Santa Cruz Sentinel, Name Dropping: Students Assist with Cleanup of Cowell Beach
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/9/2019, ” Students assist with cleanup of Cowell Beach.” Fifth-grade students and ninth-grade students at Mount Madonna School participated in a cleanup of Cowell Beach on Friday. […]
Watsonville Patch: 5th Graders Are Marine Scientists For A Day At Santa Cruz Wharf

Watsonville Patch, 12/9/2019, “5th Graders Are Marine Scientists For A Day At Santa Cruz Wharf,” by Courtney Teague. SANTA CRUZ, CA — For fifth graders of Watsonville’s Mount Madonna School, […]
An Extraordinary Rite of Passage: “Pippin” Onstage January 24-26

Presented by a troupe of traveling performers in the form of a fractured fairy tale, Pippin is the story of one young man’s journey to become extraordinary. The story has an […]
Aptos Times: Scholastic Champions – Fall
Aptos Times, 12/1/2019, “Scholastic Champions – Fall.” Read on Times Publishing website Three Mount Madonna teams made the cut! CCS Announces 2019-2020 Teams The Central Coast Section of the California […]
Aptos Times: Kayak Adventure – Teamwork, Paddling and Science

Aptos Times, 12/1/2019, “Kayak Adventure: Teamwork, Paddling and Science.” Mount Madonna Students embarked on their annual kayak excursion, led by Kim Powell of the Santa Cruz-based Blue Water Ventures, a guide […]
Calling All Ideas: Waste-Free Holiday Celebrations
Periodically our faculty comes together to review our school’s mission statement and our three pillars of Academic Excellence, Positive Character Development, and Creative Self Expression. Often during our discussions, the […]
Learning from Experience: Students Interview Santa Cruz County Supervisor Zach Friend

I invited Santa Cruz County Second District Supervisor Zach Friend to meet with the junior and senior students primarily because of the quality of discourse that happens when he visits. […]
The Power of Imagination: “Seussical Jr. Onstage

Students are fully immersed in the rehearsal process and bringing this story to life onstage! Get your tickets today! Join young Jojo, a “thinker of strange and wonderful thinks,” Horton […]
Shining Stars: First Graders Honored Each Week

Each week through December a different Mount Madonna School (MMS) first grade student is honored as the “Star of the Week” by his or her classmates. This practice is one […]
Watsonville Patch: Mount Madonna Hawks Win State Volleyball Championship

Watsonville Patch, 12/2/2019, “Mount Madonna Hawks Win State Volleyball Championship,” by Courtney Teague. Photo by Ward Mailliard. WATSONVILLE, CA —Mount Madonna School’s varsity girl’s volleyball team bagged its second state […]