Student Life
ATHLETICS
Meridian Jr. High School offers a variety of athletic programs:
OPEN TO 7TH & 8TH GRADERS
Volleyball
Basketball
OPEN TO 6TH, 7TH, & 8TH GRADERS
Cross Country
Competitive Cheerleading
Track & Field
ROBOTICS
Meridian Jr. High runs a VEX Robotics team that is open to 7th and 8th graders. The season starts in September, and the regional competition occurs in February.
Fall of 2016 marked the inaugural season for the MJHS Robotics Team, but in 2023 MJHS switched from a First Robotics team to a VEX Robotics team. Seventh and eighth grade VEX Robotics teams are challenged to design, build, program, and operate robots to compete in various challenges.
STUDENT COUNCIL
Student Council is open to 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. Members are student leaders who have a variety of responsibilities and are involved with several activities.
New Student Orientation
Schedule Distribution
Homecoming Assembly
Homecoming Parade
School Fundraiser
Various Charity Fundraisers
STUDENT MENTORS
Several seventh and eighth graders at Meridian Jr. High School act as student mentors. Student mentors are heavily involved with Fifth Grade and New Student Orientation before the school year starts to help welcome all of our new students to MJHS. Student mentors also work with our fifth graders throughout the school year to help them feel comfortable in middle school.
ART CLUB
MJHS offers an Art Club that is open to 5th - 8th graders that meets after school one day per week for an hour.
CHESS CLUB
MJHS offers a Chess Club that is open to 6th - 8th graders that meets after school one day per week for an hour.
COMMUNITY BASED ATHLETICS
Sanford Youth Sports oversees youth baseball & softball for the area for ages 5 to 14 years of age, wrestling for grades 5th through 8th, basketball for grades 4th through 6th, sideline cheerleading for grades 3rd through 8th, and football for grades K through 8th. Click on the SYS link above for more information.