MHS FCCLA Students attended the FCCLA State Leadership Conference on April 10-13 in Boise Idaho. As a chapter as a whole, they received two awards:  the Exemplary Chapter Award, and the Chapter Increase Award.

Aubree Palmer, Paige Wilson and McKenzie Leckie also received the Power of One Award (students had to create and complete a series of goals based on 5 different categories of self improvement).  

Aubree Palmer made the State FCCLA Officer Team.  She will serve this next year as the STATE FCCLA First Vice President.

Mckenzie Leckie and Brittania Butler made the District 5 FCCLA Officer Team.

Leader Shantel Tavoian relates that “All students who attended competed in an event. All students worked hard and I am extremely proud of their effort! When students were not competing in an event, they were attending workshops that were designed to better help them develop leadership skills!” 

The following is a list of the students who competed and their results: (Student(s), Event, Medal, Placement, National Qualifier): 

Star Events

Mckenzie Leckie and Paige Wilson: Chapter in Review -  Gold - 1st place - National Qualifier; Aubree Palmer: Leadership - Gold - 2nd place - National Qualifier; Brittania Butler: Entrepreneurship - Silver - 1st place - National Qualifier; Marshall Asay: Sports Nutrition - Silver - 1st place - National Qualifier; Aubrey Corbett: Interior Design – Silver; Carter Smith: Career Investigation – Silver; Cora Asay: Career Investigation - Silver

Idaho Only Events

Abbie Cox, Myriam Teeples, Kelly Thomas: Menu Planning and Table Display - Silver - 1st Place; Jaxson Blaisdell - Impromptu Speaking – Silver

Shantel Tavoian spotlight

The following is a special spotlight about Shantel Tavoian provided by the students and parents of the Malad FCCLA Chapter, who  would like to recognize Shantel for the tremendous work and efforts she has contributed to their CTSO Organization these past 3 years. Shantel has spent countless hours helping every student in the FCCLA program create, organize, prepare and perform numerous activities and projects which benefit both students and the Malad High School
student body. 

These past years, Shantel successfully helped in the planning of community service projects such as picking up leaves throughout the Malad community, and hiding of eggs at the annual Easter Egg hunts and other various activities. Through Shantel’s patience, guidance, and talents, the FCCLA officers provide successful fundraising projects such as making and selling cotton candy, pretzel bites, cinnamon rolls, cake bites and cookies. Shantel also donates extra hours in helping students who wish to attend State and National Leadership Conferences by providing bake sales and sale items in concessions at various community and school activities. 

Most of all, Shantel is able to provide her expertise and help in students preparing for Star and Idaho Events which are presented at district, state and national levels. Through her help, students have performed and won at the highest levels. It is well known that Shantel views her students as family and they each feel her love, patience and guidance throughout their FCCLA experience. Shantel has become both an exemplary teacher and leader among her students and her community and all would like to thank her for her great efforts.

Her sister explains that Shantel Tavoian attended BYU Idaho and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in family and consumer sciences in 2013. After completing her student teaching at the end of 2013, she was then hired at West Ada School District. She taught at Rocky Mountain High School and Meridian High School from the 2013-2014 school year to 2016-2017 school year. She was then hired at Rigby high school and taught there until the 2020-2021 school year. While at Rigby High School, she began the Fashion and Construction Pathway at that school. 

She has currently been teaching at Malad High School for the past 3 years and I served as the Malad FCCLA advisor during that time as well. She is currently the FCCLA District 5 Representative/District Advisor on the Idaho FCCLA Board. As district representative, she helps plan the district fall conference and district star events with the district officers. She also oversees district 5 FCCLA meetings held at State. She was also recently nominated as the new secretary for the Idaho FCCLA Board. She’s also currently serving on the IFCS board as the past president.(Idaho Family Consumer Sciences Teacher Association) Shantel enjoys baking, sewing, crocheting, gardening, playing Mario kart, and spending time with her family, especially her nieces and nephews. She also loves chocolate, any and all kinds and in all forms.