Santa Cruz Sentinel, Local Roundup: Track and Field
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/13/2019, Local Roundup, Track and Field Mount Madonna junior Paola Jacobs won the high jump with a jump of 4′ 10″! Read more
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Students Work on Tiny Houses
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/6/2019, “Students Work on Tiny Houses.” Tiny homes, small, portable houses that average 300-400 square feet, are becoming increasingly popular across the country. Recently Mount Madonna School […]
Growing Up in Santa Cruz: “Observing a Digital Day: Behind the Desk” by Lisa Catterall
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, April 2019, “Observing a Digital Day: Behind the Desk,” by Lisa Catterall. Recently my family was snowed in at a lodge in Tahoe. The roads […]
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Photo Gallery, Mount Madonna School Students Sit with the Dalai Lama
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/29/2019, “Photo Gallery: Mount Madonna School students sit with the Dalai Lama,” photographs by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel. View Photos
Students Reflect on Values, Ethics and What is Meaningful and Relevant
For the past decade, Mount Madonna School (MMS) teachers Ward “SN” Mailliard and Shannon Kelly have been using the Dalai Lama’s book, Ethics for the New Millennium as a core […]
A Spotlight on Creativity and Learning: 13th Annual Summit for the Planet Celebration and Eco-carnival
Place a marble in the chute and watch it speed along the highs, lows, twists and turns of themed, model rollercoasters! Stand trackside for the team-built solar car races! See […]
Patience and a Steady Hand: Students Sample Fresco Technique in Art History with Studio Class
This year, Mount Madonna School (MMS) high school students have the option of taking a new University of California-approved elective, History of Art with Studio. For this course, junior and […]
Math in Action: Students Create Scale-Model Tiny Homes
Tiny homes, small, portable houses that average 300-400 square feet, are becoming increasingly popular across the country. Recently Mount Madonna School (MMS) seventh graders learned more about tiny homes during […]
Fast and Focused: Track and Field Team Excels at Regional Meet
Update: The track and field team will participate their next Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League (SCCAL) meet today, March 26 at 4:00pm at Soquel High School. Go Hawks! On March […]
The Cradle of Civilization: Exploring the Fertile Crescent
When the Arab Spring sparks a civil uprising, young Nadia and her family are forced to flee their home in Aleppo, Syria. So begins Escape from Aleppo, by N. H. […]
