MHS. Look forward to part two in the next edition of The Mentor. Ed Chandler  Elizabeth Alexander              ...

Students party it up at SubDeb

Students party it up at SubDeb

Aloera Ostermann, Staff Writer February 5, 2018

" order_by="sortorder" order_direction="ASC" returns="included" maximum_entity_count="500"]   Unique and different ways to invite dates to the annual SubDeb dance were common over recent weeks...

Learning About Argentina

Aloera Ostermann, Staff Writer February 1, 2018

Every year Manhattan High becomes a host school for many foreign exchange students. While most of those are year long exchanges through AFS, this year MHS has five students on a month long exchange from...

Kill ’em with kindness

Aloera Ostermann, Staff Writer January 25, 2018

People struggle every day. We all need someone or something to brighten our days and lift us up. Having a rough day is something that happens a lot, especially to high schoolers. Picking other people up...

Bitcoin: What is it?

Bitcoin: What is it?

Aloera Ostermann, Staff Writer December 12, 2017

Every day the internet becomes more and more a part of everyday lives. With the internet being so popular, people are starting to take advantage of the amount of inter-web users. One way this has started...

MHS student gets elected for national choir

Aloera Ostermann, Staff Writer December 7, 2017

During nearly every school year students from each region are chosen to attend the National Association for Music Education, the NAfME, for All-National Honor Ensemble. This year one   of our...

Student Athletes need more time off over break

Aloera Ostermann, Staff Writer December 7, 2017

Every year the normal student body gets a week off for Thanksgiving and 14 days off for Christmas break. But a typical student athlete only gets Thanksgiving day off and four to five days off for Christmas....

The holiday of Thanksgiving: its true origin, meaning

Aloera Ostermann, Staff Writer November 28, 2017

Every year Americans celebrate the feast of Thanksgiving on the last Thursday in November. Most people know the basic story about the Pilgrims landing in America on their ship the Mayflower in November...

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