Merritt Academy Bands Dominate Cedar Point

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Merritt Academy is a small school that has a family like atmosphere. The staff takes a vested interest in the success of all their students. Merritt offers programs such as MTSS (multi-tiered student support), ZAP, and ninth hour to make sure students are not slipping through the cracks. In MTSS students are offered early intervention that focuses on remediation of key concepts they are deficient in. For students working at or above grade level they are offered enrichment lessons during this time. Both ZAP and ninth hour at programs that focus on making sure students are completing assignments and able to receive extra support if needed.

Merritt Academy focuses on both high academic standards and character development. Character development is taught on a daily basis through many life lessons. Some of the life skills students are taught responsibility, respect for themselves and others, perseverance, and acceptance. In addition, Merritt offers a wide range of extra curricular, both athletic and non-athletic, that reinforce these important life lessons.

Merritt Academy has a dress code for all students. We cap our classes at 24 for lower elementary and 25 for third grade and above. Elementary and middle school students participate in Spanish, art, music, and physical education. High school students have a wider range of electives to select from.

Overall, Merritt is a small school with a close knit family feeling. The staff, students, and parents work as a team to ensure all students reach their fullest potential.

On Friday, May 18, 2018 the Merritt Academy Middle School Concert Band and the High School Wind Ensemble combined for a performance at the Cedar Point Music in the Parks Festival.
The Cedar Point Music in the Parks Festival is a "Nationally" recognized event in which ensembles from all over the United States and Canada participate for ratings from a panel of "Nationally" recognized music educators.
The Merritt Academy Combined 6th -12th Grade Concert Band performed our newly commissioned "Celtic Air and Dance No. 4" by Michael Sweeney and "Canto" by William Francis McBeth. We earned a "Superior" rating on both selections from the adjudicator panel.

The Merritt Academy Combined 6th -12th Grade Concert Band was awarded "First Place in Class" (Among bands performing from schools with a student population of no more than 750 students) and "First Place Overall"! (Among all the bands performing at the Cedar Point Music in the Parks Festival from our designated performance location)

What a year for the Merritt Academy Bands...Straight First Division ratings at MSBOA District Band and Orchestra Festival, Straight First Division ratings at MSBOA State Band and Orchestra Festival, and
now "First Place in Class" and "First Place Overall" in a "Nationally" recognized music festival...Go Mustangs!!!!!

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Three of my children have attended Merritt and I have been extremely happy. We have been at the school for ten years, we have a Senior, a fourth grader and a sixth grader. I cannot say enough about all the teachers at Merritt - they all go above and beyond. Merritt is a wonderful school!

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