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Senior Connor Michalski walks into school and arrives just on time. Michalski has had to adapt to this new policy and change his day but it has helped him for the better. “Ive really been mindful about showing up to school on time and I always know when Im supposed to be at school, ” Michalski said. “The new Good Standing Policy has kept me from being late in my classes because I want to be able to go to Homecoming and Prom.” Michalski has had to adapt to this new policy and change his day but it has helped him for the better.

Cutting down the tardies and absences

Sam Blecha, Staff Reporter
September 15, 2023
Senior Nathan Delaney signs in on the Studentvue kiosk as he arrives at school late. Delaney is a good student who is on time to class most of the time and ready to learn when the bell rings. “I try to leave my house at a good time in the morning so Im not late, said Delaney. “Even when Im late getting a pass to class is very quick and it doesnt take too long for me to grab a pass and get to class.”

September to remember

Wyatt Carmichael, Staff Reporter
September 15, 2023
Actor Brykin Jones portrays the pessimistic character, Hank. The thing is Im very much the opposite of Hank, Jones said. But I still felt connected to his character.

Making the best out of a bad time

Alex Elgert, Staff Reporter
September 14, 2023
Security guard Corri Pike sits in the new security office, which is now able to unlock one of the inside and outside doors remotely.

Summer brings change

Ariana Griffin, Staff Reporter
September 6, 2023
CAT Crew gathers with the youth frontiers to begin a new year

New year, new students

Connor Michalski, Staff Reporter
September 6, 2023
“I felt that it was great to see the families and future members come out and support the band. It has definitely been an event I look forward to year after year,” said band student Blake Kahler.

Marching for the community

Caden Reynolds, Staff Reporter
August 30, 2023
In Home Maintenance, STS teacher Anothony Anderson teaches senior Bobby Joseph how to hook up the wires for an outlet. Anderson had a great experience taking shop class in high school, such a great experience he decided he wanted to do it as a career. “My high school shop teacher was really influential,” Anderson said. “I had a really good connection with him starting my freshman year. I had such a great experience with him, the more I thought about things in high school I was really good at working with my hands and helping other students in class.”

Fresh faces

Nathan Delaney, Staff Reporter
August 30, 2023
Senior Michael Bartholomew quickly adjusts to the new “modified block” schedule in his first block class, Advanced Journalism. “I really enjoyed the schedule from the previous year,” Bartholomew said. “This new schedule is definitely something I wasn’t expecting heading into my senior year.”

A change to stay

Nathan Buroker, Staff Reporter
August 30, 2023
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
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