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The student news site of Manhattan High School

The Mentor

Trick-Or-Treat so They can Eat

Trick-Or-Treat so They can Eat

Emery Schmidt, Staff Writer October 30, 2023

October came around the corner. And naturally, that prompted a multitude of things: People using any excuse to wear a jacket despite the Midwestern-ness of autumn and the weather still being in summer...

IPS teaches acceptance, inclusion

Ayana Jones, Staff Writer April 11, 2022

Several Manhattan High classes have selective enrollment, from applications to auditions, but Interpersonal Skills is based on a multi-step process.  The enrollment process for IPS is very in-depth...

Eight make Nationals at BPA conference

Ayana Jones, Features Editor March 1, 2022

Eight Manhattan High students are headed to the national Business Professionals of American contest in May following their competition at the State Leadership conference Feb. 17-19 in Wichita. BPA advisor...

Scholars Bowl takes second place at state

Ayana Jones, Features Editor February 19, 2022

The Scholars Bowl teams’ season came to an end after placing second at State on Feb. 14th. “It was a higher level of competition,” said senior Grace Higgins. The team had some eventful weeks...

HBO Maxs ‘Fallout’ presents learning experience

HBO Max’s ‘Fallout’ presents learning experience

Ayana Jones, Features Editor January 31, 2022

HBO Max released “Fallout” on Thursday and it was an eye opening experience. The story follows high school student Vada (Jenna Ortega) who finds herself in a new friendship with fellow peer Mia...

Scholars Bowl wins League, prepares for Regionals

Ayana Jones, Features Editor January 30, 2022

The Scholars Bowl team will advance to Regionals after winning their Centennial League meet on Thursday.  Scholars Bowl coach and math teacher Ted Dawdy and assistant coach and social studies...

Scholars Bowl preps for final tournaments of the season

Ayana Jones, Staff Writer January 24, 2022

Scholars Bowl has had an eventful season so far, going head to head with schools like Lawrence High School and others, leading up to now, as they prepare for their final tournaments of the season.  Scholars...

APES students take a trip to Hutchinson salt mine

Ayana Jones, Staff Writer December 11, 2021

Advanced Placement Environmental Science students experienced an active salt mine on a field trip last week. After in-class discussions about mining, science teacher Clancey Livingston took the group...

Lightsaber Guild fundraiser successful

Ayana Jones, Staff Writer December 8, 2021

Wednesday, before break, Lightsaber Guild held a fundraiser in the commons.  The fundraiser took place immediately after school. The club sold many Star Wars themed baked goods like Jedi and Sith...

Wear masks on transport

Wear masks on transport

Ayana Jones, Staff Writer December 6, 2021

When the mask mandate was lifted, people were given the option to continue wearing masks or not, but that didn’t translate to not wearing them on the bus.  Most students seem to have gotten this...

K-State computer coding contest

Ayana Jones, Staff Writer November 8, 2021

The Kansas-State University Engineering and Computer Science department hosted a computer programming contest where they invited teams of students, from all different high schools, to compete in a coding...

Accounting and Finance students go to KSU Accounting Camp

Ayana Jones, Staff Writer October 4, 2021

Manhattan High students left school Thursday morning to attend Kansas State University Accounting Camp, where they participated in several activities. KSUAC is a conference for accounting students -- sponsored...

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