Academics

Supply Lists for 2011-2012 School Year - ALL GRADES

Posted by moniquesmith on Jul 21, 2011

Welcome to the 2011-2012 school year! To help you prepare for the upcoming school year, supply lists for all grades are below. If you have questions, please contact the class teacher directly.

Social Studies Teachers Receive Graduate Degrees

Posted by leighannclifton on Sep 9, 2011

Two of Mount Madonna School’s (MMS) middle/high faculty, Amy Neff and Matthew Meachen, recently earned master’s degrees in education, a significant milestone in their personal and professional development.

Summer Reading & Assignments for Middle & High School Students

Posted by larakilpatrick on Jul 15, 2011

Hope you are enjoying your summer adventures!

Below are lists (Adobe pdf) of summer reading and assignments from various teachers. For the most part, assignments are due before the first day of academic classes, which is Monday, September 12th (the first week being our annual field trips).

Middle School

High School

Stanford Research Institute to bring STORE to MMS

Posted by kimberleemaiwald on Jan 19, 2011
Mount Madonna's High School science classes will be piloting a series of lessons developed by Stanford Research Institute (SRI) under a grant from the National Science Foundation.  Four years ago, Science Teacher Lisa Catterall asked a class to compile temperature and precipitation data to look for a quantitative answer to the supposed "global warming debate" in our local area.  The data was very hard to find and even more difficult to translate.  SRI noticed around the same time that weather statistics compiled by NASA and the National Weather Service w

Announcing the Class of 2011: Valedictorian, Co-Salutatorians and College Choices

Posted by leighannclifton on Jun 3, 2011

Mount Madonna School (MMS) is pleased to announce Lily Connor as the 2011 senior class Valedictorian and PK Hattis and Soma Sharan as the 2011 Co-Salutatorians.

Mount Madonna's Model U.N. Club Participates in U.C. Davis Assembly

Posted by leighannclifton on Jun 1, 2011

Mount Madonna School’s Model United Nations (MUN) Club participated in its final assembly of the 2010-2011 school year on May 14-15 at UC Davis. Student participants in the meet were: Alyssa Feskanin, Ryley Devine, and Zoe Kelly, 8th grade; Graydon Griffin and Kavi Duvvoori, 10th grade; Blythe Collier, Lulu Morell-Haltom, and Palak Bhatnagar, 11th grade.

Santa Cruz Sentinel: A Life-changing Month for Mount Madonna Grad

Posted by leighannclifton on May 31, 2011

Santa Cruz Sentinel, 5/31/2011, "A life-changing month for Mount Madonna grad," by Joel Hersch. Read more: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_18173559?IADID=Search-www.santacruzsentinel.com-www.santacruzsentinel.com

Boys Volleyball Team Scores Top Academic Honor: Best GPAs in CCS

Posted by leighannclifton on May 22, 2011

Mount Madonna School’s boys varsity volleyball team has received the Central Coast Section (CCS) highest academic honor by the CIF: “2011 CCS Scholastic Championship Team Award.”

Accreditation Report

Posted by kimberleemaiwald on Oct 1, 2010

MMS received another six year term of accreditation, which began June 2010, from both CAIS and WASC! Member schools are reviewed every six years (or more frequently, if they receive shorter reaccreditation terms after review).

The official Self-Study document is available for viewing in the office. In the early part of the summer, we revised our Action Plan, based on the Visiting Team’s commendations and recommendations. The Action Plan involves three strategic areas: Finance, Community and Governance, as well as a few specific Program improvements.