By Shannon Kelly In May, as part of the Values in World Thought program, junior and senior students will be traveling to Washington, D.C. to experience government in action. One key aspect of the program is providing students the opportunity to engage…
It is my conviction that there is no way to peace — peace is the way. — Thich Nhat Hanh Children are naturally more present than grown-ups. They are honest, in the moment, yet often are a bit “wound up.” Practicing mindfulness with…
Two Mount Madonna School (MMS) high school classmates are running a book drive as part of their Senior Capstone Project. They are accepting donations of new and used books for all ages, and in particular are interested for inclusive books reflecting the…
Mount Madonna School (MMS) first through fifth graders have spent many of their recent T.E.A. (technology, engineering and art) specialty classes in “invention education.” They are preparing to present ideas for original solutions to problems at MMS’s first in-house Invention Convention on…
Aptos Times, 1/15/2022, page 5, “In Memoriam, A Beacon of Faith and Humanity.”
A student-led “period club” at Mount Madonna School (MMS) recently collected donations of feminine hygiene products from MMS students, faculty and staff to give to Community Solutions, a south Santa Clara County-based nonprofit that helps children, teens, adults and families who are…
The Mount Madonna School (MMS) community honored the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. by participating in a nationwide day of service on Friday, January 14. All students from the tiniest preschoolers to our almost-ready-to-graduate seniors got their hands…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 1/20/2022, “Remembering Tutu,” by Shmuel Thaler.
Mount Madonna School alumna Shruti Swamy (’03), recently received recognition from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Swamy, who debuted her first novel “The Archer” this fall, was named a 2022 NEA Creative Writing Fellow. Her novel is a coming-of-age story…
While the layers of mitigation strategies have been effective at limiting the transmission of the virus at school, we anticipate that the number of positive cases in our school will rise. Therefore, we encourage families to send their children to school with…
