India West: 39th Annual Ramayana! Mesmerizes Audience
India West, 6/21/2017, “39th Annual Ramayana! Mesmerizes Audience,” by Sona Sethi. Read more
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Education, Community and Selfless Service: Faculty Spotlight on Jivanti Rutansky
When the only original buildings on these 355 acres were the old farmhouse and a larger ranch house where the Community Building now stands, before roads and trails wound around the property, before the lake was dug and filled, the school that…
Welcome New Faculty for 2017-18 School Year
We are pleased to introduce the following new faculty and staff members for the 2017-2018 school year: Chrislaine Pamphile Miller is joining MMS to teach English 6 and social studies for grades six to eight. She began teaching in Oakland middle schools before…
2017-18 Summer Assignments, Supply Lists and Permissions
All School MMS School Days Calendar Preschool/Kindergarten: PreK and Kindergarten Supply List 17-18 New PreK Packet 2017 Elementary: Elementary Supply List 17-18 MMS Tech Guidelines for Signature – For all Elementary 3rd – 5th All 1st grade students – Report of Health…
2017 Ramayana Photobook Available
Guest photographer Preston Merchant has created a striking 62-page photo book of his behind-the-scenes images from the 2017 Ramayana!. Copies may be purchased for $15 each. Order your copy today!
NewsroomAmerica.com: California Students Honored with President’s Youth Award
NewsroomAmerica.com, 6/8/2017, “California students honored with President’s Environmental Youth Award.” Read the article
Register-Pajaronian: Mount Madonna Students Receive Environmental Award
Register-Pajaronian, 6/13/2017, “Mount Madonna students receive environmental award.” Read the article
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Mount Madonna Students Win President’s Environmental Youth Award for Snowy Plover Project
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 6/10/2017, “Mount Madonna students win President’s Environmental Youth Award for snowy plover project,” by Jondi Gumz. Photo by Shmuel Thaler. Read the story
Students Receive Presidents’ Environmental Youth Award
On June 8 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the 2015-16 fifth grade class at Mount Madonna School (MMS) in Watsonville will receive the President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) for their work to fight environmental threats faced by the Western…
An Expanding Circle of Love: Sarojani Rohan Faculty Spotlight
I am finishing my 36th year this June as a part of the Mount Madonna School community. The years have gone by quickly. Born on the front seat of a 1951 Studebaker, on the way to the hospital, I find life very…