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Raising the bar

Raising the bar

Annabelle Harshbarger, Staff Reporter
March 29, 2021
Kayla posts often on her TikTok for her large following so she can both maintain and grow her following. After she went viral a few times, her following has skyrocketed and her followers love watching videos of her and her boyfriend. “Some of my videos got tons of views,” Kayla said. “So then I just kept making more and then my account kept growing. I feel that I influence others based off of a healthy relationship that others can look up to.”

Very viral

Jenna Reynolds, Features Editor and Co-anchor
March 25, 2021
Horrocks talks to a client about scheduling a stay for their pup. She works as a receptionist at the  Paw Spa Pet Resort just off of 168th and Harrison. Working with dogs all the time is amazing, Horrocks said. Some days the job can be extremely stressful because having angry dog moms is not fun.

Never a ruff time

Jenna Reynolds, Features Editor and Co-anchor
March 17, 2021
Looking ahead to college, senior Jon Willis leaves behind an extensive legacy of commentating at Millard West.

Leaving a legacy

Edison Geiler, MWHS Wildcat News Editor-in-Chief
March 15, 2021
Clamping all the wood pieces together, senior Thomas Detlefsen wanted to get an idea for how his guitar would look semi-completed, without using glue. He just finished sanding the body of the guitar and had few more things to add to it. “Here I finished sanding on my body and decided to dry clamp all my wood pieces together without any glue along with a few pieces of hardware to get a rough idea of what the guitar would look like when it’s finally complete,” Detlefsen said. “After the whole process, it was satisfying to finally see it come together and start to look like a finished project, especially one that so closely resembles the original guitar it’s based on.”

Stringing innovation

Jordan Bakar, Staff Reporter
March 11, 2021
Senior Ceibhionn Stevens films a video, encouraging students to complete their FAFSA. Stevens and a handful of theater students help create these advertisements for EducationQuest. “I heard about this opportunity through my drama director, Mrs. Phillips,” Stevens said. “She has approached me and two other seniors because she felt we were dedicated drama students who would be able to contribute how EdQuest needed.”

A quest for experience

Kaden Roth, Staff Reporter
March 11, 2021
Blake Kahler commentates the Utah Jazz basketball game through Zoom.

Jazz Huddle

Logan Moseley, Staff Reporter
February 18, 2021
Senior Samantha Spencer stands with her original model and the full-scale completed set of her design for the play “Matt and Ben.” “I have created slides on my own time for fun of set designs I like and showed them to the Theatre Technology class,” Spencer said. “I have thought a lot about going into scenic design and maybe going into film, but I am not sure. I probably will always keep model making and miniatures as a hobby though.”

Setting the stage

Anna Blumenthal, Entertainment Editor
February 17, 2021
This tiered cake is bursting with flavor and pizzaz from it’s lovely vanilla cake to its cream cheese frosting and gold-dusted berries. Friend and customer Valerie Pioppi is proud of Olivia and her baking business. “I show all my friends her cakes, and I think it really displays her work ethic,” Pioppi said. “I would definitely get a cake from her because the way she decorates them is so pretty.”

Baking the world a better place

Emma Baker, Catalyst Editor-in-Chief
January 29, 2021
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