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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

Foreign language classes lack diversity

Madison Ritz, Blue M Student Life Editor March 2, 2020

At Manhattan High, we have our standard three foreign language classes: German, French and Spanish.  I discovered that those three are the only ones available when I was looking for classes to...

College professors teach high school students

Madison Ritz, Blue M Student Life Editor January 15, 2020

This year’s automotive technology students are having a different experience than the past years, due to a change of instructors that has brought two professors from Manhattan Area Technical College...

Harkin goes undefeated, places third at state

Harkin goes undefeated, places third at state

Madison Ritz, Blue M Student Life Editor November 11, 2019

Serving the ball over the net and hoping for the best, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was awarded to freshman Jillian Harkin, who was undefeated in her tennis tournaments all season.  Harkin...

Members of Spanish teacher Olivia Leon's class place sticky notes on an "ofrenda" to celebrate Día de los Muertos, a traditional Hispanic holiday. The class took time to learn about different cultural practices while also celebrating their own.

Spanish incorporates Day of the Dead

Madison Ritz, Blue M Student Life Editor November 4, 2019

Spanish teacher Olivia Leon incorporated her Spanish classes - Spanish 2 and 4 - into teaching them how important Day of the Dead is in Mexican cultures.  The Day of the Dead is normally celebrated...

Phones missing from girls locker room

Madison Ritz, Blue M Student Life Editor October 28, 2019

Manhattan High School is about three months into this school year and already four phones have already been stolen from the South Gym girls locker room during first hour Physical Education.  According...

School running out of lunch

Madison Ritz, Blue M Student Life Editor September 16, 2019

Back in September 2018, I wrote the article, “School lunch needs to change.” I explained that school lunch needed more options for vegetarians and vegans, along with needing to change how much food...

Girls tennis wins first game of season

Madison Ritz, Student Life Editor September 9, 2019

Despite the outrageous heat on the tennis courts, the Manhattan High Varsity girls tennis team traveled to Junction City for their first game -- competing against Salina South, Junction City, and Lawrence...

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