Santa Cruz Sentinel, Name Dropping, “EPA Honors Mount Madonna Students”
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 10/18/2021, Name Dropping, “EPA Honors Mount Madonna Students.” View PDF of pages that include the article
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Thank You Fire Crews!
We are pleased to share that it is safe for our students, faculty and staff to return to school Monday, October 18. A representative from the fire department shared that there are fire engines and equipment on Summit and Mount Madonna Road,…
Berries, Beans and Goats: Students Learning About Farming
Young students applied all of their senses – sight, sound, smell, touch and taste – this week to experiential lessons at Live Earth Farm in Watsonville. Mount Madonna School preschool and fourth grade students enthusiastically engaged with resident livestock and friendly farmers…
Environmental Protection Agency Honors Students’ Shark Conservation Efforts
On October 5, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 honored Mount Madonna School our students – national President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) winners – for their “Save Our Sharks” project they completed in 2019-20 as fifth graders. The EPA Region 9…
Technology, Engineering and Art: Mount Madonna’s T.E.A. Program for First-Twelfth Grades
By Lisa Catterall Our schools will improve if they deliver quality arts education to all students. The students deserve nothing less. – James S. Catterall My office just became host to a tray of smiling, blinking robotic bees happily keeping me company…
KION News Channel 5/46.com: High School Students in Santa Cruz Build Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles for Ocean Experiments
KION News Channel 5/46.com, “High school students in Santa Cruz build Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles for Ocean Experiments,” by Melody Waintal. Mount Madonna School Engineering Club students built an underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to explore the ocean floors of Catalina Island….
Remembering Kamla Bhasin
We were saddened to learn that Kamla Bhasin, a human being of kindness and courage, passed away on September 25. Bhasin, an Indian developmental feminist, poet, author and social scientist, was a great champion for love, equality, equity and the environment. MMS…
Featured Video: Middle School Camping Trip 2021
Mount Madonna School middle schoolers kicked off the year with fun and learning on a camping trip!
Engineering Club Students Build Underwater ROVs for Ocean Experiments
What does it take to design and build a submersible, water-tight instrument to explore the oceans? Last week, with their school trip to Catalina Island just 10 days away, Mount Madonna School (MMS) high school Engineering Club students gave up lunch periods,…
Building Community Through Weekly Morning Circles
On September 16, Mount Madonna School held its first community morning circle for kindergarten through twelfth grade students, faculty and staff. Each weekly circle will have a theme, and this week the theme was gratitude. Participants were invited to give a shout…