Community
Re-Enrollment Deadline
Now is the time to re-enroll in Mount Madonna School for the 2012-13 School Year.
Please follow the steps outlined below to reserve your student’s space in his/her class for next year.
"MissRepresentation" Screening
All families are invited to a screening of "MissRepresentation." This is a fundraiser for the upcoming 9th grade field trip to Santa Catalina Island to study ocean conservation and marine biology.
Admission is free for 14 years and older. Lunch will be at 12:30 pm and the film screening at 1:15 pm in the Assembly Room at the Upper Campus.
California's Natural Resources Secretary Visits MMS
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Recently the junior and senior classes at Mount Madonna School had the opportunity to interview John Laird, California’s Secretary for Natural Resources. Each year as part of their Values in World Thought course, students engage in conversations with individuals working for change, and through these dialogues the students come to better understand their world, country, community and selves.
Building Robots and Skills: Local Teacher Participates in Math and Science Training
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Sitting near containers filled with assorted plastic K’Nex and Lego Mindstorm pieces, two seventh grade girls laugh as they put the finishing touches on their robot creation, and joke about what to name it. Nearby, other students concentrate on working with the program software and syncing it to correctly control their robot.
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Students Remove Debris from Struve Slough
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/4/2012, "Cleanup Lesson," photos and story by Shmuel Thaler. Read more (Adobe PDF)
Calendar Dates for the MMS 2012 - 2013 School Year
We have just confirmed our school and non-school days for the upcoming 2012-2013 school year. Please review the dates in the attached document. We request that you schedule vacations accordingly. We have not yet set all calendar dates. (updated 02/01/2012)
5th grade to make Burrowing Owl Presentation to MMS Students & Faculty
The 5th grade will be sharing with the whole-school about their recent months-long study and report on the Burrowing Owl. Parents and community members are welcome!
Admissions Deadline Approaches
February 22 is the application deadline for families wishing to apply during Mount Madonna School’s (MMS) regular admissions cycle for the 2012-2013 school year. MMS is accepting applications for most grades, preschool through 12th grade. For more information, contact Benná Lovato at (408) 847-2717, ext. 242 or visit www.MountMadonnaSchool.org
Campus Tour Day
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Prospective students and their families, and current MMS families, are invited to join us for a Campus Tour Day.
We will meet in the Upper Campus Assembly Room for an opening presentation after which we will visit the classrooms and see "learning made visible."
We're closer than you think - with convenient bus service from Santa Cruz, Soquel, Aptos, Corralitos, and Watsonville, as well as Morgan Hill and Gilroy.
A Celebration: Building on Our Foundation
Mount Madonna School proudly invites you to a celebration of the impending construction of the new multipurpose gymnasium. The foundation was poured in the beginning of December. The metal building is due to arrive in February or March. Together, let's consecrate the site for the many years to come of fruitful use by our performing arts and athletics programs.
For more details, please contact Lara Kilpatrick at 408-846-4032 or via email at lara.kilpatrick_AT_mountmadonna.org