Meridian High School (Daykin, Nebraska)

Meridian High School is a high school located one mile west of Daykin, Nebraska. It is a consolidated school with kindergarten through twelfth grade serving the nearby towns of Daykin, Tobias, Western, and Alexandria.

About

Along with the high school for the Meridian Public School District, the Meridian building includes an elementary and middle school. The Meridian building was completed in spring 1976, with classes starting there the following fall. Before the school building was built the towns of Daykin, Tobias, and Alexandria had already combined their schools for nearly 20 years inside Meridian. In that scheme the town of Daykin provided a building for students in elementary school; Alexandria, middle school, and; Tobias, high school. At the time of consolidation Meridian was a class C-2 Nebraska school. At the present time Meridian is a class D-1 school.

Extracurricular activities

Meridian has several sports teams. Female students compete in volleyball, basketball, and track. They are also allowed to participated in wrestling; however, to date there have been no female wrestlers. Male students compete in football, basketball, wrestling and track. Students play baseball and softball in the summer. The teams are not formally a part of the school although the teams play under the names Meridian in the SFS Baseball League, Fun4All Softball league, and American Legion Baseball.

Students also have the options of participating in a variety of extracurricular activities, including student council, Future Business Leaders of America,^[1] drama, International Thespian Society, yearbook staff, Enrichment, National Honor Society, Quiz Bowl, show choir, band and pep band, cheer leading, and competitive speech. Several also belong to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, which is not a formal school organization.

References

1. ^ "Nebraska FBLA students receive national awards", Nebraska Department of Education. Retrieved 7/4/08.