Banana slugs, opossums, rubber boas, skunks and coyotes are some of the animals that Mount Madonna School (MMS) first graders can tell you a lot about, following several weeks of semi-independent research and presentations to their classmates. ‘Students love animals,’ commented…
Sharing Their Learning: On a recent day in Mount Madonna School’s fourth grade classroom, students presented their Spanish Mission project and reports with third grade students.
Photos by Linda Pope
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/6/2014, “Environmentalists plead for plastic bag ban,” story by Shanna McCord, photo by Dan Coyro. Read more: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_25073658/environmentalists-plead-scotts-valley-ban-plastic-bags
Dispatched on faraway quests to secure riches and territory for their countries of origin, and fueled by curiosity and courage, the discoveries of early world explorers in the western hemisphere are a standard piece of the fourth grade social studies curriculum at Mount Madonna School (MMS). Recently fourth grade students shared their Explorers Project research in presentations to their classmates, and it was evident that the students had been fully engaged in learning about the explorers’ lives and exploits.
Mount Madonna School’s New Family and Sibling Incentive Program provides a tuition discount to current Mount Madonna School (MMS) families who refer new families to MMS. The program includes referrals that result in newly enrolled students who join the school at any point during the school year, and it is intended to offer our current families a way to help grow the School community while also making it financially easier to send their children to MMS.
The Connection, 2012-13, an annual publication for families, friends and alumni of Mount Madonna School.
On a recent Monday after school, three students and MMS second grade teacher Jenni Leach relaxed atop a platform on a playground structure and shared a nutritious picnic of hummus, cheese, apples, crackers and juice. Their conversation included discussion of events from…
Hammer in one hand and a tiny nail in the other, Mount Madonna School fourth grader Sofia Brevis used her fingers to nimbly position the nail’s sharp tip along the edge of the ‘roof’ piece she was attaching to a small wooden…
We’re excited to announce the winners of the Play It Forward! DIGITAL SHORT MOVIE COMPETITION!Morgan Hill Life, 11/27/2013, “Mount Madonna students learn about California history on two-day field trip.” Read more: http://morganhilllife.com/pioneers-the-gold-rush-and-cullumah-students-learn-ca-history/
