Gilroy Dispatch, 11/22/23, “Mount Madonna School students work to revitalize campus lake ecosystem.” On a recent afternoon, wind-blown cumulus clouds filled the sky and sunlight permeated towering redwood trees and grassland meadows, reflecting off the water of a small lake on the…
Aptos Times, 11/15/2023, “Aptos High Alum Finds Cross Country Coaching Success.” Nicole Silva Culbertson, who joined Mount Madonna School in 2015 and teaches science to eighth to twelfth grade students, is the coach for middle school cross country, track and field and…
Claire Otterness is Mount Madonna School’s (MMS) new choreographer and high school yoga teacher. She comes to MMS with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Social media coordinator Carly Wheelehan got the chance to…
On a recent afternoon, wind-blown cumulus clouds filled the sky and sunlight permeated towering redwood trees and grassland meadows, reflecting off the water of a small lake on the Mount Madonna School (MMS) campus. As senior students navigated a short hillside trail…
gmh Today, Fall 2023, “Brain Building: Research Supports a Playful Approach to Preschool – Kindergarten Learning,” by Hema Walker. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world,…
Aptos Times, 11/1/2023, Featured Columnist, “Actions for Peace,” by Beatrice Miller, grade 12.
For a recent art studio project, Mount Madonna School (MMS) 8th grade students studied the proportions of the body and created sculptures that captured the gestures of a body in motion – their sculptures are in progress, and depict bodies that are skating, surfing,…
¡Saludos Mount Madonna School Community! In preparation for the upcoming Día de Los Muertos (or “Day of the Dead”), I wanted to reach out to inform you of the anticipated festivities, and to invite your contributions. Though it is my first year…
Holly Ota is the new Mount Madonna School (MMS) performing arts music director and middle and high school music teacher. Holly has been educating Santa Cruz County music students since 1991. She holds a M.M. in piano performance and pedagogy from Northwestern…
