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StuCo hosts spring blood drive

McKayla Clark Snodgrass, Page Editor April 11, 2022

Student Council hosted their Blood Drive in the north gym from nine a.m. to two p.m.. The event occurs twice a year. This blood drive was the smallest they’ve had. “The blood drive was a collaboration...

MHS Forensics gets three national qualifiers

MHS Forensics gets three national qualifiers

McKayla Clark Snodgrass, Page Editor March 28, 2022

The Manhattan High forensics team had three individuals qualify for the National tournament and another person qualifying for the State tournament this weekend. The team competed in three tournaments  “It...

Senior Maverick Aggson reads his poem aloud.

BSU hosts 7th annual poetry slam

McKayla Clark Snodgrass, Page Editor March 27, 2022

The Manhattan High Black Student Union hosted their 7th annual poetry slam with the theme “Use Your Voice/ Youth Speaks” on Friday. “[The poetry slam]’s literally all of us coming together as...

Junior Allie Cloyd proudly presents her Poetry Out Loud Champion plaque.

Forensics Tournament Update: Topeka West, Olathe NW, Poetry Out Loud

McKayla Clark Snodgrass, Page Editor March 7, 2022

Topeka West High School (March 4, March 5) William Graff (Congress)  Yazan Mufti (Congress) Helinna Bontrager (Congress) Maverick Aggson (Poetry) Asa Amama (Impromptu Speaking and...

Model UN attends virtual conference

McKayla Clark Snodgrass, Page Editor March 5, 2022

Manhattan High's Model UN students solved world problems virtually last week in an online version of their annual conference.  “Unfortunately, we still did it virtually, which obviously for everyone’s...

Civic Engagement creates community conversation

McKayla Clark Snodgrass, Page Editor February 26, 2022

The Manhattan High Civic Engagement group held an event on Feb. 21 to discuss the polarization of politics and work together to find common ground. “It was kind of like a workshop format to try and...

Forensics students place at the Catholic Classic

McKayla Clark Snodgrass, Page Editor January 31, 2022

The Manhattan High forensics season kicked off over the weekend with several students placing at the Catholic Classic tournament hosted by Saint Thomas Aquinas High School. “I haven’t been to any...

Diverse curriculum

McKayla Clark Snodgrass, Page Editor January 31, 2022

While Manhattan High faculty are aware they have work to do to improve diversity in curriculum in content areas such as Language Arts and Social Studies, some steps are being taken to broaden perspectives.  “We...

Forensics prepares for season

McKayla Clark Snodgrass, Page Editor January 25, 2022

A new forensics season is about to begin. Many students are returning from the previous debate season. “I think we’ve got a really strong group and we’ve got one of our strongest starts,” head...

Debate pair makes it to quarterfinals at State

McKayla Clark Snodgrass, Page Editor January 25, 2022

The Manhattan High Debate team had two pairs make it to double octofinals and quarterfinals at the 4-Speaker State tournament on Jan. 15. “I would like to just give a shout out to some of the novices...

No true economic system, system must be best for people

No true economic system, system must be best for people

McKayla Clark Snodgrass, Page Editor January 25, 2022

Over the past few years, I’ve noticed that people use “socialism” and “communism” interchangeably; they’ll use both terms to scare people while at the same time misinforming them.  I...

Debate competes at the Flint Hills Tournament

Debate competes at the Flint Hills Tournament

McKayla Clark Snodgrass, Page Editor December 13, 2021

The Manhattan High Debate team competed with some students getting close to qualifying for the National tournament at the Flint Hills National Qualifying Tournament. The team consisted of mainly freshmen...

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