“The purpose of high school is to help you through your formative years," said Mr. Galli, describing the reasons why Manogue is now hosting all-male and female retreats. The introduction of these retreats to Manogue is a welcome event to our community, and rather than being promoted as a primarily religious-based retreat, Mr. Galli encourages students...

For being such a well-known and widely celebrated holiday, many people do not actually know the purpose or origin story of Halloween; people all over the world dress up in costume and gift sweet treats to each other on this particular day, but have you ever wondered why?  Halloween started as a simple festival. In Britain and other neighboring parts...

Science Bowl and Academic team are two academic activities you have probably heard about but may not really know much about. So what are they? Mrs. Smith (these teams’ coach this year)  describes them as being like the “fun quiz games” we play “in class”. She just says the difference is just “you're competing against other schools.” Now...

Halloween is fast approaching, and you may be looking for some fun activities to do with your friends or family. There are plenty of fun Halloween activities located in the Reno area, so we compiled a list of these attractions for you to enjoy.    First on our list of attractions is the Slaughter House, the haunted house located at the Greater...

For some of us, college is right around the corner and the stress is already feeling like the weight of the world. Keeping our heads above our busy school schedules is immensely stressful as is, and being granted the additional responsibility of choosing a university simply does not help. Deciding where you want to attend a university for the next four...

Speech and Debate, which is known for its extremely competitive style in rhetorical competition, is, unfortunately, a vastly underrated opportunity and skill-building club many students here at Bishop Manogue do not take advantage of. The reason for this is primarily because students are unaware of the advantages and beneficial effects Speech and Debate...

College applications are chock full of varying, dynamic elements that can be difficult to manage along with a full schedule of classes and extracurricular activities. If you take just two things away from this article I hope that you start early and stay organized. If you only do these two things, you will be successful. My first piece of advice...

The Miner Men mentorship program had its pioneer year here at Manogue as Mr. Lazarek implemented a test run with 26 upperclassmen each paired with a freshman. Lazarek, after three years as a Bishop Manogue administrator, saw a significant need for male leadership in the school that would “empower the mentors and give the mentees direction in academics and life”. His goal was to create “self-advocating” young men in both the upper and underclassmen, and while this year’s program was small it has been very successful.