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The student news site of Manitou Springs High School

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The student news site of Manitou Springs High School

The Prospector

Andrew Rhodes (12), Jack Embery (12) and Tyler Maloney (12) take a break from their classes to help regain some determination.
*photo illustration

Editorial: Class of 2023 full sends the school year

Editorial Staff December 9, 2022

As Manitou Springs High School’s Class of 2023 finishes their last first semester of high school, Senioritis is rapidly spreading. The post-COVID-19 revival and reopening of schools to a semi-normal...

Key Club members finding some ways to get into the spirit of the season with music, costumes, decorations and Hallmark movies.

Talbott’s top Hallmark movies

Dalton Gates, Reporter December 5, 2022

For this holiday season, I’ve decided to ask Mike Talbott for some of his favorite Hallmark movies to help get invested in the spirit of Christmas. Since Talbott is the Hallmark aficionado of Manitou...

This original comic by Al Capp depicts the race on the first Sadie Hawkins Day.

The historical Sadie Hawkins controversy

Ari Clark, Reporter November 29, 2022

Several weeks ago, Student Council organized the first U.S.A. Week at Manitou Springs High School.  The week was intended to celebrate veterans and first responders, raise money for the Wounded Warrior...

The recycling symbol is iconic as a symbol of renewability and reusability all throughout the world.

Environmental Club brings recycling to MSMS, MSES, and UPES

Jack Boyd, Reporter November 1, 2022

In recent years, the Manitou Springs High Schools’ Environmental Club has brought more attention to environmental issues through its events and hard work toward promoting planet health and awareness....

The Manitou Springs High Schools football field being forked by Woodland Park High School students before a basketball game in 2021.

Woodland Park’s one-sided rivalry

Emily Waite, Editor-in-Chief October 20, 2022

Woodland Park High School and Manitou Springs High School’s high-tension relationship has caused issues for many years, but are they really rivals? While WPHS would say a resounding yes, MSHS would...

Manitou Springs High School students sign MSHS in American Sign Language.

Should there be ASL classes at MSHS?

Ari Clark, Reporter October 10, 2022

Within school spaces the diversity of students is increasing, meaning that there are always new students with different needs. An example of this is students within the deaf community becoming more common...

MSHS students gear up for voter registration for the week of Oct. 3

Editoral: Voter Registration

Prospector Staff, Editor-in-Chief: Jack Embery September 28, 2022

As the Nov. 8 midterm elections are around the corner, Manitou Springs High Schools’ National Honors Society chapter is preparing students who are eligible in the upcoming election to do online voter...

Commentary: We survived COVID... How do we move forward?

Commentary: We survived COVID… How do we move forward?

Claire Kisielnicki, Editor-in-Chief May 9, 2022

On March 13, 2020, Manitou Springs High School along with schools around the country announced that they would be extending Spring Break by two weeks because of a new virus called COVID-19. I remember...

It can be difficult for students to focus on learning when they feel constantly bombarded by negative voices.

Commentary: Inside the mind of a victim

Piper Larsen, Reporter April 20, 2022

Rumors. Gossip. Talking. Crying. “They said ____ about you.” *Who even is that person? They don’t know you. You don’t know them. Who told them that? Why would they be spreading that?...

Letter to the editor

Sammi Clapham April 1, 2022

Dear Editor, I am Sammi Clapham, a junior at MSHS in Mr.Gillard’s creative writing class. I believe at Manitou Springs High School there shouldn’t be long advisories or any at all....

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