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).
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Summit for the Planet: Supporting Our School and Community Fun!
All of the friends and families of the Mount Madonna School community contribute to making Summit for the Planet come together each year. Following are several essays by students, faculty and an event sponsor – sharing their perspectives on why they value this important school fundraiser and community-building event.
Students Move Up in Piano Certificate of Merit Program
Congratulations to Mount Madonna School students Given Rehani, 7th, Riley Wagner, 6th, and Zach Wagner, 9th, who recently participated in the Certificate of Merit Program for pian, at the University of California, Santa Cruz. All three passed their level requirements: Given, level one, Riley, level five and Zach, level seven.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel, Name Dropping: Mount Madonna Students Making a Difference
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/28/2015, “Print Gallery Donates T-Shirts” and “Pre/K, 5th and 9th grade studetns conduct Pajaro River mouth and beach cleanup.” Read more
An Exchange of Ideas and Values: Woodside Priory Visits Mount Madonna School
The concept of value is often used in connection to material possessions, as opposed to more intangible entities such as education and learning. What would happen, then, if high school students were asked to first define this concept of value for themselves and continually return to and reflect upon that definition in the classroom and infuse it into their own studies?
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Thinking About the Future: Parents Present Career Forum for Students
THANK YOU to everyone who made our Career Forum another great success! A special thank you goes to our Planning Committee and Participants for their invaluable contribution. It was fun, engaging and a wonderful learning experience. It takes a great amount of time and energy to plan and execute this wonderful event so please know that it is of great value to and appreciated by our student community.
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Learning About Civil Rights in Fourth Grade
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Students’ Projects Recognized at County Science and Engineering Fair
Congratulations to inspired seventh grade scientists Ksenia Medvedeva, Lily Hernandez and Will Pramanik, for entering projects in the 27th annual Santa Cruz County Science and Engineering Fair!
Pramanik’s project, ‘Momentum vs.
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Finding Joy: High School Seniors Journey to India
O n March 27, sixteen Mount Madonna School seniors departed on an adventure that will take them half way around the world to New Delhi, India. For the students it will be a significant journey to another culture, where they will experience a society that is far older and quite different from what they are used to: different in language, history, food, religion and social customs.
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Morgan Hill Times, Student of the Week: Priyanka Bharghavan
-Name, age, grade, city of residence
Priyanka Bharghavan, 13, 8th grade, Morgan Hill
-What inspires you?
My family and friends inspire me and encourage me every day.
-What is your favorite subject in school, and why?
Art is my favorite class.
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