Gail McCredie, mother of alumni Jack (’10) and Renata (’15), volunteered at Mount Madonna School for years prior to joining the staff as the librarian 16 years ago. She is retiring in August. Drawing from family stories, shared experiences and recent conversations…
By Sampad Martin Kachuck Despite the pandemic’s unmooring from our usual routines, life marches on in the Zoom worlds of middle school English. I want to acknowledge that for students, families, and teachers alike, our current new realities have certainly had an…
To truly embody a character requires the actor to see and experience the world from that character’s perspective. Discovering a connection to character takes detective work, personal reflection and an embracing of the journey. Aside from spontaneous discoveries within rehearsal, another method…
Feeling Safe in the Present through Stories from the Past As John Webb tells it, his southern granny was a talented storyteller who made an important distinction between “telling stories” (“they can get you switched”) and “storytelling” (“they can get you claps”)….
Mary Supriya McDonald, teacher and head of school, joined Mount Madonna School in 1987 and is retiring at the end of the current school year. Alumna Haley Campbell (’02) spoke with McDonald in December 2019, and shares this revealing profile. It was…
Creativity and cultural awareness studies are active in third grade. Teacher Kristin Webb said this week students learned they will have a chance, after all, to perform their cultural awareness play (even though the March 27 Cultural Awareness event was cancelled). Their…
Drawn from classroom activities and a variety of inspirations, some Mount Madonna School (MMS) students are enjoying creating mandalas from found and gathered natural objects. “In the preschool and kindergarten (Pre/K), students did a lot of mandala art for cultural awareness and…
On April 16, Mount Madonna School (MMS) students and faculty had completed four weeks of remote learning and teaching, one milestone among many. What follows is a “snapshot” along our “remote learning time line.” In between participating in Zoom science class with…
Dear MMS Families, I hope you are all well and navigating these strange times. For the Performing Arts Team, with the Ramayana not being officially performed in a theatre, we have been grappling with how to best navigate this project in our…
gmh Today, Spring 2020 issue, “Theater Scene: Ramayana!,” by Scott Lynch. To read Scott Lynch’s reflection on Ramayana!, click here and flip through the Spring 2020 issue to page 72. Note: the magazine was in the final stages of production in mid-March. Since…
