Manitou Springs High School

Thank you to our students, staff, and community for your partnership in PSAT/SAT this Wednesday. We appreciate everyone’s determination!

Also, our Food Drive Week led by Key Club was a great success. A big congratulations to our Key Club for not only raising significant funds and food to donate, but also bringing our community together through spirit days and events, including our MSSD14 Staff Basketball Team dominating against the CSCS Staff Team!

Next week, we are looking forward to our Environmental Club coordinating Earth Week with a volunteer project at Flying Pig Farm, spirit days, tie-dye, etc. culminating in an Environmental Fair & BBQ for students on Thursday during lunch! Please remember that Friday, 4/26, there is no school for students since staff have a work day then in the evening we have Prom from 7-10 pm.

The week of May 6-10, we will be celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week. Please consider signing up to bring sides for our Teacher Appreciation Pizza Party sponsored by PAC on May 9th.

Have an awesome weekend, and I hope to see many of you at the play tonight at 7 pm or tomorrow at 2 pm at the District Auditorium!

Anna Conrad

Manitou Springs High School

Principal

Congratulations to the Manitou Springs HS Student Council for being amongst the Colorado high school student councils that were named a National Council of Excellence by the National Association of Student Councils (NASC). These student councils have been recognized for implementing a strong leadership program that meets council goals, functioning in an ethical and responsible way, and engaging others in leadership, spirit, civic and service activities.

A special congratulation was given to Manitou Springs High School for being one of the three schools which have achieved "Decade of Excellence" by reaching National Council of Excellence status for the past 10 years. This is our eleventh year on a row. Congratulations Mustangs!!!

Our High School Theatre production for the spring is THE SNOW, by Finegan Kruckemeyer. Performances are on Friday, April 19 at 7 pm and Saturday, April 20 at 2 pm.

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

MSHS views the eclipse by Ari Clark

Meghan Taylor authors Colorado bill on non-legal name changes by Dalton Gates

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

Amanda Kerrigan

(she, her, hers)

Manitou Springs High School

English Department

The Prospector Adviser

NHS Adviser

GSTA Adviser

Next week is EARTH WEEK and the Environmental Club has some fun stuff planned for you! There will be a modified schedule on Thursday the 25th and a FREE BBQ Lunch for ALL Staff and Students outside on the Track or in the New Gym if the weather is bad.

Sunday 4/21 Volunteer at Flying Pig Farm - Join Environmental Club and STUCO from 11pm - 1pm at the Farm

Floral Monday - Wear Floral Clothes

Tie-Dye Tuesday

- Wear and/or make something Tie-Dye in the Commons during advisory and lunch!

We Wear Pink Wednesday - Wear your favorite pink clothes. During advisory, spicy pepper/salsa contest hosted by Spanish Club in the Media Center!

Flip N' Drip Thrift Store - OPEN ALL WEEK in the Media Center for all Staff and Students. Come shop for your Spring and Summer Fits!

MODIFIED SCHEDULE 11:30 - 12:25pm on the track or in the New Gym (if weather is bad)(Schedule listed below)

FREE YUMMY BBQ LUNCH for Staff and Students

FREE PLANTS

TIE-DYE STATION

ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS VENDORS (bring $$)

PRIZES FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES
GAMES and MUSIC!

Join us on Friday, May 3 for the 10th Annual World Language and Culture Night. This year's theme is "The Showcase." It will feature projects and presentations that students have been working on throughout the school year.

Date: Friday, May 3
Time: 5:30- 7:00 p.m.
Where: Manitou Springs High School

Featuring:

• Students projects and performances
• Student Art Gallery
• Pulsera Project
• Dallo's Drumming Workshop
• Special Guests from colleges and organizations
• Food Trucks

Parking:

• Manitou Springs High School
• Manitou Springs Middle School
• Upper Activity Field
• El Monte Place Hill
• Manitou Ave.

MSMS:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4AAFA72AA5F5C70-49173973-teacher#/

MSHS:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4AAFA72AA5F5C70-49174423-teacher#/

Mr. Walker's Mythology class teamed up with Ms. Gocisnki, the art teacher, to chalk out their own labyrinth. They just did a mini unit on the social utility of the symbol of the labyrinth, and studied the myth of the Cretan Minotaur, and the movie "The Labyrinth." After this, they learned about labyrinths as a metaphor for the interior journey and the search for self-knowledge.

Mr. Bonners photo students set up mannequins to get ready for a fashion shoot

Counselors finalized 11th grade Naviance (ICAP) lessons with Juniors this week. Over the last 2 weeks we worked with 11th graders to get them logged into their Naviance portal. They then updated their post-secondary goals and took a Career Cluster Inventory which helped to identify interests and discover career clusters that contain careers that might be of interest to them. Students favorited their top clusters and were encouraged to explore possible career matches. We encourage you to ask your students about this and have them share their results with you; they can access this via www.student.naviance.com. Students were also reminded of graduation requirements below:

Class of 2024+ MSHS Graduation Requirements

English – 8 credits

Math – 6 credits

Science – 6 credits

Social Studies – 6 credits

P.E. – 3 credits

Health – 1 credit

Fine Arts/Practical Arts – 6 credits

Electives – 18 credits

Total Credits Needed to Graduate: 54

Please reach out if you have any questions to your students assigned counselor:

Mschmuki@mssd14.org (last names A-K)

Astrupp@mssd14.org (last names L-Z)

Rules of the Road

The rules of the road apply to drivers of all ages, but there are certain additional restrictions that all teen drivers need to know.

Passenger restrictions

Teens with a permit:

• 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.

https://www.codot.gov/safety/colorado-teen-drivers/parent/teen-driving-restrictions.html

Friday, April 19 - Girls' Golf V vs Pueblo East (Away) - 9:00am

Friday, April 19 - Track V vs Douglas County (Away) - 1:00pm

Friday, April 19 - Girls' Soccer JV/V vs Roaring Fork (Home) - 4:00pm/6:00pm

Friday, April 19 - Spring Play: "Snow" - 7:00pm - District Auditorium

Saturday, April 20 -Baseball V vs LaJunta (Away) - 11:00am

Saturday, April 20 - Spring Play: "Snow" - 2:00pm - District Auditorium

Monday, April 22 - Earth Week begins (Environmental Club)

Thursday, April 25- Jostens Cap and Gown delivery

Friday, April 26 - Prom; Staff Work Day--No Students

Wednesday, May 1- Late Start

Wednesday, May 8- Late Start

Wednesday, May 15- Late Start

Sunday, May 19- High School Graduation @ 1PM

Thursday, May 23- Last Day For Students (Early Dismissal)

Email: aconrad@mssd14.org
Website: www.mssd14.org
Location: 401 El Monte Pl. Manitou Springs, CO 80829
Phone: 719-685-2074
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manitouspringshighschool