2008 - 2009 Events

Friday, November 14 - Spanish trip to Noche Columbiana music performance at Casa de la Cultura.
Wednesday, October 29 - Halloween Masquerade Murder Mystery Dinner Dance Party for all grades.
Friday, October 24 - Spanish trip to Boston University for Cooking with Culture.
Wednesday, October 1 - Spanish students visit Hecho a Mano, an exhibit of contemporary Latin art. Science students visit the Museum of Science's physics exhibits.
Wednesday, October 1 - Humanities students visit Salem and the House of Seven Gables in connection with their studies of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
September - November - Trips to Amory park as part of our forest research data gathering
Thursday, September 18 & 19 - Team building and ropes course at Hale Reservation, overnight, and hiking at the Blue Hills.
Monday, September 15 - Doing Research in Mathematics and Science class takes to the woods with Mike Gagnon from the Forest Watch program at the University of New Hampshire as they kick off their forest research.
Thursday, September 4, 2008 - Our Fourth Annual Bagel Breakfast Beginning welcomes families to our newly refurbished classrooms.

2007 - 2008 Events

Friday, June 13 - Visit the Institute for Contemporary Art and picnic. Have a great summer!
Thursday, June 12 - Hot Air Ballooning and sleep-in party at Meridian.
Wednesday, June 11 - End-of-year exhibitions.
Tuesday, June 3 - All-school Spanish Scavenger Hunt in Hyde Square, Jamaica Plain
Friday, May 30 - Heroes and Villains class studies the Holocaust memorial.
Tuesday, May 27 - Spanish classes learn Latin Dancing.
Tuesday, May 13 - Spanish classes go to Boston University for cooking classes.
Monday, May 12 and Wednesday, May 14 - Engineering students do computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) of their designs at MIT's FabLab.
Tuesday, May 6 and Thursday, May 15 - Genomics class works with Tufts researchers isolating and identifying bacterial DNA.
Saturday, May 3 - Meridian students perform their original, gold medal winning, play S.U.P.E.R. in the Massachusetts Drama Guild's Middle School Festival.
Thursday, May 1 - American Historiography students go to court for Law Day.
Thursday, April 17 - All-school Laser Tag evening social event.
Wednesday, April 16 - Exhibition Evening. Spanish, American Historiography, and Engineering students present their projects. The multi-genre band has its premiere!
Wednesday, April 2 - Division Two students spend the day at the Picower Center for Learning and Memory at MIT and are introduced to the neurobiology research and techniques used by scientists there.
Tuesday, March 25 - All-school trip to Facing History and Ourselves' exhibit Choosing to Participate at the Boston Public Library.
Mid-Late March - All-school Book Vacation read of Dicken's David Copperfield.
Friday, March 14 - Art classes visit the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) to see Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914-1939 for new perspectives on Cubism and Futurism.
Thursday, March 13 - Engineering students tour Kiva Systems, a robotics warehouse manufacturing plant and demonstration site.
Friday, March 7 - All students attend the production of Julius Caesar at the American Reparatory Theater (ART).
Friday, February 29 - Workshop on community and diversity with a student from the Food Project.
Thursday, February 14 - Engineering students invite the public in to play their robotic miniature golf courses.
Wednesday, January 30 - Heroes and Villains presents their original Greek-drama-inspired plays and Marine Science their biome exhibitions.
Wednesday, January 15 - Genomics elective goes to the Museum of Science for a biotechnology lab.
Tuesday, January 8 - Field trip to the Massachusetts High School Drama Guild Workshops. Field trip to see the Mayan exhibit at the Peabody Museum.
Wednesday, December 19 - Heroes and Villains class goes to Boston University to study Greek Cuisine.
Tuesday, December 18 - Marine Science students take a behind-the-scenes tour at the New England Aquarium and Engineering students study robotics and the sculptures of Arthur Ganson at the MIT Museum.
Monday, December 17 - All-school presentation of Spanish skits.
Monday, December 17 - Pajama/Bathrobe day. Dress accordingly!
Tuesday, November 20 - Social activities with our friends from the Waring School.
Wednesday, November 14 - Bambi Good from Brookline Sister City project speaks with the Spanish classes about Nicaragua.
Tuesday, November 13 - Charlotte Gordon, Professor of English at Endicott College, speaks with the American Historiography class about poet Anne Bradstreet, the first American female poet/author to have her works published.
Monday, November 5, Health Education classes begin.
September - November - Artist Lisa Houck works with the Heroes and Villains class as they create original Greek-style vases.
Thursday, October 25 - Margaret Talmers teaches Greek dance to the Heroes and Villians class.
Wednesday, October 17 - Architectural Scavenger Hunt downtown for Heroes and Villains students.

