Sukriti Krishnan is awarded the 2017 Community Service Award From the Junior League of Montclair-Newark!

Congratulations to Sukriti Krishnan on receiving a 2017 Community Service Award from the Junior League of Montclair-Newark Inc! Due to her exemplary dedication to volunteerism, she has been selected as one of their $500 award winners and is invited to attend the Junior League's membership meeting at The Glen Ridge Country Club where there will be a ceremony where she will be presented with her award.

Sukriti says, "Community service has always been a big part of my life. It is important for me because it allows me to give back to the community and realize how much I have in my life. It can be said that the majority of kids my age, tend to take what they have for granted, but through community service I become grateful for what I have in my life and I also develop a deeper understanding for the world around me. I have done a variety of community service from volunteering at the Montclair Animal Shelter, tutoring kids at the Boys and Girls Club, playing sports with mentally disabled teenagers at Academy 360, traveling to Guatemala and working with Houses to Homes, participating in Habitat for Humanity builds, visiting underprivileged kids in India, and volunteering with the Wayne YMCA over the summer and I am currently looking into volunteering with a hospital in the pediatrics wing or doing a ride-along ambulance service. These service aspects make up a majority of my time, but there is nothing else I would rather do more.Community service does not just allow me to give back to my community, but it also allows me to learn more about the community and appreciate what I have to the fullest amount."

Upper School Dean of Student Life and Tri-Campus Chair of Integrated Ethics, Kerry Verrone says, "This is a very well deserved honor for Sukriti. I am proud of Sukriti for all the work she has done with many different, worthwhile organizations, but I am particularly grateful for the leadership role she has assumed here at MKA in motivating her peers to become involved in service. As Co-Chair of our Upper School Outreach program , Sukriti has organized and led our weekly trips to tutor students at the West Orange Boys and Girls Club; indeed, we have had weeks where we needed a bigger bus to hold all of our student volunteers, and Sukriti is a big reason for this shift in school culture!"