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The Student News Site of Millard West High School

The Catalyst
The Student News Site of Millard West High School

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Placing out all of the finished cookies, senior Sydney Prasch organizes all of the decorated gingerbread cookies. Prasch and her extended family got together to bake 2,000 plus cookies to give out to friends and food drives. "The cookies are all made from my aunt's homemade recipes and they are the best things I've ever tasted," Prasch said. "I've been helping since I was three and it is my favorite holiday tradition."

Baked with love

Delaney Lueck, Features Editor
December 18, 2023
The new movie “The Blind” released in theaters Sept. 28, 2023 and helps the audience learn about the story of Phil and Kay Robertson along with what it looks like to give your life to Christ.

Faith, family, ducks……in that order

Wyatt Carmichael, Staff Reporter
November 1, 2023
Teacher Jennifer Priest and her family get ready to cut the ribbon and kick off the JDRF walk at Mahoney State Park. “My favorite thing about the walk is the support you feel from all the families and to know they go through the same challenges your family does,” Priest said. It is also so uplifting to see all the funds that are raised for diabetes research. Each year we are given more hope that we are moving closer to a cure of Type 1 Diabetes!”

Walk for research

Wyatt Carmichael, Staff reporter
October 19, 2023
Fast and Furious 9 is the latest in the series coming out in June of 2021

Family is immortal

Reece Straley, Staff Reporter
November 3, 2021
On Oct. 1, 2021, The Addams Family is back on the big scream appearing in “The Addams Family 2” to add to the list of spooky season movies to watch.

They’re creepy and they’re kooky

Riley Kramolisch, Managing Editor
October 25, 2021
Growing up together freshmen Avery, Abby and Michael Jones experienced life a little differently than most students. Going through school together for their whole lives the Jones’s had an easier start to high school than most, since they got placed in the same qt. “Being a triplet can be annoying at times but mostly fun,” Avery Jones said. “I like that I always have someone there for me.”

Seeing double….and triple

Riley Kramolisch, Staff Reporter
September 28, 2021
Sitting among the stairs at the infamous Roman Theatre in Jordan, junior Sarah Qaud journeys throughout the country to popular attractions such as this one. Taking a trip to visit her family living outside of the United States, Qaud spent 38 days outside of the country this summer. “The Roman Theater is mindblowing, and it was so interesting how Jordans would just sit and walk around it normally, whereas I was acting like a whole tourist,” Qaud said. “There are no words to describe how much I enjoyed it.”

A great escape

Samantha Vojslavek, Features Editor
September 14, 2021
Director Greta Gerwig releases an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s book Little Women making it the seventh adaption of the coming of age classic.

Little Women: A new classic masterpiece

Logan Berggren, Features Editor
January 15, 2020
While working on the frame of the house, junior Elise Nyffeler poses for a photo. The Nyffelers finished building their tiny house in November of 2019, a project they started in the Spring of 2018. “My family and I have enjoyed hanging out together in our tiny house, and sitting down with friends and playing games inside,” Nyffeler said. “I am excited for future memories we will make in it.”

Home sweet tiny house

Jenna Reynolds, Staff Reporter
December 13, 2019
Olivia, Reilly and Nolan pose for their homecoming night picture

The Life of a Triplet

Vincent Towne, Staff Reporter
December 10, 2019
Pictured above is Vivien Gaines and her family, the day after they adopted Eddie and Lucy Gaines.

Finding a family

Natalie Eljamal, Online Editor
December 6, 2019

Wildcat Families

Olivia Edwards and Grace Hager
April 5, 2019
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