Archive for April, 2009

Meridian Readers Place 1st in Jazz Read-a-Thon

For the third year in a row, Meridian School’s Lower School students were awarded first place in the Scholastic Book Utah Jazz Read-a-Thon.

The month-long contest takes place every January, sponsored by Scholastic Books and the Utah Jazz. Students keep track of the number of minutes that they read out-of-school and turn in their reading slips each week. Minutes are averaged based on the size of the student body and the school with the highest average wins. The top twelve schools receive a visit from a Utah Jazz player. Meridian students read 162,620 minutes; the top reader was fourth grade Sadie Warburton who read just over 6,800 minutes.

On March 2nd, Jazz center Mehmet Okur visited Meridian School to congratulate the students on their success. This is the second time he has been to Meridian and he expressed his affection for the students. “I love being with the kids here (at Meridian).”

This is the third time Meridian School has finished first in the contest and the fifth time they have had a Jazz player visit. Past visits were:

  • 2009 Mehmet Okur
  • 2008 Matt Harpring
  • 2007 Mehmet Okur
  • 2006 Keith McLeod
  • 2005 Ben Handlogten

Meridian Sweeps BYU Language Fair

Meridian’s foreign language students received more Best of Fair awards at the 2009 BYU Language Fair than any other school.

Twelve out of 21 performances by Meridian French students received Best of Fair and five others took superiors as well. Meridian’s German students were also successful; they won Best of Fair with their choir number Erlkonig echoing their win from last year. In addition, nine out of 16 German performances received Best of Fair and five others won superiors.

2009-2010 Boys Basketball Schedule

November Time Opponent Venue
9 Monday Begin Basketball Practice
25 – 28 Thanksgiving Moratorium – no practice
December
2 Wednesday 5:00 and 6:30 Christian Heritage Meridian
4 Friday 5:30 and 7:00 West Ridge West Ridge
8 Tuesday 5:00 and 6:30 Christian Heritage Meridian
9 Wednesday 6:00 USDB (JV only) w/girls Meridian
16 Wednesday 4:30 and 6:00 Mt. Vernon Meridian
18 Friday 4:30 and 6:00 Manila Manila
23 – 26 Christmas Moratorium – no practice
January
1 New Year Moratorium – no practice
6 Wednesday 4:30 and 6:00 West Ridge Meridian
9 Saturday 2:30 and 5:30 Green River (w/girls) Meridian
11 Monday 4:30 and 6:00 St. Joseph Meridian
13 Wednesday 4:15 and 6:00 Mt. Vernon Mt. Vernon
15 Friday 5:15 and 7:00 ICS Meridian
20 Wednesday 4:15 and 6:00 Liahona Liahona
22 Friday 5:15 and 7:00 Tintic Meridian
27 Wednesday 4:15 and 6:00 Wasatch Wasatch
29 Friday 5:15 and 7:00 Dugway Meridian
February
3 Wednesday 4:30 and 6:00 Wendover Meridian
5 Friday 5:15 and 7:00 Liahona Meridian
10 Wednesday 4:15 and 6:00 Tintic Tintic
12 Friday 5:15 and 7:00 Wasatch Meridian
23 Tuesday 4:15 and 6:00 Dugway Dugway
25 Thursday 4:15 and 6:00 Wendover Wendover
March
1 & 2 Possible Crossover Game TBA
3-6 1A State Tournament TBA

Athletics

Josh Crowther All Valley Team Member

April 13, 2010
by: Meridian • Athletics

4 Meridian Players Named All State

March 17, 2010
by: Meridian • Athletics

Meridian 2010 Girls Basketball

February 18, 2010
by: Meridian • Athletics

Meridian Girls Win at State Tounament

February 17, 2010
by: Meridian • Athletics, News

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