The Mount Madonna School (MMS) public speaker series based on the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) continues with “Design for Equity: Disrupting Systemic Inequality Through Innovation in Education,” featuring Ryan Oliver on May 20 at 7:00pm. Oliver, executive director of…
Sometimes an uplifting “ray of hope” can be found in the most unexpected of places, even when people are separated by continents, oceans – or a pandemic. Such was the experience last week, when Mount Madonna School (MMS) senior students engaged via…
Name, city of residence: Sara Bautista, Watsonville Grade you started at MMS: I started at MMS in third grade. What inspires you? Nature What is your favorite subject in school? I am enjoying Engineering for Change. It’s a fun change of pace…
By Lisa Catterall In the May 2021 issue of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, researchers at the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, which operates the Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island published the results of a study that may move…
Name, city of residence Oliver D. Mensinger, Soquel Grade you started at MMS Fourth grade What inspires you? I find philanthropists kind of inspiring. People who are working hard to help out those who need help more than we do. It is…
From civil rights champions who soar into space and shatter glass ceilings, to preserving indigenous traditions and advocating for farm workers; from conserving Earth’s precious resources to improving access to education, in recent months Mount Madonna School (MMS) lower school students have…
Name, city of residence Kira Kaplan, Aptos and Santa Cruz Grade you started at MMS Kindergarten What inspires you? When I look at the world, I find hard working people to be one of the most inspiring things. People that have a…
gmh Today, Spring 2021 issue, page 57, “Seeking to Inspire: Mount Madonna School YOUniversity Learning Days,” by Shannon Kelly. Over four-plus decades Mount Madonna School (MMS) has developed several innovative educational programs for students preschool through grade 12 – due in large…
This semester, high school juniors and seniors were offered an option to take a semester-long engineering course. The class, called Engineering for Change, was inspired by the Project Lead the Way Principles of Engineering class recognized by the College Board. With four…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, April 2021, Teacher’s Desk, “The Scare,” by Lisa Catterall. It’s that we can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and it’s showing us how very, very dark the tunnel has been. – Kate McKinnon…
