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 happens because children aren’t being offered a bright enough future that they have a reason to choose…
On a recent autumn day, Mount Madonna School (MMS) kindergarten students, dressed in their favorite flannel, fleece or knit pajamas, and with faces reflecting concentrated effort, made felted pumpkin “stuffies” by rubbing and squishing bits of colorful wool in warm soapy water….
While there were no mail-in ballots, ballot collection boxes, or extended in-person voting, last week Mount Madonna School (MMS) middle and high school students participated in the democratic process, by electing student council representatives for the school’s new Student Government Association (SGA)….
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Earlier this week, ninth grade students explored creative constraints in their Creative Writing and Artistic Expression class by writing six-word stories, timed haikus, and drawing self-portraits with their non-dominant hands — and feet. #### Contact: Leigh Ann Clifton,…
Integrating seasonal elements – with generous measures of creativity and imagination – into first grade curriculum One delightful, learning-filled way to spark the engagement of young students includes incorporating a seasonal, monster-themed curriculum. In recent weeks, Mount Madonna School (MMS) first graders…
When you can’t go to the beach for marine biology lab in situ, you can bring the lab specimens – in this case, seaweed gathered along a local beach – to school! On a recent morning, Mount Madonna School ninth grade marine…
The health and safety protocols followed by Mount Madonna School (MMS) are designed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, and are informed by guidance from the California Department of Public Health, the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency, the Center for Disease…
In every election, California citizens are challenged with understanding and voting on the array of state ballot measures put before them. There are a dozen propositions included in the upcoming election, and Mount Madonna School (MMS) eleventh grade students recently spent time…
Recently Mount Madonna School (MMS) ninth grade biology students spent some time sitting quietly alongside a campus pond observing various ecological principles. Students noticed and described abiotic and biotic factors, the carbon, water and nitrogen cycle, as well as identifying the MMS…
