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2007-2008 Awards
BYU Language Fair
Best In Show Winners
Lance Gerday - French Level 1 - Dramatic Reading
Alexandra Gerday - French Level 2 - Dramatic Reading
Emily Gerday - French Level 3 - Poem
Abby Hancock - French Level 1 - Vocabulary
Christian Swenson - French Level 3 - Grammar Exam
Mitchell Wahl - French Level 4/5 - Culture Exam
Victoria Duckworth - French Level 4/5 - Publicite (Ad)
Elliot Scharffs, James Redd, Jordan Allen - German Level 2 - Skit
Miles Bay - German Level 3 - Conversation
All German Students - Open Choir Number
Superior Ratings
Heather Ivins - French Level 2 - Dramatic Reading - 2nd place
Rachel Allen, Josh Crowther, Cameron Whitham - French Level 4 - Skit - 2nd place
Meagan Crafts - French Level 4/5 - Publicite (Ad)
Sarah Taylor - French Level 4/5 - Publicite (Ad)
Daniella Langston - French Level 4/5 - Poem
Mitchell Wahl - French Level 4/5 - Poem
Brian Smith - German Level 4 - Culture Bowl
Jake Caka - German Level 4 - Culture Bowl
Chase McCloskey - German Level 3+ - Poetry
Nicholas Banks - German Level 3+ - Interview
Danyelle Codner - Spanish Level 2 - Skit
Mimi Hamblin - Spanish Level 2 - Skit
Elena Van Horn - Spanish Level 2 - Skit
Hannah Barlow - Spanish Level 2 - Skit
Andrew Jo - Spanish Level 2 - Skit
Marc Luthy - Spanish Level 2 - Skit
Cygni Maynez - Spanish Level 2 - Skit
Rachel McCLoskey - Spanish Level 2 - Skit
Launa Nielsen - Spanish Level 2 - Skit
Poetry Out Loud
Rachel Allen competed in the third annual Poetry Out Loud, advancing through all three rounds of the competition to take second place in the state.
National Leadership Conference
Chase McCloskey and Estee Arts were chosen by the Utah High School Activities Association to attend the National Leadership Conference in Indianapolis, Utah selected ten representatives, two from each of the divisions 5A - 1A. Both of the 1A representatives are from Meridian School!
Arbor Day Poster Contest
Regional 1st Grade Winner: Bronwyn Kennington
All State Honorable Mention
Estee Arts was awarded Honorable Mention for her performance in 1A Basketball; this High School All-state recognition by the Deseret Morning News is given to students who show oustanding athletic ability and sportsmanship.
Junior Creative Poetry Contest
sponsored by UT State Poetry Society; over 1850 entries overall this year
Unit 4 Murray, Tooele, Alpine, Provo, and Wasatch)
Unit Results for Grades 3-5 include these Meridian students:
1st place: Clarissa Chipman (4) “Letter Poem”
3rd place: Evan Kennington (3) “Six Years Old and Counting”
Unit Results for Grades 6-8 include these Meridian students:
1st Honorable Mention: Danyelle Codner (8) “Closed Casket”
Special Recognition: Jordan Allen (8) “Chess”
Special Recognition: Emily Gerday (8) “Sweet Tooth”
Unit Results for Grades 9-10 include these Meridian students:
1st place: Elan Maynez (10) “How to Read a Poem”
2nd Place: Craig Suh (10) “Fall in Love”
1st Honorable Mention: Casey Wahl (9) “Odysseus Strings HIs Bow”
2nd Honorable Mention: Jenna Higgins (10) “Camp Fire”
Special Recognition: Theresa Rather (9) “Broken”
Special Recognition: Allison Warnick (9) “To Stop”
Special Recognition: Boyd Monson (10) “Take Me to the Moment Your Heart Stopped”
Special Recognition: Amelia Child (10) “The Prayer of Saint Kelsey”
Special Recognition: Brian Smith (10) “On the Anniversary of My Death”
Special Recognition: Estee Arts (10) “First Kiss”
Unit Results for Grades 11-12 include these Meridian students:
1st place: Natalie Van Horn (11) “The Poor Girl and the Wasp”
3rd place: William Yang (11) “Learning Chinese”
Special Recognition: James Lo (11) “I Would Change”
Special Recognition: Martin Suh (11) “When I Think”
American Math Contest
School Results
AMC 8 1st: Jane Cox
2nd: Jordan Allen
3rd: Elizabeth Banks
AMC10 1st: Craig Suh
2nd: Casey Wahl
3rd: Boyd Monson
AMC12 1st: In Kwon
2nd (tie): DongHa Chung & Martin Suh
Utah Jazz Read-a-Thon
Meridian School K-8 students took first place in the Utah Jazz Read-a-Thon contest for the second year in a row! They logged over 1,700 minutes per student between January 25 and February 25 and earned a visit from a Utah Jazz player.
