Adviser Benjamin Merithew has been teaching high school journalism since 2006. He has advised newspaper, yearbook, online news and broadcasting during his career. Mr. Merithew has served on the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association’s Board of directors and held the position of President from 2013-2017. He also served as a board member for the Journalism Educators of Metropolitan Kansas City from 2014- 2016. He was named the MIPA Journalism Teacher of the Year in 2011 and received the MIPA Taft Award in 2019. Mr. Merithew was voted by his peers at Fort Osage High School as the 2020 Teacher of the Year. In his spare time he enjoys spending time traveling with his wife and following his sons around the country as they play baseball.