Class of ’21 Senior Spotlight: Ronan Michael Lee
Name, city of residence: Ronan Michael Lee, Watsonville Grade you started at Mount Madonna School: Preschool What inspires you? My parents inspire me. What is your favorite subject in school, […]
Third Grade Geometry Town Maps
Budding cartography and architectural skills were demonstrated recently, with Mount Madonna School third students designing and mapping fanciful communities drawn from their own imaginations. The class has been learning basic […]
Addressing Equity Gaps and Engineering for Change
This semester, high school juniors and seniors were offered an option to take a semester-long engineering course. The class, called Engineering for Change, was inspired by the Project Lead the […]
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, Teacher’s Desk: The Scare
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, April 2021, Teacher’s Desk, “The Scare,” by Lisa Catterall. It’s that we can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and it’s showing […]
Middle School Athletics News: Alumna Sophie Ortiz (’16) Returns to Coach Girls Volleyball
Girls Volleyball – April 7, 2021: Middle school girls volleyball resumes practices on Tuesday, April 13. Returning to the Hawks’ Nest to lead the team is Mount Madonna School alumna, […]
Class of ’21 Senior Spotlight: Kahlan Tervalon
Name, city of residence: Kahlan Tervalon, Morgan Hill Grade you started at Mount Madonna School: Preschool – I’ve been at Mount Madonna School since the very beginning! What inspires you? […]
Discovering Dirt in Second Grade
Recently, Mount Madonna School second grade students spent time outdoors “discovering dirt.” Students studied different soil types, and learned about soil’s important role in food growth. Second grade teacher Prema […]
Student Voices: Waves of Change by Alyssa Manzur
Representation matters in small-scale situations like mine – being a person of color at a small school whose student population is predominantly White. The importance of representation of marginalized groups […]
Class of ’21 Senior Spotlight: Sammy Caudill
Name, city of residence: Samuel “Sammy” Caudill, Watsonville Grade you started at Mount Madonna School: I started at Mount Madonna in fourth grade. What inspires you? I’m inspired by those […]
Inspiring Empathy and Greater Understanding: Asian Americans and Local History
Last week Jason Galinato Agpaoa and some of his fellow Asian Cultural Experience (ACE.org) members were guests via Zoom in the Mount Madonna School U.S. History class. Agpaoa spoke with […]