National German Exam
Meridian’s German students finished in the top 84th percentile in the nation on the National German Exam (through the American Association of Teachers of German). Two students, Jane Cox (8) and Nicholas Banks (10) placed second in the state in their language levels and earned a scholarship. Congratulations!
Coach Masasue Watabe named Utah High School Coach of the Year (1A)
Utah Shakespearean Festival High School Competition
Upper School Awards (Westminster Division):
Sweepstakes: 2nd place (School with highest total points from all ensembles, duos/trios, monologues)
Ensemble: “The Tempest” - 2nd place
Dance Ensemble: “MacBeth” - 1st place
Dance Trio: Josh Crowther, Elizabeth Duckworth, James Lo - 1st place
Boyd Monson: 2nd place Monologue
Kelly Coombs: 3rd place Monologue
Tech Olympics:
Josh Crowther -Lighting: 1st place
Austin Wahl - Rigging: 1st place
2006-2007 Awards
Meridian School K-8 students took first place in the Utah Jazz Read-a-Thon contest! They logged over 1,200 minutes per student between January 12 and February 12 and earned a visit from Utah Jazz Center and NBA All-Star Mehmet Okur.
BYU Science Fair
Christian Minton - Grand Prize
Jane Cox - 2nd place
Emily Gerday - Metric System Award
Lia Quijano - Scientific American Award
Michael Duckworth & Caleb Allen - 2nd place Engineering and Computer Science
Elizabeth Banks - 4th in Life Science.
BYU Language Fair
German
Jr. High
Level 1
Skit - Best of Show (1st place overall) Anna Bordes, Jane Cox, Irma-Linda Zodda, Samantha Chipman
Superiors
Show and Tell - Jordan Allen
Conversation - Austen Arts
Sr. High
Level 2
Conversation - Best of Show (1st place overall) Nicholas Banks
Level 3
Interview - Best of Show (1st place overall) HyunA Kim
Show and Tell - Best of Show (1st place overall) HyunA Kim
Culture Bowl - Best of Show (1st place overall) Jake Caka, David Redd, Brian Smith, Ben Vail
Level 4
Superior: School Video “Der Struwelpeter” - Bobbi Padro, McKinlee Covey, Alison Foster, Kelly Coombs, Austin Wahl
French
Jr. High
Level 1
Dramatic Reading - Prix d’excellence (2nd place overall) Heather Ivins
Listening comprehension - Grand Prix (1st place overall) Emily Gerday
Superior: Poem - Emily Gerday
Level 2
Dramatic Reading - Grand Prix (1st place overall) Christian Swenson
Ad-Publicite - Grand Prix (1st place overall) Lexi Dorrity, Allison Warnick, Marc Luthy, Anna Humphries
Grammar exam - Grand Prix (1st place overall) Casey Wahl
Reading comprehension/Culture exam - Prix d’excellence (2nd place overall) Lexi Crandall
Sr. High
Level 2
Vocabulary exam - Prix d’excellence (2nd place overall) Josh Crowther
Level 3
Ad - publicite - Grand Prix (1st place overall) Meagan Crafts, Sarah Taylor, Victoria Duckworth
Grammar Exam - Grand Prix (1st place overall) Mitchell Wahl
Level 4
Ad-publicite - Grand Prix (1st place overall) Amanda Fujiki, McKenzie Whitham, Brittany Heftel, Becca Allen
Listening comprehension - Grand Prix (1st place overall) Amanda Fujiki
Scholastic Art and Writing Contest
Hundreds of thousands of pieces of work submitted every year. Submitted to regional competitions first with winners being entered into the national competition. Judged on originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.
