Times Publishing Group: "Ramayana!" Musical Returns Live
TimesPublishingGroup.com, 5/22/2022, “Ramayana! Musical Returns Live.“
Creative Arts
India Post: 43rd Annual Musical "Ramayana!" Returns to Stage, June 9-12
India Post, May 12, 2022, “43rd Annual Musical “Ramayana!” Returns to Stage, June 9-12“
Biography Project Teaches History, Research and Confidence
This spring, Mount Madonna School (MMS) third grade students combined history with journalistic and oral presentation skills by completing a deeply researched biography project that they presented to their classmates. Each student picked a notable person who inspires them in a personal…
San Simeon Science Studies: Plankton, Stargazing and Ocean Engineering
Earlier this month, Mount Madonna School (MMS) tenth grade students headed south to the coast near San Simeon for a three-day, two-night camping trip and study of the marine ecosystem. During sophomore year, MMS students have the opportunity to choose between a…
43rd Annual Musical "Ramayana!" Returns to the Stage June 9-12
Join Hanuman, the monkeys, Prince Rama and Prince Lakshmana, as they journey to Lanka in their quest to rescue Princess Sita in the 43rd Mount Madonna School (MMS) “Ramayana!”, a musical theater production adapted for modern audiences and replete with lively action,…
Values, Perspective and the Whole Truth: Students Consider National Monuments
Perhaps no one monument could be made to tell the whole truth of any subject which it might be designed to illustrate. – Frederick Douglass “Emancipation Monument,” a bronze statue designed and sculpted by Bostonian Thomas Ball more than a century ago,…
Learning Journeys: A Reflection on Experiential Education
Mount Madonna Eleventh and Twelfth Grade Students Head to Washington, D.C. By Director of Upper School Shannon Kelly (’92) As Mount Madonna School (MMS) restarts many of the programs that have been on hold due to COVID-19, I am struck by the…
Students Learn JavaScript and HTML Coding
Recently, Mount Madonna School (MMS) high school students have been learning coding in both JavaScript and making web pages in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) as part of their Computer Principles course. Computer Principles is a one-semester elective class designed to give junior…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, Teen’s Eye View by Grace Timan
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, April 2022, “Teen’s Eye View” by Grace Timan. Senior year is the year of freedom, all of the stress of high school is over, and we can finally take it easy and relax. This is what we’ve…
Students Participate in Model United Nations Event; Mount Madonna to Host May 14 Mini-Conference
Earlier this month, Mount Madonna School (MMS) students participated in a Model United Nations (Model UN) mini-conference hosted by York School on their Monterey campus. This event was a casual scrimmage open to all levels and organized to foster a sense of…