BPA Competition

These students qualify to go to the State Conference in March!
1st Place - Andre Heidt - Extemporaneous Speech

1st Place - Parli Pro - Andre, Ryan, Jessica T, Bethany, Sam, Shad, Angela H

2nd Place - Jessica Torres - Desktop Publishing

These students placed in the top 10, but didn't qualify for state:

2nd - Small Business Management - Jacob M, Annie, Kristin

6th - Bethany - Fundamental Accounting

7th - Shad Jensen - Fundamental Word Processing

9th - Alexis Senften - Fundamental Accounting

Congratulations to these students and good luck at state!!!!

Semester Honor Roll

The first semester Honor Roll will be published in the Avalanche soon. Students with a 4.0 G.P.A. first semester are:
Kelsey Granden, Bianca Hogrefe, Mike Moore, Bethany Sevy, Xiang Zeng, Jessie Cossel, Brian Galligan, Crystal Garcia, Kacie Hull, Ryan Rebischke, Brisa Stahle, Elisabeth Wieser, Michael Butler, Rebecca Cossel, Shad Jensen, Kacie Salove, Taylor Sauer, Rebecca Carter, Margarita Contreras, Shelbi Ferdinand, Annie Finley, Yesenia Mendoza, Noah Morris, Evon Timmons.

Students with G.P.A. of 3.75-3.99 are:
David Rios, Kaya Stahle, Amelia Walters, Jonica Eells, Natalie Evans,
John Heidt, Jacob Mays, Jordan Meadows, Ethan Salove, Alexis Senften, Kimberly Garza, Josie Grim, Ruben Rodriguez.

Students with a G.P.A. of 3.5-3.74 are:
Miranda Clausen, Aracelli Contreras, Sean Finley, Angella Herrera, Samantha Jensen, Bianca Mascorro, Shelby Barker, Autumn Daugherty, Peyton Kinney, Heidi Morris, Jessica Torres, Brandon Walgamott, Xitlali Contreras, Tayshell Glenn, Candellia Leon, Kyla Loucks, Kayla Yiengst, Megan Green, Ahine Leal.

Congratulations to all for their hard work and dedication.

Marsing Wrestling

Congrats go out to Ray Evans. Ray took second place at the Rollie Lane on January 9-10. Good luck to all of our wrestlers. The next home match is Feb. 10 and Marsing Duals will be on February 14. Be sure to stop by and cheer on our wrestlers!

FFA Food and Toy Drive

The FFA collected 357 food items, 319 clothing items, 96 toys plus 18 blankets for a total of 790 total items.

The FFA members who participated were:

Kelsey Granden, Deidrie Briggs, Mackay Hall, Dafni Clausen, Grayson Kendall, Payden Dingman, Josie Grim, Jordan Barker, Becky Carter, Shelbi Ferdinand, Chesea Thormure, Bethany Sevy and Jessica Torres.

A big thanks to these students for taking time and the effort to help those in our community that need a little help in these tough times.

Our nations future looks bright knowing that these are our future leaders!

Academic Decathlon

MHS has a new activity this year, Academic Decathlon. Students compete against students from other schools and are ranked by their G.P.A. On Saturday December 6, Marsing students competed in the first event of the year. Husky students took home 5 medals. They were:

Katie Huffman, Bronze English Language and Literature, Scholastic Division

John Heidt, Bronze Social Sciences, Varsity Division

Andre Heidt, Bronze Social Sciences, Scholastic Division

Seleste Estrada, Bronze Art, Scholastic Division and Gold Language and Literature, Scholastic Division.

Congratulations to them and coach Ms. Freeman!

Super students

Many people, both in the school and out have made a point to tell me what great kids we have at Marsing High School. Students that go out of their way to hold a door open for someone, picking up some trash that the wind has blown when no one is looking, helping a fellow student understand a math problem, being courteous to athletes from other schools during a competition, and the list can go on and on. If you have had a sighting of a super student, please make an entry here and tell others about him or her. We have a lot to brag about at Marsing, and our students are at the head of the pack!

Lock down drill

On Nov. 21, the high school did a lock down drill in conjunction with the Canyon and Owyhee County Sheriffs Dept. A lock down is when students are kept in their classroom with a teacher for protection. There was no danger at any time to staff or students. The Canyon County Sheriff's Dept was invited to bring their K-9 unit to the school and do a random search. No contraband was found. Marsing School District will use this as a means of keeping students and staff safe now and in the future.