Horror for the Homeless
Atlee Barrow and Alyssa Rash, Junior Reporters
November 6, 2018
While going to see a movie after school seems like a fun time, for everyone that went to Rocky Horror on Sunday the 28th, they were also helping a great cause. By paying $3 or $5 to get into the show, they helped support homeless youth in Colorado Springs. Jessica Moen, an English teacher at MSHS, i...
GSTA Kicks Off the Year With Ice Cream Social
Oda Tiller-Bratteboe, Reporter
September 18, 2018
Friday, September 7th, the Gay Straight Trans Alliance (GSTA) 0f Manitou Springs High School organized and hosted an ice cream social at the Mustang Plaza. The goal of the social was to raise money, awareness and to collect clothing to donate to Inside Out: an organization which focuses on bringing a...
GSTA Raises Money for Urban Peak Through “Rocky Horror Picture Show”
Anela Wright, Senior Reporter
November 6, 2017
The Manitou Springs High School (MSHS) Gay Straight Trans Alliance (GSTA) is persistent about raising awareness for the less fortunate kids within the LGTBQ+ community. In spirit of Halloween, the club held a movie night showing of "Rocky Horror Picture Show" to raise money and toiletry items for Urban...
Annual Club Carnival Gets Students Involved
Anela Wright, Senior Reporter
September 8, 2017
Each year, Manitou Springs High School (MSHS) holds a club fair to encourage students to become a part of the school community. Students talk to each club to attain information, and in return they receive a ticket that can be cashed out for games, drinks and food. Over a dozen different clubs prese...
Manitou Springs High School Clubs Focus on Collaboration
Sita Ahlen, Yearbook Editor
August 20, 2017
Manitou Springs High School has an extremely involved student body who are actively participating in several different organizations. These range from student government organizations such as the Student Council, to more academically focused clubs like Math Warriors, to more stimulating clubs su...
Students Participate in Annual Night Out to End Youth Homelessness
Lily Reavis, Editor-in-Chief
November 18, 2016
At 6am on Friday, November 17, several Manitou students awoke outside of the First United Methodist Church in downtown Colorado Springs. Frost and snow layered the ground and temperatures were in the low 30’s. For the third consecutive year, the school’s Gay Straight Transgender Alliance (G...
Editorial: GSTA Day of Silence proves MSHS Less Accepting than Expected
Lily Reavis, Editor-in-Chief
April 26, 2016
On April 15, the Manitou Springs High School Gay Straight Trans* Alliance (GSTA) participated in the national Day of Silence, an annual event meant to bring attention to LGBTQ+ bullying and harassment in schools. Members of the GSTA wore purple and stayed silent throughout the day in a show of solidar...
GSTA Participates in Annual “Day of Silence”
Lizzy Anderson, Senior Reporter
April 18, 2016
The Day of Silence, which stands to bring awareness to anti-LGBT harassment, began in 1996 and has since became an international event. The Manitou Gay Straight Trans* Alliance (GSTA) participated in the event this year, on April 15. "We're silent to stand in solidarity with people in the LGBTQ...
GSTA Meets Goal of Raising $1,000 for Local Homeless Shelter
Lily Reavis, Editor-in-Chief
January 15, 2016
At the beginning of the school year, president of the Gay Straight Trans* Alliance (GSTA) Wyatt Fries announced the club's goal for the year: to raise $1,000 to donate to the Urban Peak Homeless Shelter in downtown Colorado Springs. Urban Peak, which serves only homeless youth, says that it costs...
GSTA Students Participate in Night Out to End Youth Homelessness
Lily Reavis, Editor-in-Chief
November 13, 2015
At 5:45a.m. on Friday, November 13, eight students, with messy hair and tired faces from a night in the cold without much sleep, arranged themselves on a couch in the meeting room of the First United Methodist Church in Colorado Springs. One student was still outside, fast asleep despite the no...