Jack Anderson (8) National Winner Gold Award “Instructions (For my Heart)”
Michael Wolsey (8) Regional Gold Key - short story
Matthew Fee (9) Regional Gold Key - dramatic script
Wen Lei (12) National Winner Silver Award General Writing Portfolio
Suzanna Yang (12) Regional Gold Key - poetry & personal essay
Wen Lei (12) Regional Gold Key - portfolio
Jack Anderson (8) Regional Gold Key - poetry
The national winners will be honored with other recipients at Carnegie Hall in New York City on June 15. Jack’s poem is also going to appear in one of Scholastic’s classroom magazines, Junior Scholastic.
Junior Creative Poetry Contest
sponsored by Utah State Poetry Society, The Utah Arts Council and The Salt Lake Tribune. Only 2% of the qualified entries make it to the winners list.
Division C Grades 6-8
Emily Gerday (7) Fourth Honorable Mention “The Window”
Michael Morris (8) Second Honorable Mention “Hammerhead”
Patrick Mortola (7) First Honorable Mention “In Case of Emergency...”
Lexi Crandall (7) Third Place “What I’ve Learned about Dreams”
Jack Anderson (8) Second Place “Instructions (for my heart)”
Casey Wahl (8) First Place “The Principles of Poetry”
Division D Grades 9-10
Elan Maynez (9) Third Honorable Mention “In My Larval Stage”
Matthew Fee (9) First Place “Telemachus at the Station”
Division E Grades 11-12
Suzanna Yang (12) First Honorable Mention “Uglier Than Crying”
HyunA Kim (11) Second Place “Mother Moon”
William Lo (12) First Place “Until You Notice Me”
Wen Lei (12) C. Cameron Johns Award - Grand Prize “Tea Dream”
BYU Re: Writing Contest
Personal Essay - Grace Humiston - Honorable Mention. Poetry - Wen Lei - 1st
Suzanna Yang - 2nd
Brittany Heftel - 3rd
Matt Fee - Honorable Mention
Utah Thespian Association
Best Play of 2006 - Becca Allen - “Survey” and Grace Humiston - “Bolts and a Nut”
Manningham Trust National Federation of State Poetry Societies
Lexi Crandall - 5th place
Suzanna Yang - 5th Honorable Mention
Poetry Out Loud
Amanda Fujiki - Utah State Champion and National Top Ten Finalist
Utah State Poetry Society
Colin Langston - Regional Finalist
Craig Suh - Regional Finalist
Utah Shakespearean Festival High School Competition
Middle School Awards (Stratford Division):
Ensemble - Merry Wives of Windsor: 1st place
Rachel Allen: 2nd place monologue
Upper School Awards (Westminster Division):
Sweepstakes: 2nd place (School with highest total points from all ensembles, duos/trios, monologues)
Ensemble: Much Ado About Nothing - 1st place
Amanda Fujiki: Winner - Best Individual Performance in an Ensemble
Dance Ensemble: Comedy of Errors - 1st place
Katelyn Gallagher: 2nd place Monologue
Allison Foster: 3rd place Monologue
Sarah Allen and Becca Allen: 2nd place Scene
Tech Olympics:
Colin Langston -Lighting: 1st place
Colin Langston - Sound: 1st place
Nicholas Banks - Props: 1st place
Meagan Crafts - Costumes: 1st place
Austin Wahl - Rigging: 1st place
Ben Vail - Set Construction: 1st place
Amanda E. Fujiki, Meridian School, has received a 2007 AATF Outstanding Senior in French Award. This award is made annually to a graduating senior who has demonstrated excellence in the study of French as well as exceptional commitment to the French language and the many cultures where it is spoken.
