MMI News

Students from the MMI Preparatory School Chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) competed at the Region 16 Leadership Conference held at the Woodlands Resort in Wilkes-Barre December 18, 2014. Of the 59 students who competed, nearly half received special honors for their performance in various business-related competitive events.

MMI Preparatory School senior Chiara DeMelfi, daughter of Daniel and Esme DeMelfi, Hazleton, will be competing in the “Poetry Out Loud” Regional Competition. The competition will be held at the WVIA studios in Pittston on February 17 and will be televised in April.

Alexander Sessock, an eighth-grade student at MMI Preparatory School, won the school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee and a chance at a $50,000 college scholarship. 



MMI Preparatory School in Freeland recently received a $40,000 contribution from the United Way of Wyoming Valley, presented by Nina C. Dei Tos ’01 MPA, Vice President of Resource Development. These funds will be used for scholarship support for MMI students who reside in the Wyoming Valley and meet the criteria for an Education Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Scholarship.

Five students from MMI Preparatory School have been chosen to perform at the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) District 9 orchestra and band festivals.

MMI Preparatory School recently held its annual Spanish 2 Piñata contest. The contest continues the Spanish tradition of constructing papier-mâché figures for children’s celebrations, birthdays, holidays and traditional festivals.

MMI Preparatory School has received a grant that it will use toward new equipment for the school’s science department.

The MMI Chamber Ensemble, directed by Tina Lizbinski, was one of the groups performing at the 22nd annual CAN DO Community Christmas on Wednesday evening.

Four students from the MMI Preparatory School Mock Trial team won individual awards and trophies in the Monroe County Invitational Mock Trial Tournament held recently.

MMI Preparatory School’s Student Council recently held a Thanksgiving food drive to collect canned goods and raise monetary donations for George Bereznak and a team of volunteers from Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Parish in Freeland.

MMI Preparatory School sophomore Garrett Kost was chosen as this year’s MMI recipient of the Prudential Spirit of Community Award, a nationwide program that recognizes middle level and high school students for volunteer work in their communities.

English Riding Supply, Inc. has contributed $50,000 to MMI Preparatory School in Freeland through the Education Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program, which funds need-based scholarships at the school.

Seniors Emily Bogansky and Benjamin Gittleman, seated center, were crowned queen and king of MMI Preparatory School’s 2014 Harvest Dance by PFO representative Theresa Zellner and MMI Head of School Thomas G. Hood. Members of the court were Alexzandriea van Hoekelen, seated left; Soprina Guarneri, seated right; Jared Dasher, standing left; and Michael Eisenhart, standing right. The theme for this year’s dance was “Night Under the Stars.”

MMI Preparatory School recently inducted new members of the National Honor Society, Andrew J. Stofan Chapter.