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Middle School Media Literacy Curriculum

This week, middle school students were introduced to a new curriculum in media literacy. Mount Madonna School combined elements of curricula from The Representation Project, Common Sense Media, and Photovoice in a focused learning experience of how to create and evaluate media appropriate for 11-14 year olds.

Moral Heroes: Third Graders Research Inspiring Individuals

‘ It does not require many words to speak the truth .’

This statement, attributed to Native American elder, In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat [Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain] or Chief Joseph, was chosen by third grader Luc Mattern to include in his Moral Hero study of the historic Nez Perce leader.

Physics in Motion: Students Design “Newton Vehicles”

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction , Sir Isaac Newton’s third law of motion formalized in his 1687 tome Philosophi’ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ( Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy ), has intrigued scientists and curious students ever since — and was the inspiration for a recent Mount Madonna middle school physics proj

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Mount Madonna School Students Stand Up for Snowy Plovers

Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/10/2015, “Mount Madonna students stand up for snowy plovers,” by Donna Jones. Photos by Shmuel Thaler. Read the story

Inspiration, Reflection and Opportunity

Each day, as I approach the mountain, there is a moment where I look up and I am struck by the beauty and majesty that will envelop my child during his school day and I become inspired.

I am inspired by the students.

I am inspired by the exceptional faculty.

I am inspired by the families that greet me.

Senior Awarded National Merit Scholarship Commendation

Mount Madonna School is pleased to announce that senior Julia Gratton has been named a Commended Student in the 2016

Valor, Honor and Gender Equity: Mulan Jr. Onstage

Despite uncertainties and at great personal risk, Mulan, a young Chinese girl, disguises herself as a boy to take her father’s place in fighting the invading Huns.

2015 All-SCCAL Girls Volleyball

Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/30/2015, “2015 All-SCCAL girls volleyball.”

The 2015 ALL-SCCAL Girls Volleyball awards were announced recently and one coach and four Mount Madonna School student athletes are were recognized:

Co-Coach of the Year: PK McDonald

First Team: Sophie Ortiz

Second Team: Elise Slater

Djembe, Dance and Song: Students Learn from Senegalese Artists

While her husband M’bor beat an energetic rhythm on his Senegalese d’jembe drum, Oumou Faye, garbed in colorful clothing from her west African homeland, wasted no time in arranging a group of Mount Madonna School middle school students in rows to teach them lyrics and a series of choreographed movements for the KouKou dance.

Watching the students learn the movements (and at times joining his father to beat a drum) was the couple’s youngest ch

Model United Nations at Stanford University

This year Mount Madonna School took the largest Model United Nations (MUN) delegation it has ever had to Stanford University’s MUN conference. Our students participated in a variety of committees, ranging from a historic crisis committee dealing with the Opium Wars, to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Each of our 14 delegates was asked to engage fully with their fellow delegates and to work on resolving the issues set before them.

Hawk News

Hawk Life

Middle School Media Literacy Curriculum

Moral Heroes: Third Graders Research Inspiring Individuals

Physics in Motion: Students Design “Newton Vehicles”

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Mount Madonna School Students Stand Up for Snowy Plovers

Inspiration, Reflection and Opportunity

Senior Awarded National Merit Scholarship Commendation

Valor, Honor and Gender Equity: Mulan Jr. Onstage

2015 All-SCCAL Girls Volleyball

Djembe, Dance and Song: Students Learn from Senegalese Artists

Model United Nations at Stanford University

AP Calculus AB and BC

Game: MS Boys volleyball at Kirby

AP Psychology

Game: MS Boys volleyball @ Twin Lakes

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