It was great to see the creativity and flair of the many students, parents and faculty who came decked out in costumes, makeup and “special effects” for today’s elementary school Halloween parade! From happy animals and superheroes, to wild characters and lovely beings – the community displayed a lot of imagination and spirit!
At Mount Madonna School (MMS), preschool, kindergarten and second grade students have been learning a lot about where food comes from and recently had an engaging hands-on field trip to Live Earth Farm in Corralitos.
We’re excited to announce a new tool we’re trying out this year called Google Classroom. It’s linked to our school’s Google Apps for Education account and provides our teachers with the ability to assign, review, comment on, and grade homework digitally. There are a number of teachers who are experimenting with using it as a tool this year to improve their management of submitted work, collaboration, and increase the speed with which they can return work to the students
For the fifth consecutive year, the Mount Madonna School (MMS) second grade class is leading a community social service effort at MMS, to collect donations of canned, boxed and packaged dried food for the Grind Out Hunger Program and Second Harvest Food Bank. This year, partnering with their 4th and 11th grade buddies, the students set a goal of collecting enough donated food to provide 700 meals.
The Factory at Mount Madonna School (MMS) is a recently re-designated classroom space on the upper campus that students are utilizing for an array of creative projects. Resources include a state-of-the-art 3D printer, Arduino input/output sensors, LilyPad sewable circuits, a full complement of Snap Circuits education kits, soldering irons, ample motors, LEDs, switches and power supplies. There is enough space for up to three classes at a time to store ongoing engineering projects.Drive for Schools Thank You! Thanks to all who purchased Drive for Schools tickets from Mount Madonna School students. The list of all prize winners is posted at http://beachboardwalk.com/Drive-For-Schools We reached our goal: Drive for Schools raised $20,130 to benefit our…
Below is an article Mary Supriya McDonald wrote in January 2013 in conjunction with the Lower School’s focus on curriculum mapping and core competencies.Dear Lower School Families and Mount Madonna School Community, The mountain is beginning to feel like school time as the morning ocean fog begins to retreat and the warm fall weather arrives. The lotus flowers in the lake near the bus stop…
India Abroad, 6/27/2014, “The Mount Madonna School Ramayana Continues,” by Ritu Jha.
India Post, 6/13/2014, “Mount Madonna’s 36th production of Ramayana,” by Vidya Sethuraman. Read more (pages 24 and 26)
