Swimming and Drowning at the EMT Water Rescue

By Hope Briggs and Kenadei Wise

This last week at Malad High School (MHS) on Thursday, November 7th, Malad High School’s EMT and Advanced First Aid classes went to Lava Hot Springs as an educational field trip. Students were divided into small groups and had the opportunity to go around to different stations and activities in or around the pool.

The first station was set up for students to learn CPR and was run by Kiley Tanner and Anistyn Tovey. They taught how to administer CPR to both adults and children using a mannequin to
practice with. 

The second station students had the opportunity to visit was led by Brailen Beutler and Scarlet Hawkes. At this station, two members of the group were to get into the water. The other members stayed out to practice the transferring of a patient from the water to the ground. Once the “patient” was on the ground, the group discussed hypothermia and learned how to treat it.

The third station was with Bayli Nesbit. She taught students about shock in another role-playing scenario. Members of the group practiced treating patients with different injuries and shock. Students covered their “patients” with blankets, stopped bleeding, elevated feet to restore blood flow, put on tourniquets, and discussed what shock is. 

The fourth station was instructed by Kami Willie, a lifeguard at the Legrande Aqua Plunge community swimming pool. Her main focus for the lesson was to teach students how to transfer a patient onto a spine board from the water and hold the C Spine. This is to prevent injury and damage. She taught a maneuver to spin a patient so that their face is out of the water to be transferred onto the spine board.

The fifth station was taught by Kassidy Brackin. She taught how to save a drowning person. Students learned multiple maneuvers to get patients into a safe hold while bringing them out of the water whilst staying safe themselves.

This was a great experience for students in these classes to learn helpful lessons on water safety. These teachings can be applied to life or to work and can be very useful for any students who choose to follow a career path that includes water or saving lives. These lessons were a lot of fun for these students and gave them a valuable, hands-on experience in something that they are interested in.

Malad High Honors Band and Choir ‘Rock’ it in Marsh Valley

By Adi Schow and Jaden Price

On Tuesday November 5th, the Honors Band and Choir students traveled to the Marsh Valley Performing Arts Center to learn new songs and practice musical techniques with students and instructors from neighboring schools. They left Malad High School (MHS) at 8:00 a.m., and arrived in Marsh Valley around 8:30 a.m. MHS along with neighboring schools like Snake River, American Falls, and Grace, among others. The students began practicing their music at 9:00 a.m. and continued to practice until 5:00 p.m. that night. 

Paisley Smith, who participated in Honor Band, compared the songs from this year and previous years.“The songs were harder,” she said, regarding the pieces this year, “but were rewarding when we pulled them off.” She also explained that they spent about seven hours going over and learning the songs. However, they practiced the songs in chunks rather than the whole song over and over again. Paisley also mentioned that they had an instructor from South Fremont who helped them better understand the songs and how to play them.

Hunter Allen, who participated in Honors Choir, said that his favorite part was meeting new people and being able to see how others can make a profession from singing. Hunter also mentioned that the instructor was a great singer with a wide vocal range, and helped the students out on the new songs. Hunter said he liked that the instructor didn’t just focus on the little mistakes, but helped direct the students to see what mistakes they were making and fix them on their own. Hunter said that he really liked the auditorium in Marsh Valley and hopes that Malad gets one like it soon. He said that it was definitely a fun experience but it was really straining to sing for a lengthy amount of time. 

Both the Honors Band and Honors Choir performed that evening and showcased what they had learned throughout the day. All were grateful to their instructors who had worked so hard with them throughout the whole day.

Malad High Honors Band and Choir ‘Rock’ it in Marsh Valley

By Adi Schow and Jaden Price

On Tuesday November 5th, the Honors Band and Choir students traveled to the Marsh Valley Performing Arts Center to learn new songs and practice musical techniques with students and instructors from neighboring schools. They left Malad High School (MHS) at 8:00 a.m., and arrived in Marsh Valley around 8:30 a.m. MHS along with neighboring schools like Snake River, American Falls, and Grace, among others. The students began practicing their music at 9:00 a.m. and continued to practice until 5:00 p.m. that night. 

Paisley Smith, who participated in Honor Band, compared the songs from this year and previous years.“The songs were harder,” she said, regarding the pieces this year, “but were rewarding when we pulled them off.” She also explained that they spent about seven hours going over and learning the songs. However, they practiced the songs in chunks rather than the whole song over and over again. Paisley also mentioned that they had an instructor from South Fremont who helped them better understand the songs and how to play them.

