Mount Madonna School (MMS) is pleased to announce Cecily Kelly, Mariah Cohen and Samuel Kaplan as the 2023 co-valedictorians and Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak as salutatorian. Cohen, Kaplan and Kelly, who started attending MMS as preschools students, and Ocampo-Sobkoviak in fifth grade, earned this…
Name, city of residence: Jacob Sirk-Traugh, Gilroy Grade you started at MMS: Ninth grade What inspires you? I am inspired by the beauty and power of nature. It’s a dream of mine to travel the world through backpacking and hiking. To me,…
Sixth and seventh grade World History students at Mount Madonna School learned to craft engaging interviews in the style of National Public Radio (NPR) programs by digging into their own family histories. “Oral history is a technique for generating and preserving original,…
Name, city of residence: Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak, Watsonville Grade you started at MMS: Fifth grade What inspires you? What inspires me are people who defy expectations in a positive way and don’t let others define them. What is your favorite subject in school,…
IndicaNews.com, 5/15/2023, “Mount Madonna School to Host 44th Annual Musical “Ramayana!” Photo by John Welch
India Post, May 5, 2023, “44th Annual Musical ‘Ramayana!’ Returns to the Stage.”
Eleventh grade students Erik Howley and Sophia Manzur have been accepted into the upcoming theater arts program of the California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) a highly competitive four-week summer arts intensive. Sophia also participated in 2022. Congratulations to these…
Name, city of residence: Sandy Astone, Aptos Grade you started at MMS: Fifth grade What inspires you? I always enjoy reading about the latest in aerospace innovations, advances in technology, and physics/math-related fields always motivates me. What is your favorite subject in…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, May 2023, Teacher’s Desk, “Tiny Turtles Tell Tales,” by Lisa Catterall. A friend of mine who used to be a student called me from college the other day. He asked me to look at his astronomy homework….
Name, city of residence: Mariah Cohen, Corralitos Grade you started at MMS: Preschool What inspires you? I look up to my dad. He deals with a lot every day with work and he still finds time to be with his family and…
