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Merit in the News - Student Spotlights
October 1, 2008 | Santa Cruz Sentinel
Dayna Shoemaker collects numerous gifts to benefit teens of domestic violence.
August, 2007 | Growing Up in Santa Cruz
Jaclyn D'Arcy founded Kids 4 Hydrogen, received a $20,000 scholarship from Toyota, and made the cover of Growing Up in Santa Cruz.
September 22, 2008 | Good Times
Driven by curiosity, Natlie Kassel conducted research on soap that found that antibacterial soap not only contains an ingredient that is bad for the environment, but that regular soap kills an equal amount of harmful bacteria. So why use it? she wondered.
September 19, 2008 | Santa Cruz Sentinel
Some day, Peter Livingston may save your life - or at least your bumper. Peter has invented a progressive brake light system that shows not only if a driver is stopping but how hard.
September 28, 2006 | Santa Cruz Sentinel
Stirred by uncle's fatal heart attack, Dylan Tucker takes CPR training to high schools in Santa Cruz to reduce future cardiac failures.
Janurary 13, 2002 | Santa Cruz Sentinel
In a world where pollution is on the rise and the need for clean energy technology is more pressing than ever, students at Merit Academy tackle the issue head-on. Projects considering potential clean energy solutions are completed by students as early as eighth grade – a prospect that makes our environmental future promising indeed.
April 25, 2002
Localizing what seems like distant history, a re-enactment of Japanese internment offered fresh perspectives on a sensitive subject. Participants included Nicole and Jaclyn D’Arcy, who, although unborn at the time of the internment, understand the...
September 25, 2008
The interest in building developed into a passion for engineering and technology that led Peter Livingston to create the Progressive Brake Light System (PBLS).
May 8, 2000
It’s easy to forget realities that motivate teenagers to succumb to “peer pressure.” Through the eyes of Nicole D’Arcy, in a special article written for the Santa Cruz Sentinel, readers see afresh the social stage that forces today’s youth to make tough decisions while growing into new responsibilities – and highlights not only the failures but also the triumphs of its actors.
March 31, 2001
It is a “social utopia” you’ve undoubtedly heard of: instant messaging. One teenager reveals an addiction to chatting online and the ensuing struggle to balance her studies and social life. All work and no play makes life dull indeed, but make sure that the persistent clicking of the keyboard is in fact the sound of an essay in progress rather than a discussion of lunch hour politics.
March 19, 2001
Her young face may be an unexpected sight behind the camera, but Jaclyn Tatsui-D’Arcy is a certified television producer, braces and all. Professional organization and “youthful exuberance” combine to make this 11-year-old’s list of accomplishments and future goals something to be admired.
December 30, 2000
What is appropriate when it comes to teenagers and dancing? Nicole D’Arcy explores students’ perspectives on the subject and considers “freaking” in a continuum of “inappropriate” dancing through the ages.
October 9, 1999
The age-old axiom “build it and they will come” was recently given a new twist by Nicole D’Arcy and Joanne Arguello – a twist that involves not only ice cream, but the benefits of hydrogen as an alternative, environmentally-friendly energy source.
March, 2001 | Growing Up in Santa Cruz
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