Independent School: Hands-on Learning in Catalina
Independent School, a publication of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), Winter 2017 issue, “Hands-on learning in Catalina.” Read the article PDF
Independent School, a publication of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), Winter 2017 issue, “Hands-on learning in Catalina.” Read the article PDF
Congratulations to teacher Jessica Cambell and Mount Madonna School (MMS) on receiving the Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA), which celebrates the environmental education work of MMS fifth grade students for the last nine years! MMS is one of twelve California…
Jill VanGee, from the Santa Cruz Symphony, visited Mount Madonna School’s fourth and fifth grade students to educate them on the families of the orchestra and, in particular, the intricacies and unique qualities of the violin and viola. VanGee demonstrated different techniques associated with…
BayAreaforSale.com, January 2017, “Practicing Experiential Learning at Mount Madonna School,” by Marina I. Jokic. Read the story
On a sunny morning, not long ago, along a trail crisscrossing Mount Madonna School’s (MMS) campus forest and meadows, preschool, kindergarten and second grade students gathered to listen to MMS Parent and Santa Clara County Parks Interpreter, Lynda Will. She told the…
Name, age, grade, city of residence Isabella Bettencourt, 17, senior, Aptos What inspires you? I am inspired by my beautiful mother. She works so hard every day to give my brother and me the most amazing opportunities and I will never be able…
IIf you judge people, you have no time to love them. These words, attributed to Saint Mother Teresa, served as the inspiration for third grader Sienna Liddicoat to research Mother Teresa’s work of tirelessly helping others. “She did everything to help the…
At the annual Winter Concert on December 16, students preschool to fifth grade demonstrated creative self-expression through the arts. Students created visual art work such as paintings, drawings, wooden holiday houses, and moral hero bottle dolls. They sang songs from a variety of…
Recently in my home there have been many discussions about everyone pitching in to help with the chores. The conversation with my daughters, Sophia (5th) and Alyssa (7th), usually start something like, “I hate to be a nag, but…”. The response I’m typically met with…
Creativity with textile arts is a hallmark of Isa Stead, Mount Madonna School (MMS) parent, elementary science lab assistant and first grade dance teacher. In addition to sewing, dyeing fabric, felting wool, and spinning yarn, Stead creates weavings, small and large scale,…