Hunter Allen, who participated in Honors Choir, said that his favorite part was meeting new people and being able to see how others can make a profession from singing. Hunter also mentioned that the instructor was a great singer with a wide vocal range, and helped the students out on the new songs. Hunter said he liked that the instructor didn’t just focus on the little mistakes, but helped direct the students to see what mistakes they were making and fix them on their own. Hunter said that he really liked the auditorium in Marsh Valley and hopes that Malad gets one like it soon. He said that it was definitely a fun experience but it was really straining to sing for a lengthy amount of time. 

Both the Honors Band and Honors Choir performed that evening and showcased what they had learned throughout the day. All were grateful to their instructors who had worked so hard with them throughout the whole day.

Fall Conference

 By Bella McCullough & Aubrey Kennedy

November 6, 2024 Malad’s FCCLA adventured to Idaho State University(ISU) for their fall conference. At this conference there were FCCLA teams attending from Soda Springs, Blackfoot, Pocatello Century, and Highland. Everyone was very open to meeting new people and making new friends. In this conference there were many opportunities to get to know about others, which made it very enjoyable for everyone. 

 When we arrived we were given a colored lanyard with our name and school, the color of the lanyard selected the group you were going to be in. There were three different groups; red, black, and white. When everyone arrived, we went to the auditorium where we opened the conference with everyone introducing themselves by their group cheers and the amount of members and advisors there from each school. After that, some of our district officers spoke to us, two from Malad, Mckenzie Leckie and Brittania Butler. Next, a sweet young lady, Ann Poulsen, gave us a speech about success and what it really means to us. 

After the meeting in the auditorium we were sent to the workshops given to our colors. There were many people from all the groups and it gave us opportunities to meet others. One workshop was run by Aubree Palmer, our state’s FCCLA vice president. In that workshop everyone learned about what being in FCCLA means to us and what we want to earn in it. At the end of her session she had everyone get on an app called FutureMe that let us write a message to ourselves about our goals in FCCLA that we were able to send according to our goal and when it was supposed to be finished by.  

Everyone also had the opportunity to go to two other workshops, in there we learned about smart goals and public speaking. When we were learning about public speaking we had learned many tips about improving public speaking and presenting and we learned some of the things to not do when presenting. After learning about the correct ways to speak in public we all drew a random word and were told to get in a group of about four people. When we got in the groups our goal was to create a backstory to the word/item we got in a few minutes and present to our group shortly after. It was a really good experience and super fun for everyone. When we were in the smart goal workshop first we learned what smart goals are. After being taught, we were given a small poster board, markers, stickers, etc. and were told to create our own smart goal boards about what we wanted to achieve this year in FCCLA. 

Following the lunch break we had a couple of activities. One activity was Just Dance, everyone was having so much fun and it was a time to connect to others. Another activity we had was making a “trauma candy salad”, during this activity we were given a bit of time to tell funny traumatic stories with people surrounding us, then we decided who had the funniest one from our groups and they went to the front of the class to share their story with everyone. After they shared a story they were given a bag of candy to dump into a big bowl. In the end it had a variety of sweets and they were passed around in the end. In our last activity there were two options of what you could do, one being sewing pillowcases and the other being making or coloring positive notes to put on snacks. These snacks and pillowcases were given to people who needed comfort and love. The whole conference was such a good experience for everyone and we learned a lot of new important things.

Lady Dragons Basketball Begins

By Samantha Schrenk and Kendra Rupp 

On Monday, November 4th, the Lady Dragons basketball team started the season strong with their first practice. The turnout was great, with 24 girls showing up. This year, their goals are set high. Their main focus is making it to state, working as a team, and constant improvement. The Lady Dragons are hyped for their first games of the season! These incredible girls have created a motto for the year, “Our Time.”

Junior Kendra Rupp says, “It feels great to return to the gym with these amazing girls! I am super excited for a memorable season and can’t wait to see how our hard work and teamwork take us through the season.” The girls have been doing many running and endurance drills to better themselves. 

The first event on the calendar for the Lady Dragons is a jamboree at Skyline High School in Idaho Falls on November 13th. Friday, November 15th, the team will be playing their first official season game at Bear Lake. The beginning of their schedule includes American Falls, Melba, Parma, Marsh Valley, and Ririe. Playing these bigger schools will push the players to become better and prepare them for their season. These girls will be coming with the fire and confidence that they will need to win every game. The Lady Dragons are going to have an outstanding season, and “Make it happen,” says Michael Jordan. 

Friday, November 22nd, Lady Dragons’ first home game vs. Melba. Please come support! C team starts at 4:30 p.m., JV 6:00 p.m., Varsity 7:30.