KTVU San Francisco: Santa Cruz Co. Private School Pivots to Outdoor Education During Pandemic
KTVU Fox 2, San Francisco, 7/16/2020, “Santa Cruz Co. private school pivots to outdoor education during pandemic,” by Jesse Gary. View this report
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Why Performing Arts?
Mount Madonna School (MMS) values the arts and offers a vibrant performing arts program geared to building confidence, character, and community in our student body. Physical movement, creative expression, and cognitive activities such as memorizing lines stimulate new neural pathways and aid…
Aptos Times: Mt. Madonna Adds Outdoor Classrooms
Aptos Times, 7/15/2020, “Mt. Madonna Adds Outdoor Classrooms,” by Ann Goewert. Read more
Featured Videos: John Lewis and Mount Madonna School
Mount Madonna School juniors and seniors meet Congressman John Lewis on their 2018 Learning Journey to Washington DC. Here is the answer to one of his questions the students asked him: An interview with Congressman John Lewis in Washington, D.C. by juniors…
SantaCruzParent.com: Outdoor Learning at Mount Madonna School
SantaCruzParent.com, 7/15/2020, “Outdoor Learning at Mount Madonna School,” by Ann Goewert. We are living in a historic moment in time, and Mount Madonna is committed to making a return to in-person, five-days per week school as safe as possible for students, faculty…
KSBW TV8: Mount Madonna Moves Outside for Fall 2020
KSBW TV8, 7/14/2020, “Mount Madonna School moves outside for fall 2020,” by reporter/anchor Alani Latang. Watch the clip
Why Outdoor Learning? Preparing for a Fall 2020 Return to Campus
There is something magical about learning outdoors, and Mount Madonna School’s (MMS) 375 acres of land includes groves of coastal redwoods and live oaks, mountain meadows, chaparral, and ponds. The ecological tapestry of biomes, rich with diverse life forms, provides an unmatched…
An Honoring for Supriya
Over the past year, the Mount Madonna School community has shared countless appreciations and well wishes for longtime head of school Mary Supriya McDonald, who retired June 30. Among these expressions of gratitude was this video tribute shared at the lower and…
Preparing for a Return to Campus: A Letter From Incoming Head of School Ann Goewert
I am honored and thrilled to join the Mount Madonna School (MMS) community officially starting on July 1. I have seen that compassion, curiosity, creativity, a discerning mind and leadership are characteristics of Mount Madonna students. During these unusual times, the best…
Black Lives Matter
Mount Madonna School is committed to the creation of a just and equitable world and believes that education has a crucial role to play. The recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, and the countless others that came before…