Growing Up in Santa Cruz, Teacher’s Desk: Carry Forward by Lisa Catterall
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, January 2021, Teacher’s Desk, “Carry Forward,” by Lisa Catterall. The past gets carried with us. It’s always there. – Ann Pearlman Two days ago the […]
Aptos Times: Mount Madonna Hosts Conversations Jan. 12
Aptos Times, 1/1/2021, “Mount Madonna Hosts Conversations Jan. 12.”
Santa Cruz Sentinel, Namedropping: Red Cross Volunteers Honored
Congratulations to senior Kira Kaplan, for being honored by the Red Cross with a Youth Services Award! Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/27/2020, Namedropping, “Red Cross Honors Volunteers.” The American Red Cross […]
Conversations of Meaning: January 12, 7:00pm
An evening of dialogue and discovery Values in World Thought is a capstone course unique to Mount Madonna School (MMS) that spans 11th and 12th grades and engages students in meaningful conversations. […]
Alumni News: Lookout Santa Cruz: UCSC’s Marm Kilpatrick Fights Spread of Pandemic Misinformation
Lookout Santa Cruz, “21 for ’21: UCSC’s Marm Kilpatrick fights spread of pandemic misinformation,” by Nick Ibarra. A profile on the recent work of Mount Madonna School alumnus A. Marm Kilpatrick […]
Aptos Times: Anti-Racist Work Underway at Mount Madonna
Aptos Times. 12/21/2020, “Anti-Racist Work Underway at Mount Madonna,” by Shannon Kelly. On Nov. 11, the staff and faculty of Mount Madonna School gathered via Zoom for a workshop to […]
Empathy and Digging Deep: Connecting Students with Global Reporting
By Sara Sobkoviak This summer many of our Mount Madonna School (MMS) faculty participated in professional development activities in an effort to prepare for the challenges we might face teaching […]
Brushstrokes: Fourth Graders Create Paint Brushes from Natural Objects
Creativity was on display recently, when Mount Madonna School fourth grade students gathered materials found outdoors around their classroom to use as brushes for painting. Their finds included leaves, branch […]
Planetary Revolutions and the Size of Space
This week eighth grade students at Mount Madonna School participated in two hands-on astronomy labs. In their first activity, twirling strings overhead and in front of them, students learned about […]
Eggs, Osmosis and Homemade Microscopes
Over several days recently, Mount Madonna School (MMS) ninth grade students learned about cell osmosis, and their understanding of this concept was increased by participating in a hands-on activity known […]
