A Single Drop of Water: Student Learning at Elkhorn Slough

Last week, a group of Mount Madonna School (MMS) students engaged in a hands-on opportunity to learn more about the important role that the Elkhorn slough and the Elkhorn Slough […]
Santa Cruz Sentinel, “Mount Madonna School Gets Creepy and Kooky with “The Addams Family”

Santa Cruz Sentinel, 1/16/2025, “”Mount Madonna School Gets Creepy and Kooky with The Addams Family,” by Nick Sestanovich. This year, seniors in Mount Madonna School’s high school performing arts program […]
Third and Fourth Graders Study the Science of Waves

Waves – energy transfers that travel and spread outward from the site of origin – were a recent focus for Mount Madonna School (MMS) third and fourth grades students, who […]
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, “Community Rallies Around ‘The Little Mermaid JR'”

Growing Up in Santa Cruz, December 2024, “Community Rallies Around ‘The Little Mermaid JR’”
Pre and K Discovery Day!

Welcome to Mount Madonna School. We invite you to learn more about our preschool-grade 12 community. Please join us on this Preschool and Kindergarten Discovery Day to spend a some […]
An Outpouring of Positivity: Community Perseveres to Host “Little Mermaid JR” Performances

This weekend, amid extreme wind, drenching rains – even a tornado touching down locally – and following months of preparations for its middle school production of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid […]
Did You Know? Mount Madonna School Offers Rigorous, College-Preparatory Math and Science Programs

Mount Madonna School’s (MMS) middle and high school program provides graduates with a comprehensive mathematics and science curriculum that prepares them for selective universities and beyond. “The school’s math and […]
Celebrating the Bonds that Connect Us: “The Addams Family, A New Musical” Onstage

Hold on to your heartstrings! Love is the driving force in “The Addams Family, A New Musical,” a delightfully dark and comedic tale of two families: the straight-laced midwestern Beinekes […]
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, Teacher’s Desk, “A Guiding Value: Selfless Community Service”

Growing Up in Santa Cruz, December 2024, Teacher’s Desk, “A Guiding Value: Selfless Community Service” by Lisa Catterall.
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, “The Little Mermaid Jr. – A Tale of Curiosity, Longing and Acceptance

Growing Up in Santa Cruz, December 2024, “The Little Mermaid Jr. – A Tale of Curiosity, Longing and Acceptance”