2005-2006 Awards
Utah State Poetry Society Junior Creative Poetry Contest
2006 State Level Winners
DIVISION C (Grades 6-8)
Brian B. Smith 1st Place Meridian School Provo
Jenna Higgins 2nd Place Meridian School Provo
Miles Bay 3rd Place Meridian School Provo
Estee Arts Sp. Recog. Meridian School Provo
DIVISION D (Grades 9-10)
Eliza Clark 1st Place Meridian School Provo
DIVISION E (Grades 11-12)
Suzanna Yang 1st Place Meridian School
Desireé Phillips 2nd Place Meridian School Provo
Wen Lei 3rd Place Meridian School Provo
Mikyoung Park 1st HM Meridian School Provo
Accepted for Presentation
Grace Humiston (10) and Humanities Department Chair Justin Kennington have been chosen to present their papers at the Wooden O Symposium/Utah Shakespearean Festival. The symposium is a cross disciplinary conference exploring Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern Studies, through the text and performance of Shakespeare's plays. Scholars from all disciplines are encouraged to submit papers that offer insights and new ideas springing from the era of William Shakespeare. Grace Humiston's critical essay was titled "House Of Sale: The Prostitution Motif in Hamlet". Justin Kennington's paper titled "The Method of His Madness: Hamlet As Artistic Failure" was also chosen.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2006
Gold Key Winners:
Sarah Allen Poetry
Kellie Higgins Dramatic Script
Wen Lei Poetry
Suzanna Yang Poetry
2006 Utah State Math Contest
Team Results Small School
7th grade: 5th place
8th grade: 3rd place
10th grade: 8th place
11th grade: 1st place
12th grade: 4th place
(team scores are calculated by adding the top three scores for a school)
Utah English Quest
Shakespeare Scene: 2nd - Sarah Allen (11), Liz Clark (12)
Readers Theater: 2nd - BobbiSue Padro (11), McKinlee Covey (11)
3rd - Jenny Mahlum (12), Timise Brough (12)
Poetry Recitation: 1st - Chanel Arts (9)
3rd - Jenny Mahlum (12)
Photo Journalism: 1st - Timise Brough (12)
Movie Theater: 3rd - McKinlee Covey (11), Elise Robertson (11), BobbiSue Padro (11)
Prose: 3rd - McKinlee Covey (11)
Personal Narrative: 2nd - Sarah Allen (11)
Utah Young Playwright’s Festival
Kellie Higgins received first place in the 2006 Utah Young Playwrights Festival for her short play "Death Valley" (formerly titled "The Bell"). The Festival is sponsored by the Utah Theatre Association. Kellie’s play was first written and performed at Extreme Theater in October 2005 at Meridian School. It was then read along with other winners as a part of the 2006 UTA Conference. Congrats, Kellie!
Utah Shakespearean Festival High School Competition
Middle School Awards (Stratford Division):
Ensemble - King Lear: 3rd place
Rachel Allen: Larry Lott Award (Best Individual Performance in an Ensemble)
Upper School Awards (Westminster Division):
Sweepstakes: 1st place (School with highest total points from all ensembles, duos/trios, monologues)
Kelly Hennessey-Monologues: 2nd place
Becca Allen, Aaron Gordon, Dok Kwon-Duo/Trio: 3rd place
Dance Ensemble - Twelfth Night: 1st place
Victoria Duckworth, McKinlee Covey, Katelyn Gallagher-Dance Duo/Trio: 1st place
Tech Olympics:
Collin Langston - Lighting: 1st place
Eliza Clark - Props: 1st place
2004-2005 Awards
Meridian Student's Work Highlighted in Publication
Ai Yasufuku, a 2005 Meridian School grad, is featured in Scholastic Inc. and the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers publication of The Best Teen Writing of 2005, a collection of the best student works of writing from The Scholastic Writings Awards of 2005. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is a national program that offers early recognition of creative teenagers and scholarship opportunities for graduating high school seniors. The anthology showcases 51 of the most talented young writers ages 12-18 from across the country.
