Out & About
Project Happiness Film Screening at SC Film Festival
The Project Happiness film will be shown this Saturday, May 12, at 3:30 p.m. at the Nickelodeon Theater at 210 Lincoln Street, in Downtown Santa Cruz.
Sixth Grader Wins a Second Place Award at State Science Fair
Congratulations to inspired young scientist Lekha Duvvoori of Gilroy, for her recent achievement at the California State Science Fair in Los Angeles. More than 1,000 projects were entered and displayed at the event, 25 in the category that Lekha entered: Mammalian Biology, Junior Division (grades 6 to 8). Lekha spoke with seven judges over a four-hour period, and ended up being awarded Second Place in her category!
Congratulations Rosino: Northern California and Western Regional Boxing Champion!
Congratulations to Rosino LeGan, recently named the 2012 Northern California and Western Regional Boxing Champion! Rosino, a 10th grader at Mount Madonna School, began boxing at age 12, and is now poised to compete in the USA Boxing Junior Olympic National Championships to be held June 19-22 in Mobile, Alabama.
Students Participate in National Dance Week Performances
Mount Madonna School is fortunate to have many talented and graceful dancers among its student and faculty body. Last week, Dancer and dance teacher Lorraine Kinnamon and several students participated in "Santa Cruz Dancing in the Street" in downtown Santa Cruz as part of the local activities surrounding National Dance Week (April 21-27).
Barcelona Dance Grand Prix: Congratulations Preethi and Shri Krupa
Kudos and congratulations to Mount Madonna School 10th grader Preethi Balagani, who along with other dancers from the Shri Krupa Dance Company won three awards at the prestigious 26th annual international Barcelona Dance Grand Prix held earlier this month.
Founded and guided by choreographer and artistic director, Guru Vishal Ramani, students at Shri Krupa learn and perform in the Bhartanatyam tradition, south India’s classical dance form.
National Dance Week, Santa Cruz
April 19th through April 27th, 2012
Each year in April, the streets are filled for the Signature event: National Dance Week.
At the cornerstone of Santa Cruz Dance, National Dance Week Santa Cruz is a pillar for outreach in encouraging the growth and development of Dance by raising the public consciousness to the values, importance and contributions of Dance to our daily lives and culture.
Simply Musical Theater Summer Camp
Presenting:
Make a Difference
Anyone can mak
e a difference. Young or old, individuals or groups, anyone can be a positive influence in another person's life and in making things better on this earth. In this inspiring musical revue each person learns to use their unique talents to give and really Make a Difference.
This revue includes the pumped-up, pop-style songs:
Volleyball Clinic for 14's and under
Aimee Hopkins is hosting a volleyball clinic for 14s and under on Sunday, May 6th from 10am to 1pm at the MMS gym.
All proceeds will be matched by a generous community member, and half will go to Jacob's Heart in Watsonville, an organization dedicated to helping children with cancer. The remainder of proceeds benefit the campaign to build a multipurpose gym on the Upper Campus.
Good Times: Pioneer Women
Congratulations to Mount Madonna School alumni parent Amy Colton (Aaron, '08 and Lindsey, '11), recently named by Good Times magazine as one of six local change-makers!
"Right up front it was easy to see that Amy Colton was an unlikely champion to take on Sacramento and our broken health system to fight for an important cause having to do with women’s health," comments Ward 'SN' Mailliard, Mount Madonna School Values in World Thought teacher and a longtime friend of Colton's. "She did not like public speaking, or have any experience with politics, However the cause of making sure doctors who reviewed mammograms notified women that they have an additional risk factor for breast cancer was just too important for her to ignore. It was personal. Amy, a breast cancer survivor, became aware that her late diagnosis was due to the difficulty in spotting cancer in women who have dense breast tissue. Nobody seemed to care. The industry did not want to respond, so Amy, with no political experience, decided to get this issue noticed."
Silicon Valley's 2012 Women of Influence
Congratulations to Mount Madonna School parent Cindi Busenhart, CEO of action wear retailer, Sessions, for being named one of the Silicon Valley's 2012 Women of Influence by the San Jose Business Journal.
Busenhart, one of a 100 women from the private, public and nonprofit sectors to receive the honor, will be recognized at an awards ceremony on April 26 in San Jose.