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The Student News Site of Millard West High School

The Catalyst
The Student News Site of Millard West High School

The Catalyst
The negative impacts of timed tests include increased anxiety, performance over education, memorization over comprehension and unfairness.

No time for success

Leah Pickhinke, Staff Reporter
December 6, 2023
Students in either groups of five or four gathered in the libraries production rooms in order to hang out with their furry friend. “I loved the dog that we had,” junior Lauren Jones said. “She was so well trained and made the experience so calming and comfortable. She even knew a few tricks, like high fives and handshakes, which made it even more fun.”

Love on a leash

Quinn Burton, Editor-in-Chief
December 20, 2022
Students are feeling the effects of burnout leading to a mental health crisis among them.

Burnt out

Alexis Bahensky, Opinions Editor
April 27, 2022

MWHS Wildcat News 01.27.22

Miguel Paredes Reyes and Brooke Sliva
January 27, 2022

Senior stress

Alexis Bahensky and Eddie Shi
January 25, 2022
For support in moments of crisis, reach out to trusted individuals or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.

Funda-mental

Emma Baker, Catalyst Editor-in-Chief
March 2, 2021
Standardized testing has been around since the early 600’s. Though today’s testing is much different from back then, testing today causes more stress within students and they are becoming more and more of an inaccurate source to measure a student’s ability to learn.

Testing the system

Alexis Bahensky, Staff Reporter
December 5, 2019
Daylio, Stoic, Stop, Breathe, and Think, Clear Fear, Cove, Sanvello, Quirk and Youper were among the top mental health apps of 2019. They range from journaling, mood tracking, AI chatbots and more.

The top mental health apps of 2019

Morgan Weir, Staff Reporter
November 26, 2019
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