Mount Madonna School (MMS) is pleased to announce AnMei Dasbach-Prisk as the 2020 valedictorian and Haley Kerr as salutatorian. These students earned this distinction through hard work and focused effort, edging out their peers at the small Central Coast school known for…
By Beth Brennan Mount Madonna School (MMS) parents hosted another successful Career Forum on Friday March 6 at the upper campus for the high schoolers. The event was lauded by the students, teachers, parent volunteers and the career participants. The participants this…
On Friday, March 6, high school students will attend the annual Career Forum at Mount Madonna School (MMS). This popular Forum is a way for MMS parents (who coordinate and participate in the event) to introduce high school students to some of…
The Gilroy Dispatch, 6/21/2019, “Two Gilroyans Among Mt. Madonna Grads.” Priyanka Bharghavan of Morgan Hill was a co-valedictorian of the Class of 2019 at Mount Madonna School, located on Summit Road west of Gilroy. The 2019 high school graduation ceremony honored 11…
Mount Madonna School (MMS) is pleased to announce Priyanka Bharghavan and Noah Kaplan as the 2019 Co-Valedictorians, and Luca Peruzzi as Salutatorian. These students earned this distinction through hard work and focused effort, edging out their peers at the small Central Coast…
On Friday, March 8, Mount Madonna’s high school students were treated for the ninth consecutive year to the annual Career Forum, a parent organized and led event that hopes to provide the students with a glimpse of some interesting careers – and…
Morgan Hill Life, 2/13/2019, “Community Voices by Shannon Kelly: Documentary shows what college entrance exams really measure,” by Shannon Kelly. Each year more than three million high school students take the SAT or ACT, the entrance exams required by most four-year colleges…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/6/19, “Mount Madonna School screens ‘The Test and The Art of Thinking’,” by Kena DeLong. SANTA CRUZ — Mount Madonna School will host the first of two film screenings that examine the ACT and SAT test industry. “The Test…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, February 2019 issue, Letters to the Editor MMS parents Beth Brennan and Sahana Lakka share their perspectives in letters to the editor on the topic of college entrance exams and the test-prep industry. Read their letters
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, January 2019, “Do College Entrance Exams Help or Hurt Students?” by Brad Kava. Every year more than 7 million high school students pull out their Number 2 pencils and go through a drill about as pleasant as…
