Gail McCredie, mother of alumni Jack (’10) and Renata (’15), volunteered at Mount Madonna School for years prior to joining the staff as the librarian 16 years ago. She is retiring in August. Drawing from family stories, shared experiences and recent conversations…
Mount Madonna School alumnus Dr. A. Marm Kilpatrick (’90), a research scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), recently held a seminar on COVID-19 for the Economic Recovery Council (ERC) and Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County. Marm, a professor…
Name, age, grade, city of residence Robey Given Reyhani, 18, 12th grade, Aptos Grade you started at MMS Fourth grade What inspires you? Music and art What is your favorite subject in school, and why? Art, because I enjoy drawing and it…
Name, age, grade, city of residence Rachel Burgess, 17, 12th grade, Santa Cruz Grade you started at MMS Ninth grade What is your favorite subject in school, and why? Science. I really enjoy science because it is applicable to what we see…
Name, age, grade, city of residence Maverick Bettencourt, 18, 12th grade, Santa Cruz Grade you started at MMS Ninth grade What inspires you? Our class trip to South Africa was the most inspiring thing I’ve ever experienced in my life. To learn…
By Sampad Martin Kachuck Despite the pandemic’s unmooring from our usual routines, life marches on in the Zoom worlds of middle school English. I want to acknowledge that for students, families, and teachers alike, our current new realities have certainly had an…
Name, age, grade, city of residence Tabitha Hardin-Zollo, 18 years, 12th grade, Watsonville Grade you started at MMS Fourth grade What inspires you? I think what inspires me is people who have found their passion or the thing that fuels them each…
Name, age, grade, city of residence Ksenia Medvedeva, 18, 12th grade, Morgan Hill Grade you started at MMS Sixth grade What inspires you? Music and seeing the change that I want to see in the world inspires me. What is your favorite…
Quarantine, a time when worries fill our minds about the uncertain future, and my own mind hasn’t been focused on anything but school assignments. As a part of the generation raised with technology, it has always been a significant part of my…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 5/20/2020, “Mount Madonna School seniors finish classes remotely,” photo by Shmuel Thaler. Mount Madonna School senior Tabitha Hardin-Zollo works remotely from her home in Corralitos as she and her classmates wrap up writing their concluding impressions of interviews done…
