Middle School

Mount Madonna School's (MMS) boys volleyball program has four pillars: middle school red and black, and high school junior varsity (JV) and varsity. While the varsity team recently completed a championship season, the JV, Black and Red teams also enjoyed strong play over these past months!

Artworks by three Mount Madonna School (MMS) seventh grade students – Ruby Bracher, Sienna Clifton and Sydney Ota – were selected for inclusion in “An Artistic Discovery,” the 2013 Congressional Competition held earlier this week in Watsonville, and organized by District 20 Congressman Sam Farr (D-Carmel).

“It’s a source of pride to have our students’ work on display in this art discovery competition,” commented MMS middle school art teacher and local Santa Cruz artist Sandy Shaw. “MMS has talented students with amazing passion for creating art. I want to support them in having their work out there publicly and getting them the recognition and praise that is so well deserved.”

Before she was teaching middle and high school science at Mount Madonna School, Lisa Catterall worked in cancer treatment research. The company folded in the 1990s after the treatment it focused on stopped working for patients. A few weeks ago, Catterall had an epiphany while watching a student experiment with iron filings in the chemistry lab and realized why the treatment stopped working.

Attention all 8th - 11th grade students:

The Stanford Model United Nations has opened its registration very early this year, and is limiting the size of delegations. We have seven committed attendees already from those who have participated in previous years. New attendees will also need to attend a one day training session in October, the date TBA. The Stanford MUN dates are November 15 to 17, 2013.

Three Mount Madonna School students, all dancers with Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre (SCBT), recently participated in the Regional Dance America (RDA) Pacific Region Festival of Dance in Phoenix, Arizona. The students, fifth grader Milana Beck, sixth grader Riley Butler, and eighth grader Amelia Busenhart, represented SCBT at this showcase event, and Busenhart, a member of SCBT’s senior company, performed in a company ensemble at the festival.

Summer internship/volunteer program for 25 students, 12 yrs. - 17 yrs old. Includes workshops, field trips and internships at local non-profits in Santa Cruz County, beginning second week of June - July. The sites include:  Science Workshop, Bike Shack, Youth N.O.W, Second Harvest, SPCA Summer Camp, Jacob’s Heart and Watsonville Volunteer Center.

Please note the following schedule middle and high school students during the final week of school:

Mon, June 10 - no school

Early Dismissal:

All Snackbar IOUs must be paid by Friday, May 17. No more IOUs will be given out this school year.

Thank You!

Attention parents: All MMS students who have library books and/or textbooks checked out have received a list of those books.