Manual RedEye

Vice President Joe Biden shares a celebratory hug with President Obama's daughters, Malia (left) and Natasha (right) while Jill Biden and First Lady Michelle Obama embrace one another on the stage of McCormick Place before the thousands of rally attendees following President Obama's speech.

Gallery: J&C students travel to Chicago to cover President Obama’s feat in the presidential election

November 8, 2012

VIDEO: Students from Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya visit J&C

Eliza Coleman

October 9, 2012

High School students from Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya visited J&C last month as part of a Youth Leadership program sponsored by the US State Department. The program teaches about leadership with a focus on media literacy. This group...

Ballard’s CMA program incorporates fine arts and music, too

Ashley Burkett

September 17, 2012

Looking directly past the sun at the field commander, bass clarinet in hand, Miranda Newton(12) rolled both feet from heel to toe on the fresh-cut football field. Looking as effortless as it would be sitting down in the fine Arts...

Bartha Tribute

Josh Bynum

April 4, 2012

A video tribute to the loss of a very important member of the Manual and CMA community. ...

CMA wins at WKU Mark of Excellence award ceremony

March 23, 2012

SBDM meets March 7 to discuss a proposed name change by the CMA department

Kelsi White

March 9, 2012

Manual’s Site Based Decision Making (SBDM) committee met on March 7 to discuss a proposed name change for the Communications and Media Arts (CMA) program to take place at the start of the 2013-2014 school year. The program would...

Two new CMA classes plus one possible class may be available next year

Julia Nguyen

March 7, 2012

Next year, two new Communications/Media Arts classes will be available for students: Editorial Leadership and an internship block. Another possible class for the 2012-2013 school year is Film Studies.The editorial leadership ...

CMA students to travel to New York City

Mitchell Kahle

January 10, 2012

On March 14-18, all students who are enrolled in a CMA classes, will be enrolled in CMA, or are members of a journalistic club, will have the opportunity to go to the Columbia Scholastic Press Association High School Journalism...

CMA students win awards at NSPA/JEA journalism convention

Julia Nguyen

December 12, 2011

Many CMA students won several awards by participating in the many contests at the fall National Scholastic Press Association/Journalism Education Association High School Journalism Convention that happened between Nov 18 to 2...

CMA to go to NSPA/JEA fall journalism convention in Minneapolis

Julia Nguyen

November 1, 2011

From Nov. 16 to 20, about 40 Communications/Media Arts (CMA) students will attend the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA)/Journalism Education Association (JEA) National High School Journalism Convention in Minneapolis,...

Cross-country team boosts training for upcoming meets

Cara Jennings

October 14, 2011

With the state meet a month away, the Manual cross-country team is increasing the strenuousness of their four-times-weekly practices at assorted parks in hopes of bringing home a trophy. The Lexington Catholic Invitational, which wil...

Manual’s National Merit semifinalists are announced for the Class of 2012

Erian Bradley

October 12, 2011

On September 14, it was announced that 43 Manual students are semifinalists for National Merit. Manual is ranked first in the state for National Merit scholarship in public schools, and 14th in the nation. There are about 22,000 high...