The safety of students, faculty, and all visitors to the Joy Faith Knapp Music Center is of the utmost importance to the Merit School of Music. In cases of inclement weather or emergency situations, Merit will actively monitor the situation and keep you up-to-date on the status of classes via the email on your Merit account. In urgent situations, we may also text or call the phone number on file. You can also check www.meritmusic.org or www.emergencyclosingcenter.com for updates at any time. Please always use your discretion if you personally believe your commute to be unsafe and report any absences to your teacher and/or program manager/director as soon as possible by filling out an absence form. In order to ensure we can get in contact with you in emergency situations, always make sure your contact information is up-to-date on your Merit account.