Monday, October 15 - Cortina McCurry, Neurobiologist at MIT, shares her research with the students.
Thursday, October 4 - American Historiography class visits Plimoth Plantation to study 17th Century American history.
Saturday, September 29 and Sunday, September 30 - Meridian students exhibit their art for the second year in a row at the Jamaica Plain Open Studios.
Thursday, September 27 - Team building and ropes course at Camp West Woods and camping at Massasoit State Park.
Monday, September 19 - Students in Heroes and Villains study Greek art and culture at the Museum of Fine Arts.
Monday, September 19 - Marine Science students visit the The Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center and Wingaersheek Beach.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007 - Our Third Annual Bagel Breakfast Beginning welcomes families to our new home in Brookline.

Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - All day team building and ropes course at Camp Wing, Duxbury, MA
Friday, September 15 - Parent/Teacher Potluck
Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October 1 - Meridian students exhibit their art at Jamaica Plain Open Studios
Friday, October 6 - Guest Presenter Amy Barker from Cultural Survival joins our Community Action Projects class
Friday, October 13 - Sandy Storey, Editor and Publisher of the Jamaica Plain Gazette, speaks with our Media and Journalism class
Tuesday, October 24 - Meridian takes the air on JAMN 94.5 FM. Our studio visit teaches us about the in-front-of-the-mike planning, behind-the-scenes production work, and business end of a major radio station. Thanks, Pupdawg!
Friday, October 27 - Lonnie McAdoo from the Aids Action Committee speaks with our Community Action Projects class about the politics, science, and service challenges of HIV/AIDS
Tuesday, October 31 - Mike Gagnon from the Forest Watch program at the University of New Hampshire aids our forest research
Wednesday, November 1 - Día de los Artistas Muertos. Come as your favorite deceased artist and share his or her story
Thursday, November 2 - Field Trip to Biogen Idec for a lab on color and gel electrophoresis
Tuesday, November 7 - Musician David Hannon speaks about classical music and prepares the students for Thursday's symphony visit.
October - November - Trips to Arnold Arboretum and other nearby greenspaces as part of our Forest ecology studies
Wednesday, November 8 - Host Waring School eighth graders for party and overnight stay
Thursday, November 9 - Field Trip with the Waring School eighth grade to see the Boston Symphony Orchestra perform Bartók and Brahms
Thursday, November 16 - Curtis Woodcock, Boston University geology professor, teaches our science research class how to core a tree
Tuesday, November 28 - The Influences issue of the Prime Meridian is distributed to local middle schools
Wednesday, November 29 - Students present on Las Ciudades de España
Wednesday, December 6 - Trip to Emerson College to learn about marketing
Thursday, December 7 - Trip to Emerson College to learn about and run focus groups in their high tech center
Tuesday, December 12 - Guest presenter Annie Finnegan, former advertising executive who worked on the anti-tobacco campaign TheTruth.com
Tuesday, December 19 - Pajama/Bathrobe Day
Thursday, January 18, 2007 Ice Skating in West Roxbury for PE
Thursday, January 25 - Guest presenter Christopher Swain, Swim For A Healthy World, activist and environmentalist who swims polluted waters to call attention to their fate
Thursday, February 1 - MST field trip to Boston University's CityLab (measuring proteins with spectrophotometers)
Friday, February 2 - Art field trip - Rose Windows, The Sackler Museum, and helping to hang art for an exhibit of work by artists with special needs
Monday, February 5 - Curtis Woodcock, Boston University geology professor, teaches a lab activity on spectrophotometry in conjunction with our studies of light and photosynthesis
Sunday, February 11 - Family and staff Outing to see the Boston College women's basketball team play the University of Miami
Friday, March 9 - Field trip to a local art gallery's photography exhibit
Thursday, March 22 - Sunday, March 25 - Meridian Academy students exhibit their photo-essays at a Jamaica Plain art gallery. Opening reception Thursday evening 5 - 6:30 PM
Wednesday, March 28 - Students survey Forest Hills area residents and commuters for the Boston Redevelopment Authority gathering information that will help guide the planning process for the neighborhood
Friday, March 30 - Valentino Achak Deng, whose life story growing up in the Sudan and becoming a refugee is told in the book What is the What, visits with our Humanities classes. We are joined by our eighth grade friends from the Waring School
Friday, April 13 - Trip to (and picnic at) the new Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) including the exhibits Super Vision and Momentum 7: Misaki Kawai
Wednesday, April 25 - Trip to the Museum of Science for the Darwin exhibit and to see the Galapagos Imax film
Thursday, June 7 - New student exhibit at the Art Mart gallery in Jamaica Plain on cigarette butt pollution
Friday, June 8 - Final Student Exhibitions - Documentaries, Spanish Videos, Art, Community Service Projects, Science Experiments, and Algebra Flags
Tuesday, June 12 - Trip to Rhode Island - Minigolf, Ice Cream, and the pawtucket Red Sox
Wednesday, June 13 - New England Aquarium Whale Watch trip