MMI Preparatory School’s Mock Trial team defeated Blue Mountain High School in a trial and had four students receive awards during the recent District competition at the Luzerne County Courthouse. The Honorable Thomas Burke and The Honorable Correale Stevens were in attendance for the competition.
Three MMI Preparatory School seniors received recognition in the Scholastic Writing Awards.
Adam Tron won a Gold Key in the Personal Essay & Memoir category for “The Dichotomy of Masculinity and Femininity” and will advance to the national awards competition. Gold Keys are awarded to the very best works submitted to Region-at-Large programs and are automatically considered for national-level recognition.
Paige Machulsky received an Honorable Mention in Poetry for “A Tourist’s Sehnsucht” and Maya Rizkalla was awarded an Honorable Mention in the Critical Essay category for “Police Brutality.”
Ninth grade students at MMI Preparatory School held a bake sale at the Laurel Mall on January 25 and donated their proceeds to Brandon's Forever Home. The sale was organized as part of a community service project.
Eighth grade student Caylee Herseim won first place in MMI’s school competition of the National Geographic GeoBee and will move on to compete for the chance to represent MMI in the Pennsylvania State GeoBee. Fellow eighth grader Nathaniel Neidlinger was the runner-up in the contest.
Senior Benjamin Putnam captured first place in MMI Preparatory School’s “Best of the Best” competition for the first semester of the 2019-2020 academic year. As part of the biannual competition, 10th and 12th grade students delivered presentations during an all-school assembly. Ninth and 11th grade students will make their presentations in the second semester.
MMI Preparatory School announced its Students of the Quarter for the second quarter of the 2019-2020 school year.
MMI Preparatory School has announced the names of students who achieved Head of School list status during the first semester of the 2019-2020 school year.
MMI Preparatory School has announced the names of students who achieved Honor Roll status during the second quarter of the 2019-2020 school year.
MMI Preparatory School senior Alexander Jordan, seated center, will continue his baseball and academic careers at Marywood University. Also pictured are, seated from left: Robert Jordan, Teresa Jordan, and Zachary Jordan. Standing are, from left: Vincent Vella, MMI Athletic Director; Justin Kleinheider, MMI Head of School; and Ryan Jastremsky, MMI Head Baseball Coach.
Bryce Radzwich captured first place in MMI Preparatory School’s sixth grade science fair for his project “Protect Your Melon.”
David Yamulla captured second for his presentation entitled “Making Graphite Glow” and Frederick Blaine finished third for his demonstration of “What Kind of Potato Conducts Electricity Best?”
Fifty-nine MMI Preparatory School students earned certificate awards in the top 10 of their respective events at the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Regional Leadership Conference and 38 students will advance to the FBLA State Leadership Conference in Hershey in April.
Parents who are looking for smaller class sizes, personal attention, and co-curricular and extra-curricular options in athletics, the arts, and academics, as well as a well-rounded, college preparatory liberal arts education, for their students in grades 6 through 12 can explore all the benefits MMI Preparatory School offers during Visitation Day this Saturday, January 11. The event begins at 10 a.m. on MMI’s campus at 154 Centre Street in Freeland. Registration is open for MMI’s Entrance Exam, which will be given on Saturday, January 25 beginning at 9 a.m.
MMI Preparatory School received a $500 grant from the ExxonMobil Foundation that the school will use to purchase a new 3D printer for the science department. Liberty Petroleum Distributors nominated the school for the grant.
MMI Preparatory School sophomores Alain Benitez and Connor Spencer were selected to represent MMI at the 2020 Central Pennsylvania Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) Seminar, which will be held May 14-17 at Shippensburg University. Sophomore Andrew Blasko was selected as an alternate.
The MMI Upper School Drama Club will present An Evening of One Act Comedies V this Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. in the MMI Cafeteria. The show is rated MA-13 and is appropriate for adults and children ages 12 and up.
Students at MMI Preparatory School honored their school’s founder, Eckley Brinton Coxe, and his wife, Sophia Georgianna Coxe, during an assembly at the school and graveside service on Wednesday, giving thanks for the Coxes’ contributions to the school and the area.
An all-school assembly was held in the MMI cafeteria, where senior class officers presented information about MMI's history. At the conclusion of the assembly, the senior class traveled to the grounds of St. James Episcopal Church in Drifton, where they held a wreath-laying ceremony at the gravesites of Mr. and Mrs. Coxe, more than 120 years after Eckley Coxe’s death.
Members of MMI Preparatory School's English Department participated in the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention in Baltimore, Maryland.
A team of MMI Preparatory School students placed third in the King's College Math Contest. Benjamin Putnam, pictured second from the left, was the top scorer for MMI and earned a book and $500 scholarship. Also pictured are, from left: team members Darren Zheng and Louis DeAngelo, and advisor Susan Moyer.
MMI Preparatory School has announced the names of students who achieved Honor Roll status during the first quarter of the 2019-2020 school year.
Parents will learn more about how an MMI Preparatory School education maximizes a student’s academic, social, and character potential in preparation for success in college and beyond during Visitation Night on Wednesday at 6 p.m. on MMI’s campus at 154 Centre Street in Freeland.
