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The Catalyst

The Student News Site of Millard West High School

The Catalyst

Students need to know the causes of not getting enough sleep at night.

Sleeping as a student

Haden Batchelder, Staff Reporter
March 9, 2020

Millard west students performing TikTok dance together. ”I love how fast TikTok is and all the different types of entertainment,” said junior Jenna Reynolds “if I have three minutes I can just watch a few videos.”

TikTok: Is it just a trend?

Connor Robb, Staff Reporter
March 6, 2020
Junior Elise Nyffeler works in the Scratching Post as a part of DECA. She is a junior officer and is in there during her lunch period for students to shop.

Taking on the job earlier

Paige Fortney, Staff Reporter
March 6, 2020
The recommendation of caffeine for teens is 100 mg, unfortunately, many popular energy drinks go above this amount. Recognizing this is important to student’s health to ensure they don’t abuse caffeine.

The dangers of caffeine

Brenna Batchelder, Staff Reporter
March 5, 2020
This infographic talks about the reasons why students are stressed. It also shows how often students are feeling stressed throughout their life. The majority of students that took this survey are stressed most of the time and that is because of relationships.

Schedule overload

Peyton Busteed, Staff Reporter
March 5, 2020
Many people jump from team to team to always be on top.

Jumping ship

Jaden Madden, Staff Reporter
March 5, 2020
Student debt crisis

Student debt crisis

Haden Batchelder, Staff Reporter
February 28, 2020
In recent years the creation of Sinstas has allowed teenagers to post their true feelings without facing the common consequences and social standards that plague public accounts.

Getting real with fake social media accounts

Bailey Christensen, Assistant Broadcast Editor
February 20, 2020
Social media and cell phone use is making people less social. This problem is continuously increasing with new technological advances being made.

“Social” media isn’t so social

Elizabeth Hahn, Entertainment Editor
February 19, 2020
Photo by Brooke Brzezinski

LGBTQ youth dealing with rights

Brooke Brzezinski, Staff Reporter
February 6, 2020
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