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Leah Pickhinke

Leah Pickhinke, Staff Reporter

Leah is a junior at Millard West and this is her second year on staff for the CATalyst. In Leah’s free time she enjoys going on walks, listening to music, and spending time with friends and family. Other than journalism, her hobbies include drawing, gaming, watching movies, and taking pictures.

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Internet restrictions range from games to videos and educational websites. I think restricting games on school provided laptops is fair enough, junior Sophia Eljamal said. But when I try to access certain websites for research, a lot of them are restricted, even if the websites are trusted and reliable sources for information.

Locked-down learning

Leah Pickhinke, Staff Reporter
September 14, 2023
As screen time numbers add up from social media apps, to online ordering; concerns to mental and physical health grow. Large amounts of screen time pose a threat towards the eyes, brain, energy and activity in young children and adults.

The issues cell phones promote

Leah Pickhinke, Staff Reporter
August 30, 2023
Avatar: The Way of The Water was released to theaters on Dec. 16, 2022

The return of ‘Avatar’

Leah Pickhinke, Staff Reporter
December 20, 2022
“Bullet Train,” leaves viewers amazed by the unpredictable plot and the action-packed intensity of the film.

Never ending train ride

Leah Pickhinke, Staff Reporter
December 15, 2022
I got to create a video that used time lapse while talking about my artist, junior Addison Kramer said. I recreated one of Pieter Bruegels artworks called The Fall of the Rebel Angels

A deeper dive into art

Leah Pickhinke, Staff Reporter
December 12, 2022
This month’s display shows information posted about National Native American Month. “We hope this will allow our school as a community to be more aware of months and groups we should celebrate,” sophomore Skylar Johnson said. “More people need to learn about different cultures and this is a great opportunity to stop and look at the displays and learn something new.”

Appreciating student’s heritage

Leah Pickhinke, Staff Reporter
December 1, 2022
The baby food diet is one of the diets that falsely advertises for quick weight loss but does not state its dangers.

Selling a ‘healthy’ diet

Leah Pickhinke, Staff Reporter
November 22, 2022
Mock elections are held every year in the month of November to allow students to share where their political standpoints are and to get a say early on in the democracy.

Students getting a say

Leah Pickhinke, Staff Reporter
November 11, 2022
Actress Naomi Watts takes the cover of the new Netflix series, The Watcher

House of horrors

Leah Pickhinke, Staff Reporter
October 28, 2022
Every year a different number of students from all three Millard high schools qualify for a National Merit Scholarship. This years semi-finalists are Anderson Kelly and Riya Kulkarni representing Millard West. It takes a lot of hard work and motivation to earn this scholarship, senior Riya Kulkarni said. I just keep pushing myself to my greatest academic level because you can never stop achieving.

Achieving great things

Leah Pickhinke, Staff Reporter
October 10, 2022
Junior and senior Wildcats working separately to create 3D form room models. There are so many skills that can go into an interior design project, senior Aubrey Sause said. It helps students be more creative with interior design and do something different when creating/working for other peoples likes and dislikes.

Dream rooms in the making

Leah Pickhinke, Staff Reporter
September 26, 2022
Homecoming nominees

A more meaningful Homecoming

Leah Pickhinke, Staff Reporter
September 16, 2022
AP Capstone

A new way to critically think

Leah Pickhinke, Staff Reporter
September 12, 2022
Gathering together

Gathering together

Leah Pickhinke, Staff Reporter
September 7, 2022
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