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The MSHS weight room will be moved to where the World Language rooms are over the summer of 2025.
Weight room to be relocated for ADA accessibility
The large screen TV with class composites is next to the new gym door in the Commons.
Class composites uploaded to touch screens in MSHS
A picture of the new soundboard.
MSSD Auditorium receives lighting system update
All proceeds from the Snowball Dance will go to Berkley.
Snowball Dance rescheduled for Feb. 22
MSHS staff and students affected by illness this winter
MSHS staff and students affected by illness this winter
Kyan Bunker (12) got his grandmother's last name and his football number on his right arm. On his left arm is the date of his liver transplant and a family Bible verse. He got the bull on his hand for fun.
Seniors express themselves with tattoos
Maddie Fonkert (11) watches TikTok in her downtime during class on April 15. The TikTok algorithm is designed to track how the user interacts with videos – comments, likes, watch time, and shares – and to show them more videos like the ones they like to keep them engaged.
TikTok remains a factor in the lives of staff and students
Members of SkillsUsa packing for their state competition in Pueblo.
SkillsUSA prepares students for careers post high school
Athletic trainer Jimmy Morin describes the injury to patient Jon Polizzi (12). Morin will be taking a new position at The Vanguard School next year.
Athletic trainer Jimmy Morin leaves MSHS for The Vanguard School
Zookeepers from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo give a keeper talk on Mustang Strong Day 2025 with a spotted python (Antaresia maculosa).
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo visits on Mustang Strong Day
Mackinzy Wall(11) practices her discus throw on Wednesday, April 9 at the MSHS field to improve further, even after achieving a school record in discus. Wall threw 126.0 feet, on Mar. 8.
Mackinzy Wall earns school record for discus throw
Abbie reeves, Hannah Rickert, Alex Traenkle, and Kara Donagen pose for a photo at a wrestling competition.
Swim & Dive/Wrestling Season Recap
Girls' golf players Madi Sharon (12) and Addie Dorsey (10) stand in the doorway alongside Cameron Jones, the Athletic Director at MSHS.
Spring Sports Preview: Girls Golf
Senior leaders for the baseball team, Logan Moore, Hayden Martinez and Trafford Havens stand beside eachother.
Spring Sports Preview: Baseball
Emma Wall (9) and Heather Larsen (12) practice soccer at Maestes Field with their teammates on March 3 to improve kicking accuracy while moving.
Spring Sports Preview: Girls Soccer
The senior class of 2024 gets to the school early during their final week to decorate the Commons.
The controversy surrounding senior pranks: a fine line between fun and frenzy
ICE isn't welcome in our schools
ICE isn’t welcome in our schools
A collage of brochures from Colorado colleges, including CSU, Airforce Academy, UNC, CU Denver, Metropolitan State, and CSU Pueblo.
Community college offers benefits in struggling economy
The MSHS lunch lady, Teresa Leets, rings up a student with a tray containing chocolate milk, a kiwi, a pear, and a corndog.
Dietary struggles in high school lunch
Student Landon Foster (12) makes a pizza for his job at Savelli's.
Students gain life experience with part-time jobs
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
RaMell Ross's Oscar nominated movie "Nickel Boys" came out on August 30, 2024.
Review: “Nickel Boys”
Sid Meier’s Civilization VII is the most recent Sid Meier game to be released. The game came out Feb. 11, 2025 and it was available for early access a few days earlier
Review: Sid Meier’s “Civilization VII”
The book cover of Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros in front of smoke.
Book Review: “Onyx Storm”
Kyle Blasi and Morrigan Schulz rehearse for their student directed play.
MSHS students undertake writing and directing plays
A latte with a cat design on the top.
Review: Happy Cats Coffee
Kyle Blasi and Morrigan Schulz rehearse for their student directed play.
MSHS students undertake writing and directing plays
Beckett Wendell-Evans holds Meggan Milliron in the air during a practice dance.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Lana Kahtava (11) and Kai Jacobson(12) begin to present the awards for the night.
Theater students celebrate The Larry’s
Kai Jacobson (12) and Abby Steen leave Manitou Springs High School with cheers from the students and staff on Thursday, Feb. 8. They arrived at the Buell Theater of Downtown Denver and began rehearsing with the rest of the choir for their performance that Saturday.
Kai Jacobson performs with All-State Honor Choir
At this annual Larry's, MPAC President Kai Jacobson (11) and Vice President Meghan Taylor (11) took liberty in naming and presenting every award given.
The 2023 Larry’s: What to expect of this long standing tradition
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
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
Lucas Grieb (12) & Lance Warner (12) pose for a band photo, outside in Manitou Springs, CO, with their guitars.
Euphoria: Manitou Springs High School’s up and coming band
Anton Akse (12), principal chair tuba, focuses on how his instrument sounds in the concert hall as opposed to the rehearsal space.
Abeel and Aske play in top youth orchestral group
Boulder Honor Band members Devin Rocha (11) and Hailey Matas (12) at their concert in Boulder.
It’s an Honor to be in Honor Band
RaMell Ross's Oscar nominated movie "Nickel Boys" came out on August 30, 2024.
Review: “Nickel Boys”
Sid Meier’s Civilization VII is the most recent Sid Meier game to be released. The game came out Feb. 11, 2025 and it was available for early access a few days earlier
Review: Sid Meier’s “Civilization VII”
A latte with a cat design on the top.
Review: Happy Cats Coffee
A poster for "The Order" directed by Justin Kurzel.
Review: “The Order”
Tyler, the Creators new album cover.
Review: Chromakopia
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Members look on as Fries gives a speech as president of the GSTA.

GSTA Under New Leadership

Connor Cupit, Reporter • September 24, 2015

Wyatt Fries has always been an active member of the GSTA, or the Gay Straight Tran* alliance within the school, but this year, he became president of the club. The GSTA is a club in which students...

Agnes Nevaratne (11) and Connor Cupit (11) participate in one of the many games held that night.

Manitou’s student GSTA pursues future goals and ambitions

Lizzy Anderson, Writer • March 20, 2015

Local schools throughout the region are lacking a GSTA, or Gay Straight Trans Alliance. Last week on Friday, March 13, students representing schools across the region who do or do not have a GSTA came...

Heart beating quickly with the adrenaline of the moment, Wyatt Vanderheyden claps hands with his Woodland Park opponent, watching him with bitter resentment.

A New Kind of Success: A look back at Manitou’s wrestling season

Tyler Jungbauer, Reporter • March 3, 2015

  The Manitou Springs High School wrestling team this previous season may not have qualified for state, but they managed to grow in perhaps more important ways. “When it came down to really...

The concept of a "Sadie Hawkins" day was introduced by cartoonist Al Capp in 1937 in his popular comic strip "Li'l Abner". The day was named after a supporting character and soon became an annual tradition in the plot of the comic, and was co-opted by colleges and high schools across the country.

The case against Sadie Hawkins

Wyatt Vanderheyden, Contributor • January 14, 2015

To many students, the idea of a Sadie Hawkins dance (a type of dance where the girl asks the boy to go) may seem harmless, but to some this type of dance makes them feel uncomfortable. While not all students...

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