Santa Cruz Sentinel: Senior Portraits Change During Coronavirus Pandemic
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/11/2020, “Senior portraits change during coronavirus pandemic.” Mount Madonna School twelfth graders Fiona Burgess, Tabby Hardin-Zollo and Rachel Burgess pose in mortar boards and masks on the […]
A Positive Attitude and Working Hard: Week Three
Mount Madonna School (MMS) teachers, students and staff took a spring break, March 30-April 3, though for some the learning, teaching and work continued! On April 6, school “resumed” for […]
gmh Today, Theater Scene: Ramayana!
gmh Today, Spring 2020 issue, “Theater Scene: Ramayana!,” by Scott Lynch. To read Scott Lynch’s reflection on Ramayana!, click here and flip through the Spring 2020 issue to page 72. […]
Growing Up in Santa Cruz: Camps Offer Unplugged Summers
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, April 2020, “Camps Offer Unplugged Summers,” by Kami Pacheco Ahhhh, the freedom of summer! Every year I count down the days to my favorite season, […]
Chief Seattle, Caesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta: Students Learn About World Changers
Earlier this year all MMS elementary students began extended, cross-curricular on the theme of “World Changers,” with the intention of sharing highlights of these studies at the annual Cultural Awareness […]
Planting Seeds of Tolerance and Understanding
Pre/K Students Learn About Tibetan Culture In recent days, Mount Madonna School (MMS) preschool and kindergarten students used found objects gathered outdoors from around their homes to create nature mandalas. […]
Navigating a Brave New Educational Landscape
Faculty and Students Express a Deep Appreciation for Community Bonds On March 27 Mount Madonna School (MMS) teachers and students completed their second week of remote teaching and learning. During […]
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, Teaching from a Distance
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, April 2020, “Teaching from a Distance,” by Lisa Catterall. Every day we wake up and there is nothing but time. My body jumps up thinking […]
Teaching from a Distance
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. ― Søren Kierkegaard Every day we wake up and there is nothing but time. My body jumps up […]
SantaCruzParent.com: Local Heroes
SantaCruzParent.com, 3/19/2020, “Local Heroes,” by Parmalee Taff (pulled from the SantaCruzParent.com weekly eNewsletter. To subscribe, visit santacruzparent.com Local heroes abound. Teachers, schools and parents have swiftly rallied, innovated and adapted […]
