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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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Assassins record themselves eliminating their targets, hoping to collect the prize money for themselves. Seniors had to do their best to get a clear video alongside their elimination, making for some amazing clips. Seniors were given two weeks to eliminate their target, making for plenty of time to plan. Purge days were randomly announced, meaning that wearing swim goggles would not save you from elimination, Senior Breck Osborne being a victim of such. “She just snuck in, my friends kept telling me to run and I didn’t know what they were talking about,” Osborne said. “It sucks that I got out, I would’ve gone far.”

Shots fired, clothes soaked

Luka Pashia, Staff Reporter
May 16, 2025
Houser is getting ready to play his song in front of a full house at the last choir concert of the year. He is excited to perform his song in front of many of his friends and family. “I was so fortunate to have the opportunity to perform something I had been working on for so long with people I love,” Houser said. “I can’t wait to continue composing and arranging.”

Rustling leaves and harmonies

Natalie Fink, Managing Editor
May 12, 2025
Catching the snap cleanly, senior David James Schiemann searches for an open teammate to pass to. Schiemann played a handful of different sports in his Wildcat career and got the opportunity to thrive in many ways on the field, court, or lanes. “Throughout my high school career, I've played football all four years, basketball for three years, baseball for two years, track for a year, and bowling for my senior year,” Schiemann said. “My coaches and family helped push me through all the seasons and helped me become the athlete I am today.”

As hard as iron

Corgan Perry, Staff Reporter
May 12, 2025
Senior Wyatt Goodlett, #60, runs back to his teammates to celebrate the win they secured against the Omaha North Vikings. With 7 seconds left in the fourth quarter, there was a field goal to be kicked, which occurred successfully, making the score 19-16. “I was super happy after our win against Omaha North,” Wyatt Goodlett said. “I worked really hard that game and felt proud of myself, especially since I played with a hurt shoulder.”

Giving it all he’s got

Sophia Eljamal, Staff Reporter
September 13, 2023
Kelsey Nunnenkamp, Skylar Ostronic, and Kali Oleson collect donations for the Winter Clothing Drive.

A warmer winter

Ariana Griffin, Catalyst Online Editor-in-Chief
December 20, 2022
Health Science Academy students practice their emergency medical skills in class. The EMT class, taken by seniors, teaches them about everything from taking vital signs to delivering babies. “In my academy class to prepare, we have not only learned the textbook content material, but we spend half of the class working on skills like taking vital signs, transporting patients and setting up airway management,” senior Gwyneth Stocker said. “We also, multiple times a week, do scenarios where someone is a patient, and we are told what happened and their injuries so we can practice going through different assessments and working in a real situation.”

Riding along to a future in emergency medicine

Morgan Weir, Editor-in-Chief
March 4, 2022
Sitting in his office, senior Micheal Boehm checks up on the status of the First National Bank of Omaha’s network. Boehm checks for any signs of disruption that may cause the employees some technical problems. “It is pretty demanding physically and mentally surprisingly,” Boehm said. “Carrying 100-pound servers is definitely something that will come with an IT operations role, and problem-solving and advanced troubleshooting is super mentally intensive, especially with systems that sprawl across the network.”

Student to IT specialist

Alexis Bahensky, Opinions Editor
February 21, 2022
Baking up Treats

Baking up Treats

Colin Ribaya, Staff Reporter
December 20, 2021

Senior Sign-Off

Miguel Paredes Reyes, Logan Moseley, Kaden Roth, and Brenna Batchelder
May 18, 2021
Some seniors are jumping at the opportunity to get a head before going to college by enrolling in general education classes at Metro Community College. Senior Golden Kelly is enrolled in psychology and has been able to apply what she's learned to some of her high school classes. “I started taking classes at Metro because I really wanted to get some of my general credits that I would take as a freshman in college out of the way,” said Kelly. “Taking classes at Metro is just so much cheaper so I saw it as an opportunity to get ahead and save money at the same time.”

Kickstarting their futures

Kaden Roth, Staff Reporter
May 6, 2021
Students acting as Supreme Court Justices question the petitioners during a third block AP Government and Politics class.

AP students argue undecided Supreme Court case

Tenley Wright, Chief Photographer
March 10, 2021
Junior Annabelle Harshbarger uses the DoorDash app to order breakfast using contactless delivery. “I like to order from DoorDash because it’s easy and super convenient.”

Students dashing door to door

Madelyn Christiansen, Staff Reporter
March 10, 2021
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