MMI Preparatory School held an awards ceremony 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 Amanda Stoffa, Ian Composto, Sharon Zhuang and Philip Benyo were recognized as the American Legion Award winners, which is given to the top two girls and top two boys with the highest grade point average.

MMI also presented subject awards in each grade to the following students:

Sixth Grade – Neal DeAngelo (History), Jack Benyo (English), Brayden Hoover (Visual Arts), Robert Brighthaupt (Math), Sophie Schulz (Science), and Mikaela Mauna (Music).

Seventh Grade – Anthony Arias-Tejeda (History), Arianna Larsen (English and Visual Arts), Siya Patel (Math), Jared Santana (Science), and Andrew Pedri (Music).

Eighth Grade – Ricky Paredes (History), Amanda Stoffa (English), Sharon Zhuang (Visual Arts), Ian Composto (Algebra I), Ruhani Shah (Pre-Algebra) Philip Benyo (Science), and Caitlyn Carter (Music).

Various Open House winners were also recognized:

Mid-school STEM: First place – Robert Brighthaupt, Second place – Jackson Moore, Third place – Derek Radzwich.

Mid-school Humanities: First place – Jacob Hoover, Second place – Savannah Romero, Third place – Siya Patel.

Students inducted into the National Junior Classical League for Latin were: Katherine Arias, Caitlyn Carter, Ian Composto, Avari DeAngelo, Ruhani Shah, Simona Sickler, Amanda Stoffa and Sharon Zhuang. Philip Benyo and Simona Sickler were also recognized for scoring exceptionally on the National Latin Exam.

Students inducted into the National Junior Honor Society were Katherine Arias, Philip Benyo, Caitlyn Carter, Ian Composto, Avari DeAngelo, Katelyn Gera, Zachary Jordan, Kenedy Lutz, Ruby Myers, Ruhani Shah, Simona Sickler, Amanda Stoffa, Nicholas Swaditch, Mattingly van den Berg, Delilah Yatsko, and Sharon Zhuang.