MMI News

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.

MMI Preparatory School inducted students in to multiple Honor Societies on March 26, 2024.

45 MMI students attended this year’s PA Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State Leadership Conference held in Hershey from April 8 to April 10. The event boasted nearly 5,000 students from 500 different schools, all competing at various events throughout the weekend. Mrs. Katherine Zucco serves as MMI Preparatory School’s FBLA advisor.

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

Forty-eight MMI Preparatory School students participated in the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science (PJAS) regional competition on March 2nd. Twenty-eight students earned first awards (one earned an additional first award in a second category), 18 earned second awards, and three earned third awards. The first award recipients will represent MMI in the state competition at the University Park Campus of Penn State on May 20th.

Senior, Paul Neyhart represented MMI Preparatory School at the 2024 PMEA District 9 Orchestra Festival at Wyoming Valley West High School on February 7th-9th.

Jozef Dovicak and Joseph Mayernik captured first place in MMI Preparatory School’s annual Spanish II Piñata contest.

68 MMI students competed in the FBLA Region 16 competition, with 43 of those students earning the right to compete at the PA State FBLA Leadership Conference in Hershey this spring.