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Author: Leigh Ann Clifton

GMH Today: “Brain Building: Research Supports a Playful Approach to Preschool – Kindergarten Learning,” by Hema Walker

gmh Today, Winter 2024, “Brain Building: Research Supports a Playful Approach to Preschool – Kindergarten Learning,” by Mount Madonna School teacher Hema Walker. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For […]

Merriment and Self-Discovery: “Elf The Musical Jr.” Onstage

Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. The would-be elf is raised, unaware that he is actually a human, […]

Aptos Times: “Actions for Peace” by Beatrice Miller, Grade 12

Aptos Times, 11/1/2023, Featured Columnist, “Actions for Peace,” by Beatrice Miller, grade 12.    

Seventh-Eighth Girls Cross Country Team Wins Santa Cruz Small Schools League Championship

Seventh Grader Pierce Culbertson Scores Undefeated Season Mount Madonna School (MMS) middle school cross country teams concluded their season with some wins and notable finishes in their league final meet, […]

8th Grade Art: Sketching and Sculpting Bodies in Motion

For a recent art studio project, Mount Madonna School (MMS) 8th grade students studied the proportions of the body and created sculptures that captured the gestures of a body in motion – […]

Gilroy Dispatch: “Mount Madonna School Named to Advance Placement Honor Roll”

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Gilroy Dispatch, 10/27/2023, Local Scene, “Mount Madonna School Named to Advancement Placement Honor Roll.” The College Board announced that Mount Madonna School (MMS) has been named to the Advanced Placement […]

The Pajaronian: Seahawks Primed to Make Run at Conference Title | Women’s volleyball

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Mount Madonna School alumna Paola Jacobs (’20) attends Cabrillo College and plays for its womens volleyball team. The team was profiled recently in The Pajaronian. The Pajaronian, 10/12/2023, “Seahawks primed […]

Aptos Times: Mount Madonna School on AP Honor Roll

Aptos Times, 10/15/2023, “Mount Madonna School on AP Honor Roll.”

Aptos Times: Holistic Health in the Redwoods

Aptos Times, 10/15/2023, Community News, “Holistic Health in the Redwoods.”

Honoring Día de Los Muertos: School Community Invited to Contribute to Altar

¡Saludos Mount Madonna School Community! In preparation for the upcoming Día de Los Muertos (or “Day of the Dead”), I wanted to reach out to inform you of the anticipated […]

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