Write a story template

Merit achievements are made up of a mix of templatized text and student data from your spreadsheet. The majority of the text will be the same for everybody, but throughout the story, you'll mix in some personal details. 

To do this, you're going to want to write a story that uses "placeholder" text for the personalized text from your spreadsheet. These "placeholders" will allow you to insert students' first names, last names, hometowns, diplomas, honors and more into your story. We usually recommend keeping this information in parentheses or all caps (or both), so you can tell which information is specific to individuals.  

Every student will have an online story created for them. You should begin by writing a story about ONE person. Here's an example of what a Merit story template could look like: