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Merit Student Featured in YOUTH ENTREPRENEURS
The following article was featured in the youth entrepreneurs news letter... TEACHERS AND FRIENDS, We’re a month into our launch of Empowered and the energy and excitement have only grown. But we know that many of you are head down, plowing through to the end of...
Meet Merit’s New Director
Dear Merit Academy Family, The Board of Trustees is pleased and excited to announce the promotion of Jacob Dalton to the role of our school director. Mr. Dalton is well prepared to be our leader. He started his career in education as a social sciences teacher. He has...
Hacking Discord With Alex Bates
Enjoy an article from Neumont College of Computer Science about our very own Alex Bates figuring out how to get early access to the Neumont student server: https://www.neumont.edu/news-summary/hacking-discord-with-alex-bates. Cool stuff from a cool kid!...
Merit Renaissance Fair – Featured in Utah English Journal
Merit Preparatory Academy's own Emily Brown, 10th Grade English Teacher, was featured in the Utah English Journal for her article "Building a Renaissance Fair: How Project-Based Learning Helped Students Bring Shakespeare Off the Page & Into the School Community"....
My Story Matters…
On October 14th, students in Merit’s ASK Club gathered to prepare and assemble books for Navajo children who live in Monument Valley. My Story Matters is a nonprofit organization committed to capturing children’s stories and photos and helping them create a book that...
Boys Baseball Takes 2nd at State
Coaches Santiago and Bunker led our boys baseball team to a 2nd place finish at state for 2A baseball this past weekend vs. UMA Hillfield at Raptor Stadium in Ogden. The boys ended with a record of 13-4 for the season and 10-1 in region. The Knights will be sad...
Cross Country Team Dominates
The Merit Cross Country team traveled to Huntington State Park down by Price to race 3 other small schools in a quad meet. It was hot and dusty and the course was a bit longer than usual, but all the student-athletes rose to the occasion and ran hard. The boys team...
Social Studies Book Award
Congratulations to Miles Butterfield and Susanna Richardson, who were chosen for this year's Social Studies Book Award. It was difficult to choose between them because they made each other better students. They challenged each other and shared their different...
We Love Our Merit Teachers
Hey Teachers, We love you! We admire your strength! We hope your neighborhood gives you a honk when they see your sign for being a hometown hero! We understand that you care for so many great young men and young women during this time. We understand that you not only...
Merit Preparatory Academy Receives 2020 Best of Springville Award
Merit Preparatory Academy Receives 2020 Best of Springville Award Springville Award Program Honors the Achievement SPRINGVILLE April 8, 2020 -- Merit Preparatory Academy has been selected for the 2020 Best of Springville Award in the Schools category by the...
School Updates
Most Recent News is at the TopThursday, March 18st, 2021 Hello Wonderful Merit Families, Please see the attached letter from the Merit Preparatory Academy School Board. We look forward to a great final term of school with all of you! LETTER FROM THE BOARD Best,...
Merit Youth Award Winner
Mayor Rick Child and the Springville City Council congratulated Susanna on being nominated for a Mayor’s Youth Award. The Mayor has asked citizens, teachers and administrators in the community to be on the look-out for students who are working hard, have...
Merit Students in CHRISTMAS PROJECT 2
Last Wednesday evening, Merit students were invited to attend a VIP showing of Christmas Project 2 at the Jordan Commons theater in Sandy, Utah. In attendance at the theater were the movie cast, directors, producers, and friends and family of the film crew. Many of...
Taru Classroom Completed!
Last year Merit Academy students and teachers raised $5000 at our schools "Meal for Mtulu" by selling meals, bread and other student-made items. That money was donated to Kenya Keys and the dollar amount was matched by an organization called “Rising Schools.” We ended...
CONGRATULATIONS MERIT ACADEMY!
In a study done by NICHE, in their "2020 BEST SCHOOLS" rankings, Merit Academy teachers were ranked #8 out of 160 teachers and the school as a whole was ranked #17 overall. Merit also received an "A+" grade for the incredible food provided at school. Merit Academy's...
Imagine Learning Beautifies Merit Academy
We would like to thank Imagine Learning for all their hard work and hours they donated to the students and faculty at Merit Academy. Thanks to their service, the courtyard has been beautified and Merit students and teachers will be able to enjoy it more fully. "We had...
Merit Hosts “Christmas Project 2” Film Crew
Merit Academy had a fun opportunity this summer to welcome the film crew from “Christmas Project 2” (Netflix Original) to our campus. Students worked all day as extras in the movie and had the chance to meet new people and make lots of new friends. Check out the short...
Merit Academy student receives DAR honor
Idalis Bedore, a senior attending Merit Academy in Springville, has received the Daughter of the American Revolution Wasatch Range Chapter’s 2018-2019 Good Citizenship Award and has been featured in Herald Extra. She entered the DAR Good Citizens essay contest and...
Teachers Get Their Groove on to Motivate Testers
Merit College Preparatory Academy is always striving for excellence. We encourage our students to do their best and always be their best! We hope that their aspirations are set high for post-high school learning and that they set goals to be leaders in their...
Election Results 2019/2020
We are excited to announce our Student Body Officers and Class Officers Elected for the 2019 - 2020 school year. They earned their positions with a combination of Interviews, Popular Vote, and Faculty Recommendations. We appreciate all the candidates who ran for...
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