Student Achievements--Jossalyn Jensen

Merit Academy is proud to have many accomplished students who have received accolades for their achievements at a very young age.
November 2008, after weeks of suspense junior Jossalyn Jensen, received Grand Prize in the Junior Division of the Utah American String Teachers Association Solo Competition. She also received third place in the Utah State Fair during summer 2008. And she is going to Aspen Music Festival on full tuition scholarship. It is a world class music summer camp that runs for nine weeks. She will be one of the youngest students there.
Junior Chelsea and her brother, freshman Eli Allen, both received roles in the community theater play, Pirates of Penzance this year, and Chelsea was in Tales from Arabian Nights, as well.
A group of four girls from the Merit Civics class were able to compete at the annual Project Citizen Competition in Salt Lake City. Their service project was talking to the Springville City Counsel about addressing the problem of kids getting into trouble because they don’t have anything to do after school, so they want to help the city put a program together to help entertain kids after school so that they don’t get into trouble. The four girls that participated were senior Alyse Crandell, and sophomores Sarah Dickson, Amanda McNeese, and Sydney Joyner. Their project got second place in the state.
Junior Katie Boyer and sophomore Kelsey Fletcher won Merit’s Change the World Essay Contest out of all the sophomores, juniors, and seniors at Merit Academy. Kelsey’s essay was on changing the world through honesty, service, and friendship. Katie’s essay was on helping the world become a better place by helping people change their attitudes to become more accepting and positive. Both of these girls’ essays are being submitted to the state competition.
Alex Miskell, sophomore, scored the highest in our school on the reading section of the UBSCT test and was part of the top 5% in the state.
We have so many talented students at Merit Academy. We have so many more talented students that attend Merit that we haven’t mentioned. Even though we don’t have enough room to mention all our all of them, we all feel the same as our principal, Paul Baltes when he exclaimed, “We love all our students and this school wouldn’t be the same without them!”