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Global, Creative and Entrepreneurial: Scholar and Author Dr. Yong Zhao to Speak in Aptos

Dr. Yong Zhao, an internationally known scholar, author and speaker, will be the featured presenter at an upcoming public lecture in Aptos. Dr. Zhao, author of more than 100 articles and 20 books, including Catching Up or Leading the Way ; American Education in the Age of Globalization and World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students will be addressing an audience of parents, educators and others interested in the topic of education trends and innovations.

Nigerian Educator and Peace Activist to Visit Mount Madonna School During U.S. Speaking Tour

Peace activist and educator Dr. Emmanuel Ande Ivorgba, founder of the Creative Minds International Academy (CMIA) in Jos, Nigeria, will be a special guest at Mount Madonna School on Monday, February 4.

Multimedia Artist Engages Students with ‘Sensory’ Art Workshop

“Try to hold still,” urges a sophomore girl sitting across from a classmate, as she carefully wipes a Vaseline ribbon along her friend’s hairline, framing her face with a shiny outline. Next, she begins placing wet, pre-cut strips of a material resembling cloth bandages or mummy wrappings inside the shiny perimeter, across her friend’s forehead and around her eyes, nose and mouth.

Mt. Madonna Wins CCS Scholastic Title

Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/12/12, “Mt. Madonna wins CCS scholastic title.” Read more: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/aptos/ci_22174071/mount-madonna-girls-volleyball-wins-central-coast-section

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Mount Madonna Girls Volleyball Team Scores Top Academic Honor: Best GPAs in CCS

Mount Madonna School’s girls varsity volleyball team has received the Central Coast Section (CCS) highest academic honor by the CIF: “2012-13 Fall Season Scholastic Championship Team Award.”

Mount Madonna Students and Parents to Perform in SCBT’s “Nutcracker”

Mount Madonna School students Milana Beck, 5th, Riley Butler, 6th, and Amelia Busenhart, 8th, will be dancing in Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre’s (SCBT) upcoming production of the “Nutcracker,” December 14, 15, and 16 at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium.

Kids Helping Kids: Second Graders Ask Community to Donate Food

Gazing out from the stage in the school’s Assembly Room, thirteen second grade students stand together and collectively ask questions and share statistics with the assembled audience: “Don’t all people deserve enough food to be able to live with health and happiness?”

Middle School Student Serves as Junior Board Member for Philanthropic Nonprofit Organization

Mount Madonna School student Brigg Busenhart (7th grade), is featured on the cover of the The Silicon Valley San Jose Business Journal’s 2012/2013 Giving Guide for his work as a Junior Board Member of a small nonprofit, the Tim Brauch Foundation. This foundation oversees The Tim Brauch Memorial Fund and was started by Sessions, a Santa Cruz action sports company co-owned by Brigg’s mother, Cindi Ferreira Busenhart.

Model U.N. Club Participates in Stanford University Assembly

The Mount Madonna School Model United Nations (MUN) Club participated in its first meet of the 2012-2013 school year November 9-11 at Stanford University. The current student group is the largest and most participatory delegation Mount Madonna School has had yet, with fifteen high school students, anchored by senior club mentor Kavi Duvvoori.

“This was my fifth and final year in MUN,” notes Duvvoori. “I co-founded the club when I was in eighth grade with my friend Zach. I have managed it since then, with some parent support. I have represented all manner of countries and characters, with specialization in dictators and genocidal regimes, and was able to bring this trend to its culmination this year.

Trench Lesson: Students Participate in WWI Battle Simulation

On a recent foggy morning, in a forest clearing near Mount Madonna School, 35 high school students dressed in military-style fatigues, or even shorts, t-shirts and jeans, huddle in two opposing, waist-deep, muddy trenches. Nearby, other students peer watchfully from behind boulders and trees, scanning the surrounding terrain. Students can be overheard discussing in low voices, attack and defensive strategies, all the while listening for the signal to commence ‘battle’.

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Global, Creative and Entrepreneurial: Scholar and Author Dr. Yong Zhao to Speak in Aptos

Nigerian Educator and Peace Activist to Visit Mount Madonna School During U.S. Speaking Tour

Multimedia Artist Engages Students with ‘Sensory’ Art Workshop

Mt. Madonna Wins CCS Scholastic Title

Mount Madonna Girls Volleyball Team Scores Top Academic Honor: Best GPAs in CCS

Mount Madonna Students and Parents to Perform in SCBT’s “Nutcracker”

Kids Helping Kids: Second Graders Ask Community to Donate Food

Middle School Student Serves as Junior Board Member for Philanthropic Nonprofit Organization

Model U.N. Club Participates in Stanford University Assembly

Trench Lesson: Students Participate in WWI Battle Simulation

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