Teacher Sara Sobkoviak’s new Mount Madonna School (MMS) course for senior students, Adulting 101, is focused on bringing every-day life experiences into the classroom. The class is an expansion of last year’s Culinary Studies course, with additional topics, including sustainable gardening, healthy…
Place a marble in the chute and watch it speed along the highs, lows, twists and turns of themed, model rollercoasters! Stand trackside for the team-built solar car races! See customized, scale-model tiny homes and blueprints; or catch the “catwalk,” as young…
When the Arab Spring sparks a civil uprising, young Nadia and her family are forced to flee their home in Aleppo, Syria. So begins Escape from Aleppo, by N. H. Senzai, a fictional story inspired by current world events, and the basis…
We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry. – Jimmy Carter, 39th United States president In their world history class, Mount Madonna School (MMS) seventh grade students recently learned about medieval Europe and the social structure of…
A farm is for harvesting. –Jules Moutafin, kindergarten student Mount Madonna School (MMS) preschool and kindergarten (PreK) and second grade students were fortunate to be invited to visit an organic farm. Lonely Mountain Farm, a beautiful organic farm in Watsonville, is run…
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.
Greetings Mount Madonna School Community! During this week and leading through November 2, we are focusing on the cultural relevance and traditions surrounding Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead. This is our fourth year of making an art installation…
What follows is a reflection by Mount Madonna’s Head of School, Supriya Mary McDonald, on the importance of positive character development. Positive character development, along with academic excellence and creative self-expression, comprise the three pillars of Mount Madonna School. As the many…
When Emi Lord and her fifth grade classmates walk the red carpet at The Forum in Inglewood in a couple weeks, not only will her class’s environmental project on humpback whales be on her mind – after all that what’s earned the…
In the long ago days of the Islas Filipinas, as the Philippine Islands were once known, storytellers told marvelous tales of the wisdom – and foolishness – of rulers and ordinary people. One such story, King Bato and Asin, a Filipino folktale…
