Dear Manitou community:
On Sunday, May 15, we will host the 2022 Graduate Parade, with the kind support of Manitou Springs School District 14 and the city of Manitou Springs. Started in 2020 as a way for families who could not attend graduation to celebrate their graduates, this is now the newest Manitou Springs tradition!
We hope you will come down to the avenue to celebrate this group of amazing and resilient graduates along with us.
The parade will launch at 2 p.m. from Manitou Avenue at El Monte Place (near the high school) and continue along Manitou Avenue, make the loop around the Ruxton roundabout, and back again.
We will announce and celebrate each senior as they circle the roundabout. Like any parade, we’ll have music, costumes, prizes and plenty of school and senior spirit — and maybe a surprise or two!
If you’ve ever been to this parade, you know how special it is for our graduates and our community.
This community has been one of the biggest influences on this group of fantastic students. The parade is a great way to show them just how much we love them and wish them a joy-filled adventure.
Come on down and cheer this group of fine graduates as they embark on the rest of their lives! And don’t forget to bring your noisemakers, signs, costumes and your finest Manitou spirit.
See you there!
Dinah Mann,
2022 Senior Parent Committee