Honoring Excellence: Students Receive Memorial, Academic and Pillar Awards – 2019
The Jivanti Rutansky Memorial Award In honor of Jivanti’s memory, the Mount Madonna School (MMS) faculty is choosing to give one high school student and one middle school student an […]
Student’s Engine Swap Project Includes a “New” Car, Mentor and Valuable Experience
Mount Madonna School (MMS) graduating senior John Dias grew up around and working on cars. His family owns and operates a Watsonville auto junkyard, and when Dias was 16, he […]
Class of 2019: Valedictorians, Salutatorian and Seniors’ College Choices
Mount Madonna School (MMS) is pleased to announce Priyanka Bharghavan and Noah Kaplan as the 2019 Co-Valedictorians, and Luca Peruzzi as Salutatorian. These students earned this distinction through hard work […]
Indica News: “Ramayana!” Returns to the California Stage
Indica News, 5/31/2019, “Ramayana! Returns to the California Stage,” by Ritu Jha. One of the major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, “Ramayana!” returns to the California stage in a musical […]
India West: MMS Students to Receive President’s Environmental Youth Award for Their Efforts to Protect Humpback Whales
India West, 6/1/2019, “MMS Students to Receive President’s Environmental Youth Award for Their Efforts to Protect Humpback Whales.” The United States Environmental Protection Agency has selected the 2017-18 fifth grade […]
Geometry Studies and Constructing Kites
Although a little more wind would have been nice, Mount Madonna School sixth and seventh grade students made the most of their recent visit to Waddell Creek Beach north of […]
Umbono Journey to South Africa: Student Pre-Trip Reflections
We invite you to follow the experiences of the junior class during their learning journey to South Africa, June 14-July 2. For photos, video and student perspectives, see the trip […]
Growing Up in Santa Cruz: Potential and the Value of Sitting on the Bench
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, June 2019, “Potential and the Value of Sitting on the Bench,” by Lisa Catterall. I would never have thought I was capable of sitting on […]
Students to Receive the President’s Environmental Youth Award for Their Efforts to Protect Humpback Whales
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected the 2017-18 fifth grade class at Mount Madonna School (MMS) in Watsonville to receive the President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) for […]
India West: Mount Madonna School’s 41st Modern Take on Indian Epic ‘Ramayana!’ Set for June 6-9
India West, 5/17/2019, “Mount Madonna School’s 41st Modern Take on Indian Epic ‘Ramayana!’ Set for June 6-9.” “Ramayana!,” the Mount Madonna School’s annual musical theater production, which is now in […]
