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Students at MMI Preparatory School honored their School’s founders, Eckley Brinton Coxe, and his wife, Sophia Georgianna Coxe, during a program at graveside service and at the School on Tuesday, giving thanks for the Coxes’ contributions to the School and the area. Senior class officers laid a wreath on the Coxes’ grave at St. James Church on Tuesday morning and Donna Titus, Associate Dean and English Department Chair and longest tenured faculty member at MMI, provided a few words at the site. The class then toured the historic Coxe home and enjoyed refreshments. Upon return to the School, they worked...

Pictured, front row left to right: Lori Blue, Mary Kate’s mother and MMI swim coach, and Mary Kate Kupsky. Back row, left to right: Marci Hosier, Assistant Head of School, and Joseph Flanagan, MMI’s Athletic Director. MMI Preparatory School senior Mary Kate Kupsky will continue her academic and athletic career in swimming at Tulane University as a member of the Green Wave.  Mary Kate has been an outstanding athlete at MMI, winning the silver medal in the 500m Freestyle and the 200m IM in the District 2 Championships in 2024. At the PIAA State Championships, Mary Kate was 5th in...

Pictured: Winner, Christina Chrin with advisors Dr. Jeremy Davidheiser and Mrs. Jennifer Novotney. MMI Preparatory School held its Poetry Out Loud competition on Friday, October 25. Six students throughout the freshmen and senior classes competed, including sophomore Christina Chrin, senior Diane Kim, senior Kendall Orozco, junior Ava Genetti, sophomore Arham Mehran, and freshman Evan Polanco. Christina Chrin was announced as the winner on Monday, October 28. She is the daughter of Mr. Jeffrey Chrin and Dr. Tammy Chrin of Barnesville. Christina Chrin will represent MMI at the regional competition, where she’ll compete against students throughout Luzerne, Lackawanna, Northwestern Pike, Susquehanna,...

Mrs. Theresa Long, MMI’s Head of School, has announced the promotion of Mrs. Marcianna Hosier to the Assistant Head of School at MMI Preparatory School. Mrs. Hosier has been a part of the MMI family since 2015 when she was hired as the Director of Admissions & Marketing. In 2020, Mrs. Hosier joined the faculty as the instructor for Strategic Communication and in 2023, Mrs. Hosier assumed the responsibility of Dean of Students focusing on student life at the School. Mrs. Hosier will continue to oversee the admissions, financial assistance, and enrollment processes at MMI and will still be responsible...

MMI Preparatory School has announced that Jennifer Novotney, currently serving as the Director of the Joseph A. Turri ’45 Library and Learning Center, will take on the additional role of Director of Curriculum and Instruction. This new administrative-level position will expand Mrs. Novotney’s responsibilities to include curriculum development and implementation, instructional leadership, assessment and evaluation of student learning, and faculty resource management. She will continue to lead the library and learning center while assuming these new duties. This summer, Mrs. Novotney successfully completed the Pennsylvania Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development’s online Curriculum Leadership Academy in preparation for her expanded...

MMI Preparatory School honored the Class of 2024 during its 132nd commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 23. 

Featured photo: First row (Left to right):Mr. Justin Vincent, Shreeya Parikh, Marissa Yamulla, Gabriella Carsia, Madalynn Young, Ms. Michele Tyburski. Second row: Andrew Pedri, Gavin Serock. Arushi Solgama, Cedra Abdulrahman, Diane Kim and Winni Zheng. Third row: Mr. Michael Mele, Hasan Arain, Joseph Mayernik, Madelyn Young, Yeleiny Paniagua, Mrs. Shannon Falcheck. Fourth row: Caleb Skuba, Rishi Patel, Daniel Griffith, Kiyan Paknezhad, Ian Composto. Fifth row: Jozef Dovicak, Evan Pedri, Christina Chrin, Kenedy Lutz and Kasra Paknezhad. MMI Preparatory School students participated in the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science (PJAS) regional competition on May 19-21 at Penn State University. All of...

MMI Preparatory School recently held their Spring Athletic Awards Banquet to honor all spring season athletes and their achievements during the 2023-2024 school year.

Featured photo: The American Legion’s Academic Excellence Awards were presented to seniors Nathaniel Neidlinger and Abigail Sparich who stand with Pete Peruchetti and Commander Gerald Gaffney of the Freeland Post 473 and MMI Head of School Theresa Long. MMI recognized students during the Upper School Awards Convocation held on May 15. The annual ceremony honors students from ninth to twelfth grades in various subjects and events. The American Legion’s Academic Excellence Awards were presented by Commander Gerald Gaffney and Pete Peruchetti of the Freeland Post 473 to seniors Abigail Sparich and Nathaniel Neidlinger. The 2024 American Legion Award was awarded...

Featured photo: Open House Award winners Front Row (L-R): Marissa Yamulla, Nathaniel Belanger, Rian Patel, and Xavier Reymunde Wittmer. Second Row: Head of School Theresa Long, Arianna Larsen, Issac Edmonds, and Academic Dean Justin Vincent. MMI Preparatory School held an awards ceremony on May 8 to honor middle school students for their academic achievements and inducted members into the National Junior Honor Society and the National Classical League for Latin. During the ceremony, eighth graders Siya Patel, Zachary Naugle, Arianna Larsen, and Justin Park received the American Legion Award, the award given to the top two female and top two...

MMI Preparatory School won first place in the Luzerne County Envirothon competition. The team consisted of Nathaniel Neidlinger, Kathryn Sissick, Nathan Sissick, Blake Warren, and Amanda Stoffa.