Forty-five of MMI Preparatory School’s 55 entrants placed first at the recent Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science competition at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre. Ali Aijaz, Gabriella DeMelfi, Garrett Kost, and Chava Kornblatt all placed first with a perfect score in their events. Anirban Chowdhury and Elizabeth Pinto both qualified for a summer research fellowship at...
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Borealis Wind Quintet performs at MMI
Borealis Wind Quintet, one of America’s preeminent chamber ensembles, performed Thursday for MMI Preparatory School students as part of the community outreach program of the Greater Hazleton Concert Series. Amelia Bergeron, Greater Hazleton Concert Series director, opened the program by speaking to the students about the Greater Hazleton Concert Series and the Borealis Wind Quintet....
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Freeland history researcher Charlotte Tancin takes crowd on trip back in time during photo presentation at MMI
Freeland native and local history researcher Charlotte Tancin visted MMI Preparatory School’s recently to narrate a presentation of historical photographs of Freeland and the surrounding areas. Tancin spoke to a packed audience inside MMI’s Joseph A. Turri ’45 Library and Learning Center. Her photos, including some dating back to the 1800s, featured many of the...
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Three MMI students place at state journalism competition
Lindsey Walko, Joshua Narrow, and Charles Bower finished in the top three at the Pennsylvania School Press Association (PSPA) Student Journalism Competition State Championship finals. The competition was held earlier this month in the Hetzel Union Building’s Freeman Auditorium on the Penn State University Main Campus in University Park. Walko, the daughter of Lawrence Walko...
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Wister Quartet to perform at MMI on April 4
For the 13th consecutive year, MMI Preparatory School will host the Grammy-nominated Wister Quartet for a public performance at the school on Monday, April 4, at 7:00 P.M. The performance is made possible through the support of Dr. James W. Feussner ’65 in memory of Elizabeth Feussner. Once again this year, the Wister Quartet will...
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MMI basketball players earn Wyoming Valley Conference Coaches Association honors
MMI senior basketball players Edward Herbener and Jonathan Stish both earned Wyoming Valley Conference Coaches Association Division 3 honors and were selected to participate in the Wyoming Valley Conference Senior All-Star Game.
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Freeland local history researcher to present collection of Freeland area images from the early 20th century
Freeland native and local history researcher Charlotte Tancin will narrate a tour of the Freeland area through images from the first half of the 20th century during a presentation in March at MMI Preparatory School. Tancin will make her presentation on Thursday, March 10 at 6:30 P.M. in The Joseph A. Turri ’45 Library and...
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MMI Prepper Playhouse will present Disney’s Beauty and the Beast March 11 and 12
The MMI Prepper Playhouse is presenting Disney’s Beauty and the Beast on Friday, March 11 and Saturday, March 12 at 7:00 P.M. in the MMI Athletic and Drama Complex, 154 Centre Street in Freeland. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast tells a classic tale as old as time about Belle (Lindsey Walko), a young woman from...
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MMI releases first semester President’s List
MMI Preparatory School Head of School Thomas G. Hood has announced the names of students who achieved President’s List status during the first semester of the 2015-2016 school year. The President’s List recognizes sound academic performance each quarter. To earn a place on the President’s List, a student must have a cumulative average in all...
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MMI students advance to Future Business Leaders of America state competition
Thirty-one MMI Preparatory School students advanced to compete at the Pennsylvania Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State Leadership Conference April 11-13 in Hershey after qualifying during the FBLA Region 16 Leadership Conference held recently in Wilkes-Barre. Seven students received first place awards in their respective categories at the regional conference. Allison McGeehan finished first...