Meridian High School is a high school located one mile west of Daykin, Nebraska

Daykin, Nebraska

Daykin is a village in Jefferson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 177 at the 2000 census.-History:Daykin was founded by John Daykin, a train conductor and stonemason from Illinois. In 1869, John Daykin purchased land in Jefferson County, Nebraska that would later become Daykin...

. It is a consolidated school

Consolidated School

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 with kindergarten

Kindergarten

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 through twelfth grade

Twelfth grade

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 serving the nearby towns of Daykin

Daykin, Nebraska

Daykin is a village in Jefferson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 177 at the 2000 census.-History:Daykin was founded by John Daykin, a train conductor and stonemason from Illinois. In 1869, John Daykin purchased land in Jefferson County, Nebraska that would later become Daykin...

, Tobias

Tobias, Nebraska

Tobias is a village in Saline County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 106 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Tobias is located at ....

, Western

Western, Nebraska

Western is a village in Saline County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 235 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Western is located at ....

, and Alexandria

Alexandria, Nebraska

Alexandria is a village in Thayer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 216 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...

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About

Along with the high school for the Meridian Public School District, the Meridian building includes an elementary

Elementary school

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 and middle school

Middle school

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. 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

Nebraska

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 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

American Legion Baseball

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Students also have the options of participating in a variety of extracurricular activities

Extracurricular activity

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, including student council

Student council

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, Future Business Leaders of America, drama, International Thespian Society, yearbook staff, Enrichment, National Honor Society

National Honor Society

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, Quiz Bowl, show choir, band and pep band, cheer leading, and competitive speech. Several also belong to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

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, which is not a formal school organization.