Yoli Cueponi , or “live to grow” in the language of Catalina Island’s original human inhabitants, the Pimungan people, is a sentiment dear to the minds and hearts of 9th grade students at Mount Madonna School. It is also the name the class has given to their upcoming marine science learning journey to the popular island located off the southern California coast.
By Ward ‘SN’ Mailliard
Values in World Thought Program
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/1/2012, Education Digest, “Mount Madonna School hosts planet summit” and “Campus Tour.” Read more: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_20301493/education-digest-sunday-april-1-2012
Recently Mount Madonna School’s (Mount Madonna School) second grade students attended three classes through the “Growing Kinder” Humane Education Program of the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter (SCCAS). The program is founded by Jen Walker, an experienced animal welfare advocate and humane education specialist. The first session began with Walker guiding the students on a behind-the-scenes tour at the animal shelter. For their next couple meetings, Walker offered lessons at Mount Madonna School with her cat, Guido, and dog, Moon.
“It is very important to learn how to save our ecosystems,” comments fifth grader Jules Barivan. And for the past several months, the class has been doing just that – engaging in extensive research, public speaking, local habitat restoration and community outreach and education, all as part of their project “Give A Hoot: It’s Foul to Hurt the Burrowing Owl.”
Congratulations to inspired young scientists Lekha Duvvoori, Sara Bautista, and Addy Catterall-Pendleton, each of whom won awards in the recent Santa Cruz County Science Fair!
Sixth grader Lekha’s project, “I See What Eye See, Low Light Color Vision” won kudos and multiple awards in the Junior Division (6th-8th grade), including a nomination to the upcoming Broadcom MASTERS middle school science competition; and an invitation to participate the 61st annual California State Science Fair.
Once again, the Creative Writing Reading was a great success, thanks to the fantastic work of our wonderfully talented high school students and also the dedication of many parents and staff.
A HUGE THANK YOU TO:
Eighth grade students at Mount Madonna School are developing engineering skills in preparation for building their own solar cars to race at the 6th annual Summit for the Planet Walk-a-thon and Celebration on April 28.
The class began a three-week engineering unit involving experiments and activities designed to give them an intrinsic understanding of engineering basics, electricity, solar panel placement, circuitry, fluid dynamics, gear ratios, Newtonian mechanics, and experimental design.
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/28/2012, “Mt. Madonna volleyball remains undefeated in SCCAL,” by Julie Jag. Photos by Shmel Thaler. Read more: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/sports/ci_20271091/boys-volleyball-mt-madonna-remains-undefeated-sccal
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/25/2012, Education Digest: “School Holds Cultural Assembly,” “Mount Madonna Hosts Career Forum,” and “Students Study Liquid Nitrogen.” Read more: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/community/ci_20251343/education-digest-sunday-march-25-2012
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