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Staff members honored for service to the Academy
A special reception was held Sunday, May 21, at 1 p.m. in Stribling Hall for eight Missouri Military Academy employees who were honored for service to the Academy. The reception also honored longtime MMA science teacher, Scoutmaster, swimming coach and former athletic director Lt. Col. Ron Rosendahl, who retired from the Academy at the end of the school year. Lt. Col. Rosendahl was with the Academy for 31 years. Honored for service anniversaries at MMA were accountant Kathy
Brooks, 30 years; Middle School Principal Lt. Col. Jonathan P. Eastman and Middle School science teacher Maj. Willis Kleinsorge, 20 years each. Honored for 10 years of service were 1st Sgt. Randal Jacobson, JROTC instructor; Ms. Melody K. Daly, cadet laundry manager; Lt. Col. James E. Medley, MMA High School commandant; Maj. Peggy L. Reynard, business instructor; and Ms. Lora L. Young, nurse. The staff members were recognized at the battalion review on Colonels Field.
Missouri Military Academy presented service awards to faculty and staff members Lt. Col. Ron Rosendahl, Mrs. Kathy Brooks, Lt. Col. Jonathan Eastman, Maj. Willis Kleinsorge, Ms. Melody Daly, 1st Sgt. Randal Jacobson, Lt. Col. James E. Medley, Maj. Peggy Reynard and Ms. Lora Young, from left, at the battalion review Sunday, May 21, on Colonels Field.
MMA admissions staff traveling extensively
The Missouri Military Academy Admissions Department staff is traveling extensively this summer, visiting with prospective cadets for the 2006-07 school year, according to Maj. Dennis Diederich, director of admissions. “We hope to meet with as many prospective cadets and their parents as possible this summer,,” said Maj.
Diederich. “We have information and admissions packets available by mail and online.” Capt. Sam Blair, ‘94, director of international relations, traveled in Mexico, June 11-23. He will be in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, July 10-13; and in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, July 28-Aug. 5. Maj. Diederich and Capt. Michael
Shoemaker will host an open house in Northwest Arkansas on June 24. Maj. Diederich also traveled in Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska, June 15-20. Capt. Shoemaker is scheduled in California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington and Oregon, July 10-21; and in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, July 27-31. He traveled in
Camps keep MMA campus bustling
Missouri Military Academy will host seven summer camps from June through August, according to Executive Officer Lt. Col. James E. Medley. The annual MMA Confidence Camp and Leadership Camp will be held July 9-15 and July 9-22, respectively, and will be directed by MMA Middle School Commandant Maj. Mark Vaughan. (See story on Page 1.) A Special Olympics camp will be on campus June 17-23, and Aquinas Academy will be having its academics camp at MMA, June 25-30.
There will be a taekwondo camp on campus July 28-30. MMA’s fall sports camps will bring cadets who intend to participate in football, soccer, swimming and cross country to the campus on Aug. 24, and a leadership camp will start Aug. 30 for cadet leaders in the 2006-07 school year. MMA has already hosted the Miss Missouri Pageant, June 3-11, and the Granby wrestling camp, June 11-15.
Texas and Oklahoma, June 9-16. Lt. Shari Delp will be traveling in Missouri throughout the summer. To make an appointment to tour the MMA campus or meet with an admissions staff member, call 1-573581-1776 or 1-888-564-6662; e-mail info@mma.mexico.mo.us; or go online at www.mma-cadet.org.
Final Formation
2006-07 commander positions announced
Battalion and company commanders for the 2006-07 school year at Missouri Military Academy were named in May by Lt. Col. James E. Medley, MMA High School commandant. Junior Sgt. Maj. Giuseppe Poletti of Vigevano, Italy, is the battalion commander designate. Company commander designations went to Master Sgt. Alex Cheng of Chicago, Ill., Echo
Company; Sgt. 1st Class Adrian Martinez of Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, Delta Company; and Sgt. 1st Class Israel Avelar of Mexico City, Mexico, Charlie Company. Cadet Sgt. 1st Class Nick Fajen of Lufkin, Texas, was named battalion adjutant. The remaining four staff positions will be announced at the beginning of the school year.
Miller earns Maroon Bar with eight stars On June 5, Missouri Military Academy High School Commandant Lt. Col. James E. Medley announced the final 2005-06 winners of the Maroon Bar for discipline. Sophomore Jake Miller earned the Maroon Bar and eight stars for having no demerits over a nine-month period. Sophomore Rene Zuazua earned the Maroon
Bar and four stars, and sophomore Alan Ortega earned the Maroon Bar and three stars. For having no demerits in May, Jonathan Avelar, Thomas Clubb, Jun Hyuck Choi, Giuseppe Poletti and Erich Sullivan earned the Maroon Bar. Winners having no demerits for two months were Giorgio Bonadiman and Young Hee Kim.
Missouri Military Academy senior officers grounded their sabres and said their goodbyes during Final Formation and Au Revoir on the front campus Sunday afternoon, May 28. Pictured are Jose Rosales, Shale Houston, Jorge Ibanez, Morgan Josephs, John Bassett, Luis Cordero and Evan Hollowell.
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