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Ellie Fitzpatrick

Ellie Fitzpatrick, Reporter

‌Ellie‌ ‌Fitzpatrick‌ ‌is‌ ‌a‌ ‌junior‌ ‌at‌ ‌Meridian‌ ‌High‌ ‌School‌ ‌and‌ ‌a‌ ‌Journalism‌ ‌2 ‌student.‌ ‌Ellie ‌enjoys‌ cuddling‌ ‌with‌ ‌her‌ ‌dog,‌ ‌playing‌ ‌soccer,‌ ‌and‌ ‌watching‌ ‌movies.‌ ‌She‌ ‌loves‌ ‌finding‌ ‌new‌ ‌music‌ ‌and‌ ‌new‌ ‌artists‌ to‌ ‌obsessively‌ ‌listen‌ ‌to.‌
 
‌Ellie‌ ‌is‌ ‌excited‌ ‌to‌ ‌work‌ ‌with‌ ‌the‌ ‌2020-2021‌ ‌journalism‌ ‌staff‌ ‌and‌ ‌to‌ ‌see‌ ‌how‌ the‌ ‌year‌ ‌unfolds.‌ ‌
 
The‌ ‌best‌ ‌way‌ ‌to‌ ‌contact‌ Fitzpatrick‌ ‌is‌ ‌through‌ ‌her‌ ‌email‌ ‌‌[email protected]‌.‌ ‌ 
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Graphic made by Lexi Jones for the group’s social media posts.

Baking for Ukraine

March 24, 2022
Junior Robbie Sheumaker works on his Wooly Week puzzle. Sheumakers favorite part of Wooly Week were the doughnuts brought in on the last day.

Spanish classes at Meridian host Wooly Week

April 16, 2021
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Bittersweet end of scholastic bowl season

March 19, 2021
Hallie Gates and Reagan Hunt live stream a boys basketball game as members of the media club. The members sign up for different events, they also set-up and take-down all the equipment.

Media club forms to combat limited capacity regulations

February 25, 2021

Drama plans to resume with new show

February 12, 2021
Cartoon designed by Haley Grimes. Movies are always best enjoyed with a favorite snack. A popular movie snack for many is popcorn.

Students talk about their favorite comfort movies

February 9, 2021
The school parking lot sits full for the first time since last November.

Students’ thoughts on return to blended learning plan

January 22, 2021

NHS/SADD, Share the Joy parade is huge success

December 10, 2020
Official Only Child album cover. Sloan was self-taught on a piano her mother purchased when Sloan was five years old.

It’s no ‘Lie’ Sasha Sloan’s new album is phenomenal

November 26, 2020
Official Leave it Beautiful album cover. The namesake of the album comes from her Leave it Beautiful.

Astrid S’ debut album ‘Hits Different’

November 19, 2020
Official Positions album cover. Positions was named after a song in her album.

It’s “Obvious” Ariana Grande’s new album rocks

November 16, 2020

Local voters exercise their right

November 11, 2020
Senior Cj Scott, exercised his voting responsibility for the 2020 election. This is Scotts first year voting.

CJ Scott

November 11, 2020
Mr. Cloe, science teacher and softball enthusiast.

Payton Cloe

November 11, 2020
Jacob Hutton

Jacob Hutton

November 11, 2020
Melissa Fitzpatrick

Melissa Fitzpatrick

November 11, 2020
Taylor Pagel

Taylor Pagel

November 11, 2020
Sadie Scott

Sadie Scott

November 11, 2020
Decaturs downtown Merchant street decorated for Halloween. Even when it seems as if everything is different, its the little things in life that matter, such as taking a walk around downtown and admiring the decor or getting a pumpkin spice coffee.

Halloween isn’t cancelled

October 27, 2020
Halloween pumpkins, carved by the Fitzpatrick family.

Top 10 Halloween movies to watch

October 20, 2020
Zoey Hayes at the Boo Crew haunted house in Mechanicsburg, IL. Hayes loves to go to haunted houses with friends and family.

Expect the unexpected with Zoey Hayes

September 21, 2020
Brockett receives $10,000 grant for the Meridian Ag program. Brockett didnt know he was receiving the grant and thought someone was making a donation to the program.

Jerry Brockett receives $10,000 grant

September 17, 2020
5 Seconds of Summers newest album, Calm, was released March 27, 2020. The title is an acronym for the members first name initials.

Keep calm

May 4, 2020
Madison Sapp sports a hair style she has never tried before. While in quarantine, she dyed her own hair for the first time. I dyed the front pieces of my hair pink, and I think the bleach may have given my forehead a small chemical burn, but Im not sure, Sapp said.

What are the quaranTEENS doing?

April 1, 2020
Carly Fitzpatrick walks under ladder, which is a common superstition. The superstistion of walking under a ladder came from the ancient Egyptians because they regarded the triangle as a sacred symbol of the gods and to walk through them disrespected the gods.

Fact or superstition

March 13, 2020
Spanish two student, Kolbee Grider, cuts out his mask that he will use for the remainder of Wooly week. Grider chose a mask from a Señor Wooly music video that his class had watched in one of their previous Wooly Wednesdays.

Meridian Spanish students participate in Wooly week

March 13, 2020
On behalf of the Meridian Publications staff, we hope you have a wonderful summer break. We will see you next school year. STAY SOARING HAWKS!

American idiots

February 20, 2020

[Video] Post Prom moves to high school location

February 19, 2020
Meridian Junior Vasity Scholastic Bowl Team won second place at Macon County Tournament and given individual medals and a trophy to account for their accomplishment. Keagan Kantor went on to receive an additional honor as he was awarded second place on the all-tournament Macon County tournament team.

Meridian JV scholatic bowl places second in tournament

February 18, 2020

[Video] Bridges in Biology teach different lesson

January 31, 2020
My oh my Camilla Cabellos new album does not disappoint

“My oh my” Camilla Cabello’s new album does not disappoint

January 20, 2020
Savannah Mendenhall and Cheyene Grandfield drop off a check for the Blue Mound Fire Departments Disaster Relief Fund.

Meridian students make difference

January 3, 2020
Riley Day

It’s a good Day to play basketball

September 10, 2019
The cast and crew of WCKY is set to begin rehearsals for their show in November.

Drama’s “killer” cast announced

September 6, 2019
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