Manitou Springs High School

Happy November! Thank you to the numerous families who participated in Conferences last week.

This week I had the chance to see deep learning in so many classrooms: AP Physics students deriving their own formulas to measure the period of flying pigs in AP Physics, students debating interpretations of the Constitution, and students applying real world skills during our Coffee Coral.

Additionally, I would like to congratulate our Fall Athletics teams on great seasons! Congrats to our Cross Country team on their state performance, including Cody K. (2nd), Cody W. (7th), and Elisa K. (15th); our Boys’ Soccer program who made it to the Sweet 16 round; our Volleyball team who had strong leadership and teamwork throughout the season; and our Football team who finished with a win against Lamar! Thank you to the coaching staff, students, and families who invest immense time, energy, and passion into creating incredible opportunities for our teams! Go Stangs!

Enjoy your weekend!

Anna Conrad

Manitou Springs High School

Principal

We welcomed a beautiful snowy morning on Monday! Picture taken by Melissa McElhaney, District Employee

Congrats to our Halloween Costume Contest Winners! Thank you to The Prospector for hosting a fun Halloween event!

Traffic laws are confusing, especially for new drivers. Here is a reminder for anyone under the age of 18:

Teens with a permit must be accompanied by a driving instructor, parent, legal guardian or a licensed adult 21 years of age or older (authorized by parent/guardian) in the front seat, buckled up.

Teens with a license:
For the first six months, no passengers under 21, unless a parent or other licensed adult driver over 21 is in the vehicle.
For the next six months, one passenger under age 21.
Medical emergencies are exceptions.

At any time, no more than one passenger is allowed in the front seat.

For more information, visit the Colorado Department of Transportation

The 6-12 PAC Holiday Auction is LIVE! Please consider bidding on some of these amazing items. Don't forget, the proceeds from this event benefit Classroom Grants, Staff Appreciation, and other events that support our schools.Use the QR code below to access the auction. Happy Bidding!

Senior Photos are due November 10

Senior Photo Upload link: https://images.jostens.com/0SaZXNB5STjZ8cAHG2kjs8A

Access Code: 0SaZXNB5STjZ8cAHG2kjs8A

Senior Photos must be school appropriate, vertical, submitted in a jpeg format, and 300dpi

Quotes should be put in the "Description" box. While there is no word limit, try to keep it short. All senior quotes are subject to Yearbook staff review, so stay school appropriate!

Questions? Email rwalker@mssd14.org

The Prospector is the student-run news website of Manitou Springs High School. Check out stories we posted this week!

Teacher Throwback: Mr. Brown by Kaleb Cervantes and Naomi Porter

Gap year after graduation? by Ari Clark

Boys soccer ends with an impressive season and a lasting brotherhood by Katelyn Fonkert

You can follow on INSTAGRAM or like us on FACEBOOK to see our social media stories and contests!

During this week, Spanish I, II & III students made Ofrendas to honor their loved ones, role models and idols who have crossed over from this world to the next, following the tradition of the holiday Día de los Muertos, that is celebrated in Mexico and other Spanish speaking countries.

The Manitou High School Wrestling Team would like to thank everyone who helped out and/or donated to their fundraiser this past weekend, selling parking spots for the coffin races!

Elisa Karr finishes 15th overall. Second team all-state. 11th fastest ninth grade girl across all classifications.

Boys finish 6th overall (third best team finish in school history).

Cody Kelley finishes second overall (Best individual finish in school history).

Cody Wyman finishes 7th overall (fifth best finish in school history behind Kelley, Henry Ilyasova, Dave Lowe, and Trent Briney) Great day for the Mustangs!

Last month, Sources of Strength (SOS) focused on sharing tips for reducing the impacts of stress and anxiety through self-care. They even invited staff and students to participate in a self-care BINGO campaign.

For November, SOS is sharing information about our basic human needs. Most of us understand our physical needs: air, food, water, shelter, but we also have two emotional needs, attachment and authenticity.

Attachment is how we come to understand that our physical needs can and will be met, which leads to a secure attachment to others; if our needs are not consistently met, we develop insecure attachment, which creates patterns of adaptive behavior.

Authenticity is how we feel safe to express our true self around others. Sadly, we will always sacrifice our authenticity for attachment, since our physical, survival needs must be attended to before our emotional need to belong. There are ways for us to increase this sense of psychological safety for ourselves and others. For more information, check out the bulletin board between the school's front door and the front office window.

If you want to get involved in helping SOS create and facilitate our monthly campaigns, please attend one of our weekly meetings: Thursdays at lunch in Doc Moen's room (12).

Shoutout to Beck Enquist, Austin Courson, and Lucas Peixoto-Sundquist on helping the Manitou Kiwanis secure 9th place in the coffin races this weekend. They pushed the coffin and volunteered their time. And another shoutout to Gavin Smith, Dylan McVerry-Reese, and Beck for helping build the coffin! Way to go boys!

Wednesday, November 8th - Late Start Wednesday - school starts at 10:05am

Friday, November 10th - Colorado Mesa University Visit - Advisory

Coming Soon - Thanksgiving Break - Monday, November 20th - Friday, November 24th

Email: aconrad@mssd14.org
Website: www.mssd14.org
Location: 401 El Monte Place, Manitou Springs, CO, USA
Phone: 719-685-2074
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manitouspringshighschool