The Hive Happenings

Congratulations to all our of students for putting forth their best efforts in Rio Vista for UIL. Rio Vista will be sending medals and ribbons in February. We will have a UIL Ceremony then.

8th Art Smart

6th Lola Corser

6th Calculator

3rd Place Team (Harper Roberson, Halley Allen, Paisley Rose)

7th Calculator

2nd Sadie Yant

4th Nolan Davenport

8th Calculator

4th Anish Patel

2nd Place Team (Anish Patel, Josh Beaudin, Landri Duke)

7th Chess Puzzles

1st Parker Hurley

3rd Place Team (Parker Hurley, Cylan Hightower, Kolton Hood)

8th Chess Puzzles

3rd Place Team (Josh Beaudin, Kaya Brown, Kyler Turner)

7th Dictionary Skills

4th Ariana Alvarado

3rd Place Team (Ariana Alvarado, Levi Walker, Sophie Richardson)

7th Editorial Writing

3rd Sadie Yant

4th Cylan Hightower

5th Sofie Villanueva

8th Editorial Writing

1st Delyla Derrickson

2nd Kaya Brown

6th Josh Beaudin

6th Impromptu Speaking

7th Harper Roberson

7th Impromptu Speaking

5th Kolton Hood

8th Impromptu Speaking

6th Josh Beaudin

6th Listening Skills

6th Paisley Rose

3rd Place Team (Paisley Rose, Malayna Cazales, Izabella Zarate)

7th Listening Skills

6th Cylan Hightower

3rd Place Team (Cylan Hightower, Landon Higgins, Andrea Pratt)

7th Maps, Graphs, and Charts

3rd Cylan Hightower

4th Nolan Davenport

2nd Place Team (Cylan Hightower, Nolan Davenport, Landon Higgens)

8th Maps, Graphs, and Charts

3rd Kyler Turner

5th Delyla Derrickson

2nd Place Team (Kyler Turner, Josh Beaudin, Delyla Derrickson)

6th Mathematics

6th Maximus Estrada

2nd Place Team (Max Estrada, Jace Dashner, Alex Alonso)

8th Mathematics

6th Josh Beaudin

6th Modern Oratory

4th Jace Dashner

8th Modern Oratory

1st Josh Beaudin

6th Music Memory

4th Rexalyn Drew

4th Ryder Shank

6th Paisley Rose

2nd Place Team (Rexalyn Drew, Ryder Shank, Paisley Rose, Jace Dashner)

7th Music Memory

1st Sophie Richardson

6th Ariana Alvarado

7th Number Sense

5th Nolan Davenport

3rd Place Team (Nolan Davenport, Cylan Hightower, Kolton Hood)

6th Oral Reading

3rd Alex Alonzo

4th Isabella Zarate

7th Oral Reading

7th Andrea Pratt

6th Ready Writing

6th Isabella Zarate

7th Reading Writing

5th Sophie Villanueva

6th Science

3rd Xander Goss

3rd Place Team (Xander Goss)

7th Science

3rd Kolton Hood

3rd Place Team (Kolton Hood, Parker Hurley, Zoey Allen)

7th Social Studies

4th Cylan Hightower

6th Raydon Caldwell

2nd Place Team (Cylan Hightower, Raydon Caldwell, Ariana Alvarado)

8th Social Studies

2nd Place Team (Josh Beaudin, Delyla Derrickson)

7th Spelling

2nd Ariana Alvarado

1st Place Team (Ariana Alvarado, Raydon Caldwell, Landon Higgens)

8th Spelling

3rd Place Team (Victoria Bible, Kaya Brown, Noe Ramirez)

Total Points: 403

4th Place School District!

**Note: This is the first year that Meridian has competed in a 2A school setting (in a few years). All of the schools we competed against have as many students in their middle school than we do in middle school and high school combined. You should be so proud of our Yellow Jackets!

Congratulations to Dawson Cummings for placing first chair in the All-Region Honor Concert Band! He competed against students from 2A-4A schools and placed 5th in 2A and 10th overall. Dawson has been committed to the audition music since November 2023! Keep up the dedication! The honor band will meet in January for their concert.

Middle School Lunch Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

High School Lunch Time: 12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Arrangements can be made for parents or families with High School and Middle School students to eat upon arrival of the parent.

We are so proud of our One Act Play winning cast and their amazing director, Ms. Dunn. The students have worked many long hours to pull off a great performance of The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon, placing first against 3 and 4A schools!

Special shout out. goes to:

Cast Award: Best Show!

Best Actor- Josh Beaudin

One of only 2 from all the shows!!!

All Star Cast - Sadie Yant and Sophie Richardson

Honorable Mention All Star Cast-

Greyson Gilbert and Brinley Dietiker

All Star Crew- Anish Patel

We have yearbooks available from previous years, as well. Here are the years we have available.

2021-2022 https://link.entourageyearbooks.com/my/Meridian22

2022-2023 https://link.entourageyearbooks.com/my/Meridian23

2023-2024 https://link.entourageyearbooks.com/my/Meridian24

2024-2025 https://link.entourageyearbooks.com/my/Meridian2025

The students below were selected by their teachers as Student of the Month for their grade level. We are proud of their leadership!

• 12/09, Monday, Mock ELAR test
• 12/10, Tuesday, Mock Math & US History test
• 12/10, Tuesday, JV/V Girls @ Whitney, JV/V Boys vs Covington (home)
• 12/11, Wednesday, Mock Science test
• 12/12, Tuesday, Mock 8th Social Studies -- JV Boys Basketball Tournament (West, TX), V Boys Tournament (Covington, TX)
• 12/13, Friday, JV Boys Basketball Tournament (West, TX), V Boys Tournament (Covington, TX), JV/V Girls @ Valley Mills
• 12/17 - Christmas Meal for Families - must purchase tickets