The student news site of Manitou Springs High School

The Prospector

The student news site of Manitou Springs High School

The Prospector

The student news site of Manitou Springs High School

The Prospector

The Cast and Crew of Too Many Daughters after arriving back at the High School with their 1st Place Trophy and Outstanding Supporting Actor Award.

MSHS wins Pikes Peak Regional One-Act Competition

Dalton Gates, Senior Reporter February 16, 2023

After many weeks of preparation, the Manitou Springs High School’s Theatre Department headed to Palmer Ridge High School for the annual Pikes Peak Regional One-Act Competition. They went head to head...

Annie Riggin works with Manitou choir teacher Abby Steen in preparation of her All-State Honor Choir performances.

Annie Riggin selected for Colorado All-State Honor Choir

Meghan Taylor, Reporter February 10, 2023

Annie Riggin, a Manitou Springs High School senior, was selected to participate in the Colorado All-State Honor Choir. This choir auditions students from all across the state and brings the state’s top...

The Luminaries by Susan Dennard was released Nov. 2022.

Book of the month – December: The Luminaries

Katelyn Fonkert, Editor-in-Chief December 1, 2022

"The Luminaries" by Susan Dennard, was released on Nov. 1, 2022. This book is the first in Dennard's new YA series, The Luminaries.  16-year-old Winnie Wednesday and her family are outcasts to the...

Where the Crawdads Sing written by Della Owens is an award winning novel that was published on August 14, 2018.

Review: Where the Crawdads Sing

Jack Embery, Editor-in-Chief November 30, 2022

“Where the Crawdads Sing” is a novel written in 2018 featuring a fascinating murder mystery while developing a coming-of-age story of the main character, Kya. The book won a Best Seller Award in Japan...

Wendell and Wild was released on Netflix on Oct. 28 and has a run time of one hour and forty-five minutes.

Review: Wendell & Wild

Ethan Anderson, Senior Reporter November 18, 2022

Wendel & Wild, a stop motion comedic horror film directed by Henry Selick, was recently released to Netflix on Oct. 28. Kat Elliot lived in Rust Bank before her parents died. Years later, she blames...

Lancali’s self-published debut novel, I Fell in Love with Hope by Lancali

Book of the month – November: I Fell in Love with Hope

Katelyn Fonkert, Reporter November 2, 2022

"I Fell in Love with Hope" by Lancali is a self-published debut novel and was released on Aug. 1, 2022. This book has been slowly gaining popularity on social media over the month, and that is how I came...

At the end of the show, the characters celebrated Beowulf and Gunborg defeating Grendels mother.

MSHS performed their fall play: “Beowulf (and the Bard)”

Ethan Anderson, Senior Reporter October 25, 2022

Manitou Springs High School performed their fall play, “Beowulf (and the Bard)”, to the public in the district auditorium on Oct. 21 and 22, 2022. “Beowulf (and the Bard)” is a play written...

The MSHS Symphonic Band plays the Fight Song as they round the track.  The band practices for the parade every year.

MSHS band brings the sound of Homecoming

Sadie House, Reporter October 11, 2022

A steady drum cadence carries Manitou Springs High School’s Symphonic Band into the triumphant fight song as they march down Manitou Avenue. Their presence solidifies the celebration of Manitou’s homecoming,...

Henry White (12) in the play Our Town that was performed in the fall of 2021.

Henry White leaves his mark on MSHS theater

Emily Waite, Senior Reporter April 29, 2022

Senior Henry White has been actively involved in the Manitou Springs High School theater program since his freshman year.  In White’s high school career, he has participated in five plays and even...

Sophomore Kai Jacobson plays Wordle every day. I had a streak of 75 until I lost it 15 days ago, he said.

Wordle builds community

Ethan Anderson, Reporter April 28, 2022

Wordle is a small word-based puzzle game created by Josh Wardle for his wife in October 2021 and it became very popular in late December. “I think people kind of appreciate that there’s this thing...

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