Meridian World School
Rhya Stepanova is a skilled educator with experience in various teaching roles, currently serving as a Substitute Teacher at Meridian World School since March 2022. Additionally, Rhya has been a Biblical Hebrew Tutor at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor since September 2020. Previous experience includes a position as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at The University of Texas at Austin from August 2021 to April 2022, where Rhya led a class on Stories of the Muslim West. Prior to the education sector, Rhya worked as a Wedding Planner at The Fairytale Effect from April 2013 to October 2018. Rhya holds a Bachelor of Arts in Christian Studies from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, earned between 2018 and 2020.
Meridian World School
Meridian World School is a public, K-12, tuition-free charter school. We are located in Round Rock, Texas. Open to all students who live within the boundaries of Williamson County in Central Texas. Meridian is an authorized school for the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), and the Diploma Programme (DP). Our Mission Statement (below) is directly tied to our belief in the International Baccalaureate Learner Profile. Meridian School's current enrollment is almost 1700 students. Mission Statement: Meridian School will provide an invigorating educational environment that develops responsible citizens who can artfully navigate our complex world and enjoy a good life with others. Each student will engage in diverse investigations, disciplined inquiry, and integrated service-learning to cultivate intercultural awareness, creativity, and mental acuity. Meridian School does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, age, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, religion, disability, academic, athletic, or artistic ability, or the district the child would otherwise attend without regard to disability or handicapping condition, in administration or educational policies, admission and hiring policies and other school-administered programs.