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Celebrating 37 Years Onstage: Mount Madonna School’ “Ramayana!”

Ramayana!, the Mount Madonna School sword-and-sorcery epic now in its 37th year, features an original rock-n-roll score and magical characters who encounter danger and love, good versus evil, duty, heroic action and sacrifice. Performances on June 5-7 at the Mexican Heritage Theater in San Jose.

Fifth Grade Orca Project Wins First Place at Santa Cruz Earth Day

‘We Ourselves Set this Problem in Motion, Let’s Help Save the Orcas of the Ocean,’ a project of the Mount Madonna School fifth grade class, has won First Place in the environmental Class Challenge at the Santa Cruz Earth Day celebration on April 18. The students were presented with $300 prize for their First Place finish.

Mount Madonna School Students Receive President’s Environmental Education Award for Fighting to Protect Sea Turtles Worldwide

San Francisco, CA — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the 2013-14 fifth grade class at Mount Madonna School in Watsonville, Calif. will receive the President’s Environmental Youth Award for their work to fight environmental threats faced by California sea turtles. The awards are presented each year to exceptional students and teachers who demonstrate creativity, innovation, and leadership to address difficult environmental challenges.

Fifth Grade Class Awarded $500 Disney Friends for Change Grant for Global Youth Service Day

Mount Madonna, CA, April 2015 — The fifth grade class at Mount Madonna School was recently awarded a Disney Friends for Change Youth Grant through Youth Service America (YSA).

Learning About Civil Rights in Fourth Grade

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Exploration and Learning: Students Share A ‘Journey Through Africa’

‘Passengers, please direct your attention out of the plane’s right side windows,’ said enthusiastic ‘flight attendant’ and Mount Madonna School first grade teacher Cassia Laffin to her students. ‘In the distance, reaching 19,341 feet you can see Mount Kilimanjaro! And, over there, winding for thousands of miles, the remarkable Nile River!

Fifth Grade Starts Petition to Eliminate Plastic Microbeads in Personal Care Products

Fifth grade students have started a petition to eliminate the use of plastic microbeads in body care products.

This is such a great lesson in grassroots civic action, so please consider signing the petition and helping them along by sharing the link with anyone and everyone!

Third Graders Design Light-up Robots

On a recent day in The Factory, Mount Madonna School third grade students created small robot designs and added lights with small circuits made from an LED, a button-cell battery and conductive paint.

Next, using their original designs as circuit diagrams, students make larger scale versions of their robots on paper, and used copper tape, colored LEDs, button-cell batteries and on-off switches.

Trash Action: Students Cleanup Beach and Pajaro River Mouth

On Tuesday, Mount Madonna School Pre/K, fifth and ninth grade students trekked quite far to reach the mouth of the Pajaro River. The group spent nearly two hours cleaning up along the river mouth and nearby beach, and collected 44 pounds of trash, including a tire and an old TV!

Featured Video: Fifth Grade Students Address the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council

On February 20, the fifth grade class presented to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council. They asked the council to consider changing the current “recommendation” of a 50-yard boating distance from whales in the Monterey Bay to a 100-yard law.

Students were well-spoken, educated and mature! Great job!

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Celebrating 37 Years Onstage: Mount Madonna School’ “Ramayana!”

Fifth Grade Orca Project Wins First Place at Santa Cruz Earth Day

Mount Madonna School Students Receive President’s Environmental Education Award for Fighting to Protect Sea Turtles Worldwide

Fifth Grade Class Awarded $500 Disney Friends for Change Grant for Global Youth Service Day

Learning About Civil Rights in Fourth Grade

Exploration and Learning: Students Share A ‘Journey Through Africa’

Fifth Grade Starts Petition to Eliminate Plastic Microbeads in Personal Care Products

Third Graders Design Light-up Robots

Trash Action: Students Cleanup Beach and Pajaro River Mouth

Featured Video: Fifth Grade Students Address the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council

End of Third Term

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Lunch: Burger w/ Roasted Veggies w/ Chips

Lunch: Vegetarian Lasagna w/ Roasted Veggies and Focaccia Bread

Lunch: Vegetarian Lasagna w/ Roasted Veggies and Focaccia Bread

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