Growing Up in Santa Cruz, February 2023. “The Excavators on the Playground,” by Lisa Catterall. I spent three years involved in writing and defending the California Preschool Foundations. State-sponsored preschool is a marvelous concept, and there were hundreds of well-intentioned people who…
Middle School Lacrosse, 2/2/2023: This school year, Mount Madonna School (MMS) expanded its athletic program with its first-ever middle school lacrosse team! Middle School Athletic Director Nick Cabassa said offering lacrosse was an experiment to see if there was enough interest –…
Watsonville Patch.com, 1/30/2023, “Watsonville Star Student Is Student Government President,” by Bea Karnes. WATSONVILLE, CA — Star Students are found in classrooms, on concert and theater stages and at debate lecterns, and out in the community doing good things to make life…
Recently, Mount Madonna School (MMS) third grade students learned about ecology by building their own biome dioramas. The project included a unit study on the world’s six different biome regions: tundra, coniferous, deciduous, tropical rainforest, grasslands and deserts. Students learned how to…
On February 11, 2023, Mount Madonna School (MMS) will host a Model United Nations (Model UN or MUN) conference. Titled Climate Justice for All: Addressing Inequality, this conference will focus on issues related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly…
Each year, the fifth grade class at Mount Madonna School (MMS) focuses on human rights through a deep and extended language arts curriculum that uses the young adult novel “Esperanza Rising” by Pam Munoz Ryan. The novel centers around a young girl…
Aptos Times, 1/15/2023, “Mount Madonna Presents ‘Mamma Mia!’”, featuring photos by John Welch. Story begins on cover and jumps to page 18.
FIRST FRIDAY MARKET | February 3, 3:30-5:30pm, Assembly Room, upper campus, Mount Madonna School The Student Government Association (SGA) will host its second public market featuring an array of vendors with artisan goods, including small farms, baked items and jams, jewelry, art,…
Morgan Hill Times, 12/22/2022, “Students bring holiday cheer to seniors.”
Aptos Times, 12/15/2022 issue, “Raising Awareness, Mount Madonna Students Participate in Farmworker Reality Tour.”
