Faculty

Wendy Van De Graaff is thrilled to be teaching American Sign Language (ASL) here at Merit. She taught ASL at UVU for 4½ years as an adjunct instructor. When she was asked to teach ASL at Merit she was excited and honored for this opportunity, and she loves teaching Merit students.  She ...

Stephanie Cox teaches Health, Biology, and Infectious Diseases at MeritAcademy.  She taught at Merit during its first two years of operation and has returned for the opportunity to help make a difference again.  She is committed to helping her students develop a strong skills set to ...

Abbey McDonald graduated from BYU in 2009 with a History Teaching degree and an ESL teaching minor.  World Civilizations and Geography are her favorite subjects to teach, and she is very happy to teach them at Merit Academy.  Her favorite historical cultures and time periods to study are Ancient ...

John Orgill is our technology instructor at Merit Academy.  He teaches CTE, Web Design, Multi-Media and Cheer.  He loves fixing things--especially computers.  He did wedding videos for 12 years and on occasion he has made art glass windows that have gone up in a number of LDS temples. He speaks ...

Maria Ruf is a Special Education teacher here at Merit.  She graduated from BYU in educational psychology/special education.  She completed a one year internship in special education at American Fork Jr. High and then taught for a few years at Orem Junior High.  She stayed at home with her ...