Harrison Kress and Andrellie Puntiel, pictured at center in the first row, were crowned king and queen at the 2019 MMI Preparatory School Harvest Dance. Also pictured are, first row, from left: Katharine Pinto and Macy Zenier. Second row: Benjamin Putnam; Lesley McDermott, Parents Association Representative; Lisa Marie Ferry, Dean of Students; and Brandon Crockford.
MMI Preparatory School announced its Students of the Quarter for the first quarter of the 2019-2020 school year.
MMI senior Benjamin Putnam captured the School’s Poetry Out Loud contest and will advance to the regional competition, which will be held in December at the WVIA Studios in Pittston. The regional winner will move on to the state competition in March.
Parents who are looking for smaller class sizes, personal attention, and co-curricular and extra-curricular options in athletics, the arts, and academics, as well as a well-rounded, college preparatory liberal arts education, for their students in grades 6 through 12 can explore all the benefits MMI Preparatory School offers during Visitation Night on Wednesday, November 13. The event begins at 6 p.m. on MMI’s campus at 154 Centre Street in Freeland.
MMI Preparatory School students completed community service projects throughout Greater Hazleton to commemorate the third annual Athena Ford ’01 Day of Service.
The Athena S. Ford ’01 Endowed Fund for Community Service was established in 2017 by members of the MMI Class of 2001 to honor their classmate, who passed away on October 23, 2016. This fund is restricted by MMI to be used solely for expenses needed to establish and perpetuate The Athena Ford ’01 Day of Service.
The MMI Preparatory School Parents Association will host its annual Harvest Bingo on Sunday, October 20 in the MMI Gymnasium on the school’s campus at 154 Centre Street in Freeland.
Eleven MMI Preparatory School students received a scholarship to attend Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week (PFEW), which will be held later this summer on the campuses of Lycoming College or Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport. Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week is a weeklong economic education program that offers students an inside look at the private enterprise system and the way the free market functions.
MMI Preparatory School is currently accepting registrations for its 17 fun-filled summer camps open to all area students. The camps will be offered in morning and afternoon sessions from the week of June 24 to the week of July 22 on the MMI campus at 154 Centre Street in Freeland.
MMI Preparatory School has announced the names of students who achieved Head of School list status during the second semester of the 2018-2019 school year.
MMI Preparatory School has announced the names of students who achieved Honor Roll status during the fourth quarter of the 2018-2019 school year.
Nineteen of MMI Preparatory School’s 34 competitors placed first in the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science state competition at Penn State’s University Park campus. An additional 15 MMI students placed second in the competition.
Junior Emily Ankiewicz was selected as MMI Preparatory School’s “Best of the Best” for the 2018-2019 spring term for her presentation entitled “Is Your Phone Controlling You?” which she delivered during an all-school assembly.
MMI Preparatory School in Freeland conducted its 127th commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 23 as seniors were awarded diplomas by MMI Acting Head of School William A. Shergalis, Ph.D. ’58 and Chairman of the Board of Directors John H. Hersker ’76.
MMI 2019 graduate Summer Evancho will continue her academic and volleyball careers at Marywood University.
MMI 2019 graduate Matthew Marchetti will continue his academic and basketball careers at Misericordia University.
MMI Preparatory School announced the dedication of its softball field as Warner Field during a ceremony Friday at the school. The name follows a donation of $250,000 from the Warner Family, a four-generation MMI family.
Forty-five MMI Preparatory School students placed in the top 26 during the regional Envirothon competition, including the team of Alexander Sessock, Kaitlyn McGeehan, Kai Mele, Dominique Kline, and Benjamin Putnam, who captured first place in the event. The winning team will represent MMI and Luzerne County at the Pennsylvania Envirothon state competition on May 21-22 at the University of Pittsburgh’s Johnstown campus.
Andrew Krzywicki Straw ’75, the global portfolio manager for fiber optic connectivity product development for Corning Incorporated and a retired Army Reserve Colonel, will serve as the commencement speaker at MMI’s 2019 Commencement Ceremony on May 23.
In his role at Corning, Straw manages a portfolio of more than 50 development projects for fiber-to-the-home, data center, and distributed antenna system products. He has worked in the fiber optic communications industry for more than 30 years in a variety of engineering and management roles, including applications and field engineering, manufacturing, and research and development.
The MMI Preparatory School Board of Directors announced today that Justin S. Kleinheider has been appointed as MMI’s new Head of School beginning on July 1.
Kleinheider is a New Jersey native with nearly 20 years of experience as a teacher and administrator in independent schools. He comes to MMI from Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School in Joplin, Missouri, where he oversees the liberal arts, college preparatory curricular program in grades pre-kindergarten through 12. In addition to curricular oversight, Kleinheider works directly with faculty on professional development and is an active participant in daily student life. He led the school’s accreditation process and self-study for ISACS (Independent School Association of Central States) and served on accreditation visiting teams for several independent schools, most recently co-chairing a visiting team.
MMI Preparatory School inducted 17 eighth-grade students into the National Junior Honor Society and 13 students into the National Latin Honor Society during a ceremony at the school.
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