Middle School Lacrosse, 2/2/2023: This school year, Mount Madonna School (MMS) expanded its athletic program with its first-ever middle school lacrosse team! Middle School Athletic Director Nick Cabassa said offering lacrosse was an experiment to see if there was enough interest –…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 9/12/2022, Name Dropping, “Cabassa Named AD.” Nicholas Cabassa, a teacher at Mount Madonna School, was recently appointed as the school’s new middle school athletic director. Cabassa has taught fourth grade at the school for eight years, and has also…
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…
Girls Volleyball – April 7, 2021: Middle school girls volleyball resumes practices on Tuesday, April 13. Returning to the Hawks’ Nest to lead the team is Mount Madonna School (MMS) alumna, now Coach, Sophie Ortiz (‘16). As a high school athlete, Sophie…
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…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, June 2019, “Potential and the Value of Sitting on the Bench,” by Lisa Catterall. I would never have thought I was capable of sitting on the bench as the number two man. And it showed me that…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/7/2018, “NorCal Volleyball Roundup: Mount Madonna has heyday in D-IV opener,” by Julie Jag. The Mount Madonna School girls volleyball team didn’t consider it a slight that, despite being from one of the smallest schools in the state in…
The Connection, 2017-18, an annual publication for families, friends and alumni of Mount Madonna School. Click on the image to load and view the content in a ‘page-turning’ format or download the PDF.
“Last night the boys volleyball season came to a close with a loss in the Central Coast Section Division III semifinals,” commented coach PK McDonald. “This season has been filled with great accomplishments and a great deal of adversity. It has offered…
