Heritage, History and Immigration: Celebrating the Cultures of America
From the year of the rooster to the Mayan calendar, Ukrainian pierogies to hip hop dance, folk tales, belly dancing and classical ballet, all have impacted America’s unique “melting pot.” It’s […]
Creative Writing Reading Photos Available
We hope you had the chance to attend the powerful Creative Writing Reading this past week! Mount Madonna’s talented high school students shared an impressive array of humorous, reflective and […]
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Local Roundup, Mount Madonna Takes Aptos in Three
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/15/2017, Local Roundup. Read more
Fourth Grade STEAM: Building Bridges
In addition to time spent in The Factory, Mount Madonna School (MMS) makers’ space, elementary students at MMS also engage in wide variety of hands-on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art […]
Santa Cruz Sentinel: 2017 Boys Volleyball Preview
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/15/2017, “2017 Boys Volleyball Preview: PCS seeking perfect SCCAL season,” by Julie Jag. Read the story
Why We Write: High School Creative Writing Reading on March 17
In the documentary The Music of Strangers, musician Yo-Yo Ma says, “I’m always trying to figure out at some level who I am and how I fit in the world, […]
Santa Cruz Sentinel: When It Comes to Leadership and Environmental Education, Mount Madonna is King of the Mountain
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/25/2017, Name Dropping, “Leading to the top of the mountain,” by Justine DaCosta. Read the article
Stanford University School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences: Drought Identified as Key to Severity of West Nile Virus Epidemics
Stanford University School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, 2/8/2017, “Drought identified as key to severity of West Nile virus epidemics,” by Tim Stephens of UCSC. Interesting article that includes […]
The New York Times: What California’s Dam Crisis Says About the Changing Climate
The New York Times, 2/14/2017, “What California’s Dam Crisis Says About the Changing Climate,” by Noah S. Diffenbaugh (’92), Ph.D., senior fellow and professor of earth system science at Stanford […]
Seed of Flame: Middle School Project Named as Finalist and Awarded $10,000 in National Environmental Challenge
The Seed of Flame, an environmental STEM project undertaken by a team of seventh grade students at Mount Madonna School (MMS), is one of 16 finalists nationwide to receive a […]
