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The Student News Site of Millard West High School

The Catalyst
Junior Logan Moseley wins first place for his News Broadcast story, “Vote YES for MPS.” “It was very cool hearing my name get called up,” junior Logan Moseley said. “Once they called second place, everyone kind of looked at me— it was just very cool and surreal.”

Effort leads to opportunities

Ariana Griffin, Catalyst Online Editor-in-Chief
May 15, 2023
Camping out in the parking lot, senior Ernie Miranda prepares to wait as long it takes to capture his target. For this particular assassination, Miranda figured out where his target worked and the time they normally got there. “The key to success with Senior Assassin is to wait around for people much longer than anyone would ever expect you to,” Miranda said. “You also have to study the Life360 circle to find patterns throughout your targets day if you really want to win.” Photo by Kelsey Nunnenkamp

Assassinate the assassinator

Kelsey Nunnenkamp, Managing Editor
May 5, 2023
Millard West and German Exchange Students played a game called the xylophone challenge where they had to balance across a wobbly bridge. One of the many trips these students went on was to the Camp Carol Joy Holling where they used teamwork to complete many different challenges. “We got on a swing and had to work together to make it across to the other side,” junior Katie Rinell said. “We had to use teamwork to get across the ropes course.”

Empfang bis Amerika

Jackson Diebold, Staff Reporter
May 4, 2023
The image generation AI, Midjourney, was the prompt Artificial Intelligence in which it generated the image. Midjourney has been restricted by the College Board as well when it comes to aiding performance tasks.

Controversy over artificial intelligence 

Eddie Shi, Staff Reporter
May 4, 2023
Loading up a TikTok, junior Logan Moseley prepares to spend a couple of minutes at the end of class on his phone. On average, Moseley spends about four hours a day watching videos. I personally dont use the app on my own phone so I just watch Instagram reels instead, Moseley said. My thing is that I dont need two apps for the same purpose, because I still watch all of the same videos. Photo by Kelsey Nunnenkamp

Ticking time bomb

Kelsey Nunnenkamp, Managing Editor
May 3, 2023
Eco-West is planting tomatoes in the current greenhouse. As they sprout, they are transferred to bigger containers in which they are going to grow for 6-8 weeks.

Eco-West is going green

Eddie Shi, Staff Reporter
April 11, 2023
Celebrating a first place championship in informative speech, senior Gretna John poses for a selfie with Forensic coaches Jennifer Jermome and Rachel Vanengen.

Taking home the Gold

Kelsey Nunnenkamp, Managing Editor
March 29, 2023
Senior Hunter Pratt helps science teacher Parker Lower in the Wildcat Cafe for Teacher Appreciation Day.

Order up

Maleah Arellano, Staff Reporter
March 7, 2023
Senior Carson Ballard spends time in the library, a program partially funded by the levy. For both students and staff, maintaining the schools programs is of upmost importance. I really hope the levy goes through, Ballard said. Even though Im leaving, there are many resources I dont want our school to loose.

Pushing the property tax

Quinn Burton, Editor-in-Chief
March 3, 2023
The students interacting at practice while trying new techniques

Debate prepares for Districts

Saylor Massey, Staff Reporter
March 2, 2023
Interaction between students is important as they learn to communicate in English.

Learning English

Ariana Griffin, Catalyst Online Editor-in-Chief
March 1, 2023
With a new increase of diversity at Millard West, students are benefiting from cross-culture understanding and gaining skills to help prepare them for the future.

Making strides in embracing diversity

Kelsey Nunnenkamp, Staff Reporter
February 14, 2023
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