It has been a very busy school year for students, teachers, parents, and everyone involved with grade school education.  It was pointed out during Monday’s end of year assembly at Malad Elementary School that the year started in one school and will end in another.  Initial plans were for students to begin the year in the newly constructed Malad Elementary Building, but weather and construction delays meant that students were not fully moved into the new building until the current calendar year for the most part.  As the year draws to a close, it is clear that the building itself has been a great success, other issues notwithstanding.

The new Lighthouse team was announced, and will be taking over Leader duties.  The new team includes Piper Lewis, Kyler Price, Anthony Purdum, Bea Chipman, David Oseguera, Austin Moss, Audrey Blaisdell, and Clair Wright.

The grades presented musical performances surrounding themes such as togetherness, smiling, teamwork, and so on.  The songs involved both singing and accompanying actions.  The fourth grade classes performed with recorders, and the fifth grade played ukuleles.  The two grades joined together to perform as a large group at the end of the performance.  

Following the songs, students returned to their classrooms, where the fourth grade classes showed off their history museum projects to their parents, and the fifth graders were ready to jump into their wax museum presentations.  

The focus for fourth grade was on Idaho topics, which meant that there were several presentations on Mountain Blue Birds, the Syringa, Peregrine Falcons, the state Flag, Potatoes, Appaloosa horses, and other Idaho state icons.

The Wax museum is devoted to American History figures, such as Walt Disney, Sacagawea, Booker T. Washington, Amelia Earnhardt, Betsy Ross, and many others.

While there are still more school days to go until the official end of the year, the end of year assembly means that those days are quickly dwindling.  Here’s to the end of a unique year!