Eighth Graders Use Their Minds – and Feet – for Physics Lab Up, down, then up again. On a recent afternoon, Mount Madonna School eighth grade students exercised their minds and bodies, by first walking, then running up and down a couple…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/9/2020, “Mount Madonna School has successful in-person instruction,” by Ryan Stuart; photos by Shmuel Thaler. WATSONVILLE >> Mount Madonna School in Watsonville is leading the charge in the return to in-person learning in Santa Cruz County. The private school…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, November 2020, Behind the Teacher’s Desk, “Children are Parched for In-School Learning,” by Lisa Catterall. I’ve learned that terror doesn’t happen because some group of people somewhere like Pakistan or Afghanistan simply decide to hate us. It…
We are approaching Veterans Day in a time overwhelmed with bitter partisanship, a slow and halted economy, and fear of losing loved ones from unfamiliar forces. Although the circumstances are different, the roots of the struggles are much the same from past…
“La rosa…pan de muerto…tumba decorada…calavera de azucar…cocinar…ofrenda…flor amarilla,” called out Mount Madonna School (MMS) elementary Spanish teacher Luis Hernandez, one by one, as fourth grade students, sitting physically distanced at tables in their outdoor classroom, carefully practiced spelling and writing this new…
By Prema Gammons At Mount Madonna School, second grade students explore life events and family stories by creating personal timelines. This correlates to the different units students learn about across the curriculum, including social studies, math and language arts. Students’ timelines and…
Last week tenth grade students participated in a hands-on lab from the shore of the campus lake, where they collected water samples. This activity kicked off a longitudinal study of water quality in the drainage systems on campus, where grey water processing…
DSanta Cruz Sentinel, 10/31/2020, “Pirate Checks Her Crew for Fevers,” photo by Shmuel Thaler. Download pdf
On a recent afternoon at Mount Madonna School (MMS), high school students spread out near their outdoor classroom to measure the wavelengths emitted by superconductors, calibrating their own spectrometers in the sunshine, six feet apart. “While most of my class was there…
As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday and December-January holiday breaks, the Mount Madonna School (MMS) community has much to be grateful for, from welcoming back all of our students to campus to our dedicated and caring faculty and staff. The holidays are traditionally…
