Leigh Ann Clifton, Author at Mount Madonna School

2024-25 High School Athletics: Girls Volleyball Season Begins

Girls Volleyball, September 2024: Do you need excitement in your life? Do you need to be inspired? Do you need a reason to cheer as loud as you can? Come to […]

Aerodynamics, Pressure and the Engineering Design Process: Students Build and Test Rockets

On Thursday, tenth grade students had a “blast” – or “blast offs,” so to speak, as they test-launched water rockets as part of their Engineering Principles class. The launch was […]

Be Safe, Build Community and Have Fun: Students Go River Rafting

Pencils, paper, classrooms and new schedules…When you think of the first day back to school, what comes to mind? For some 40 high school students, their first day was anything […]

Growing Up in Santa Cruz, Education Briefs: “Mount Madonna School Granted Full, Seven-Year Accreditation”

Growing Up in Santa Cruz, September 2024, Education Briefs, “Mount Madonna School Granted Full, Seven-Year Accreditation”

Growing Up in Santa Cruz: “The Gift of a Life Cycle” by Lisa Catterall

Growing Up in Santa Cruz, September 2024, Teacher’s Desk, “The Gift of a Life Cycle,” by Lisa Catterall

Mount Madonna School to Commemorate the International Day of Peace

On Monday, September 23, Mount Madonna School (MMS) will host a commemoration of the International Day of Peace. Shira Coleman Hagar and Marcia Stein, presenters with Educators for Peaceful Classrooms […]

Outdoor Lessons: Middle School Students Start School with a Camping Trip

Below a canopy of towering redwoods, 35 middle school students gathered recently for an annual Mount Madonna School (MMS) tradition: an outdoor kick-off to the school year – complete with […]

You’re Invited to Pre & K Discovery!

Welcome to Mount Madonna School. We invite you to learn more about our preschool-grade 12 community. Please join us October 4, 9:30-11:00am for a family-friendly Pre & K Discovery experience. Together we’ll […]

The Gift of a Life Cycle by Lisa Catterall

I was training elementary teachers on how to deliver the Next Generation Science Standards, and was asked. “When do they learn that some animals are called amphibians, some mammals, and […]