Ai Yasufuku and Grace Humiston National Winners, Scholastics Arts and Writing Contest [over 250,000 entries from students all over the country (and a few international students) in grades 7-12. Just under 200 writers were chosen as Gold Medal winners, including Ai (for her short story) and Grace (for the play she wrote as part of Meridian’s Extreme Theatre last year.) From those winners, fifty were chosen to be published in The Best Teen Writing 2005; Ai's was one of those.]
Josh Allen 1st grade state winner, Miles Bay regional 6th grade winner Statewide Arbor Day Poster Contest [over 900 schools participating. 28 region and state winners were selected, of which 2 were from Meridian.]
David Redd Utah State Winner, National Readers Digest Word Power Challenge [only 100 students qualified to compete at the state competition, five came from Meridian, with David winning overall.]
Amanda Fujiki - 4th place, International Shakespeare Fellowship Essay Contest [over 700 entries from 47 states and 10 different countries.]
Alex Minton and Alison Warnick - 3rd place upper and lower division respectively, Regional BYU Science Fair
Eliza Clark, Yoon Ah Kim, and Wen Lei - 1st place,Junior Creative Poetry Contest [sponsored by the Utah State Poetry Society; 1200 overall entries, judged against the Provo and Jordan school districts]
Utah English Quest
Timise Brough - 1st place, Alice Gerbaux - 3rd place, Photojournalism
Robert Fujiki - 1st place,Shakespeare Monologue
Samjin Kwon, Carmen Anderson, Alice Gerbaux - 2nd place,Shakespeare Scene
Timise Brough, Robert Fujiki, Amanda Fujiki - 1st place, Reader’s Theatre
State Math Contest
Matt Fee - 11th in state,Junior Division
Shelby Peterson - 32nd in state,Junior Division
Samjin Kwon - 7th in state,Senior Division
Gregory Chu - 12th in state,Senior Division
Wen Lei - 17th in state,Senior Division
Suzanna Yang - 21st in state,Senior Division
Dustin Chung - 26th in state,Senior Division
Dok Kwon - 27th in state,Senior Division
Trevor Slade - 33rd in state,Senior Division
John Caka - 38th in state,Senior Division
[1,689 students from 128 schools participated]
Utah Shakespeare Festival High School Competition
1st place, Sweepstakes Ensemble,High School Division (3rd year in a row)
Kelly Hennessey - 1st place, Monologue, Scholarship Winner
Amanda Fujiki - 4th place,Monologue
Samjin Kwon - 5th place,Monologue
Kelly Coombs, Allison Foster, Rebecca Allen - 1st place,Scene
BYU European History Essay Contest
Meridian School - 1st place overall,
BYU Language Fair
[students competed in a multitude of categories showcasing their language skills. Every student’s performance was rated (Fair, Good, Excellent, Superior); from the Superior’s in a category, one Best of Show (Grand Prize) winner is selected.]
Meridian School had 11 Grand Prize winners:
Nicholas Banks, Conversation (German)
Kelly Coombs,Vocal Performance (German)
Aaron Gordon,Vocal Performance (German)
Jenna Higgins,Poster (German)
Josh Crowther,Dramatic Reading (French)
Chanel Arts,Poem (French)
Sarah Taylor, Jennifer Slade, Victoria Duckworth,Ad (French)
Jonathan Bean,Dramatic Reading (French)
Carmen Anderson,Dramatic Reading (French)
Trevor Slade, Amanda Fujiki, Timise Brough,Ad (French)
Carmen Anderson,Grammar Test (French)
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