The Jivanti Rutansky Memorial Award In honor of Jivanti’s memory, the Mount Madonna School faculty give one high school student and one middle school student an award in her name each year. These awards are presented to students who embody the qualities…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 6/15/2021, “Mount Madonna setter Savannah Cambell signs with Johnson & Wales University; Helped Hawks win CCS, NorCal and CIF state titles in ’19.” Read more
Mount Madonna School (MMS) senior Savannah Cambell, who graduates later this week, signed a National Letter of Intent with Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island on Monday. Cambell, a 5’ 10” setter with quick hands and an eye for the…
Track and Field, June 12, 2021: Sophomore Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak and senior Octavio Moreno, competed in the Central Coast Section (CCS) semifinals on June 12. Ocampo-Sobkoviak competed in the long jump and placed 29th with a jump of 14′.75″. Moreno competed in the…
Name, city of residence: Savannah Cambell, Soquel Grade you started at MMS: Kindergarten What inspires you? My family, they are my rock. My family helps me through everything and makes me a better person. My friends also inspire me: to have fun,…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/18/2021, “Side Out(side): Locals take to the sand during pandemic | Girls Volleyball Preview,” by Gordon Kass. The last touch on a volleyball by a local player in a high school game came back on Nov. 23, 2019, when…
Sidd McDonald, middle and high school math teacher and volleyball coach, joined Mount Madonna School in 2003 and is retiring at the end of the current school year. Alumna Alexis Julien (’15) spoke with McDonald in December 2019, and wrote the following…
Boys Volleyball, March 12: MMS defeated SLV 25-9, 25-15, 25-19. Noah Tervalon had 33 assists, Ronan Lee and Ben Pearson had 10 digs each. Pearson had 20 kills and Lee made 10. Tervalon made 4 aces, Lee had 3. Track and Field,…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 1/29/2020, “Paola Jacobs earns top honor,” by Jim Seimas. Heads were turned after both Aptos High and Mount Madonna — which compete in the same league — won California Interscholastic Federation state titles in girls volleyball in the fall….
CalHi Sports.com, 1/24/2020, All-State Girls Volleyball, 2019 Part 2, “All-State Small Schools,” by Mark Tennis. ALL-STATE SMALL SCHOOLS First Team: Paola Jacobs, Savannah Cambell State Small Schools Player of Year: Paola Jacobs Coming from a school of just 63 students, Paola and her…
