MMI News

The Head of school, Justin Kleinheider, of MMI Preparatory School announced today that Rachael Betz has been named a Commended Student in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Several members of the management team at the Weis Market in Mountaintop presented MMI Preparatory School with a $400 donation from the Weis4School program on Monday, September 20.

MMI Preparatory School recently announced the officers of the board of directors for the2021-22 fiscal year. The board officers:

MMI Preparatory School announced the addition of four new faculty members for the 2021-2022 school year.

MMI recognized students in ninth through 11th grades during a virtual Upper School Awards Convocation. Seniors were honored at the graduation ceremony. 

MMI Preparatory School honored its student athletes at a virtual Athletic Awards ceremony.

MMI Preparatory School inducted 24 eighth grade students into the National Junior Honor Society for the 2020-2021 school year.

MMI Preparatory School held a virtual awards ceremony to honor middle school students for their academic and athletic achievements.

MMI Preparatory School celebrated the Class of 2021 during its 129th Commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 27. Seniors received their diplomas from MMI Head of School Justin Kleinheider and Board of Directors Chair Llewellyn F. Dryfoos III ’82. This year’s graduating class of 40 seniors were accepted at 80 percent of the colleges they applied to and amassed more than $8.1 million in merit scholarships and awards.

Junior Connor Spencer won MMI Preparatory School’s overall Best of the Best title for the 2020-2021 school year with his presentation on The Future of Energy in a reimagined format for the annual assembly program.

Todd Alan Schell, the valedictorian of the MMI Class of 1980, will serve as commencement speaker during MMI’s 129th annual Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, May 27. The event will not be open to the public due to capacity restrictions.

UGI Energy Services recently made a $5,000 donation to MMI Preparatory School as part of the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) program.

MMI Preparatory School captured the top three places in the virtual Luzerne County Envirothon competition. MMI’s first-place team of Darren Zheng (captain), Louis DeAngelo, Hunter Blasko, Dominique Kline, and Violet O’Connell will advance to the state competition.

Mid Penn Bank donated $7,500 to MMI Preparatory School through the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Scholarship program.

MMI Preparatory School sophomore Jessica Zheng captured first place at the virtual Pennsylvania Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State Leadership Conference and will represent MMI at the National Leadership Conference, while sophomore Manal Muhammad and junior Rachael Betz both finished in the top 10.

Seven MMI Preparatory School students placed in the annual Israel T. & Mildred Klapper Memorial Holocaust Essay Contest.

MMI Preparatory School sophomore Jessica Zheng was selected to participate in The Rockefeller University Summer Science Research Program, which will be held virtually from June 28 to August 5.

MMI Preparatory School juniors Rachael Betz and Connor Spencer were two of only 64 students from an applicant pool of 351 students from across Pennsylvania who were selected to participate in the 2021 Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences.