As part of the 15th annual Summit for the Planet, Mount Madonna School third, fourth, and fifth grade students, guided by art teacher Angela Willetts, have started working on a collaborative sculpture, or sculptures, to bring attention to the plastics that end…
Budding cartography and architectural skills were demonstrated recently, with Mount Madonna School (MMS) third students designing and mapping fanciful communities drawn from their own imaginations. The class has been learning basic geometry concepts, and this project provided a creative opportunity for students…
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…
Representation matters in small-scale situations like mine – being a person of color at a small school whose student population is predominantly White. The importance of representation of marginalized groups permeates all aspects of my life. Those who lead my school, my…
The Mount Madonna School (MMS) public speaker series based on the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) continues in April with two events, “Sustainable Development: The Climate-Energy-Equity Nexus” with Dr. Noah Diffenbaugh, Ph.D., on April 15, and “FishWise: Sustaining Ocean Ecosystems…
The annual Creative Writing Reading, held virtually on March 5, went very well! In case you were unable to attend – or just want to see it again – the event recording, is available for viewing. Please be aware that some presentations…
There is truth in the argument that Mount Madonna School is a breath of fresh air against the contamination of the outside world. There was a weight held on my shoulders in my time at public school that came from knowing the…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, March 2021, “Climbing Mountains,” by Grace Timan. Read via Issuu
The Mount Madonna School (MMS) public lecture series based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) continues on March 18 at 7:00pm with “American Democracy, American Racism,” featuring Laxmi Wordham, a 1993 MMS graduate. “The fight for democracy and the fight…
Sitting on the dock, feet in the water and feeling the gentle roll of Lake Washington along the hull of Walela, her home for just over a year, Jennifer Richard, Mount Madonna School (MMS) class of ’99, reflected on her career and…
