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High School Football Preview: Week Zero
IDAHO FALLS (KIFI) - Week Zero of the 2024 high school football season has arrived in East Idaho, including several match-ups of note. Bonneville Bees at Madison Bobcats - 7:00 p.m. Both teams struggled with young rosters last year, but they've matured into strong senior classes. Both teams boast strong...
Prep football preview: New coach, new system for Bonneville
IDAHO FALLS — Every new head coach wants to build a winning culture when they take over a program, and Shane Stephenson got an early start at Bonneville. A winter weight lifting program followed by summer workouts and then competing at a camp at Montana State. All of it was enough to at least get a glimpse of what was expected with a new head coach and staff even before fall camp started.
Prep football preview: Thunder Ridge relying on senior leadership as program continues to grow
IDAHO FALLS — Thunder Ridge finished 1-8 a year ago but was playing better toward the end of last season. That’s the kind of momentum coach Michael Berger hopes to see as the team enters 2024. The Titans graduated just seven players and have more than 20 seniors...
Opinion: Accessibility is important to students' ability to thrive
Shell-shocked. That is how I felt after a long-term substitute teaching assignment in Idaho Falls more than 20 years ago. I taught sixth grade, which was an experience that a few colleagues called “The Crucible.” It was a firsthand experience of the many challenges that Idaho teachers deal with annually. Working as an educator for more than 30 years has allowed me to witness the significant impact upon students’ achievement and self-esteem that a caring, attentive adult who truly knows a child can make. Having worked with numerous paraprofessionals, it is hard to overstate the qualities they bring to their roles.
Opinion: Ways to ensure a safe, solid start for students
If they haven’t started already, area schools will be opening again throughout the area very soon. With that, there are a couple of things we need to be thinking about. First and foremost is safety. We need to remember to pay attention to the things that keep our school children safe, such as watching our speed while driving near school buses, looking out for extended stop arms and flashing lights and obeying traffic laws in both directions. All too often we hear of drivers not following the laws when buses are stopped to let children on or off. That’s a recipe for tragedy.
Taylor Marshall receives prestigious PEO STAR Scholarship
BLACKFOOT — Taylor Marshall, a senior at Snake River High School, was selected to receive a $2,500 STAR Scholarship from the Philanthropic Educational Organization Sisterhood. She was recommended by PEO Chapter BA/ID of Pocatello. The PEO STAR Scholarship was established in 2009 to provide scholarships for exceptional women in...
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