Feeling Safe in the Present through Stories from the Past As John Webb tells it, his southern granny was a talented storyteller who made an important distinction between “telling stories” (“they can get you switched”) and “storytelling” (“they can get you claps”)….
Name, age, grade, city of residence Ceci Salado, age 18, 12th grade, Santa Cruz Grade you started at MMS Seventh grade What inspires you? People that can make the best of bad situations really inspire me. People who treat people with love and kindness make…
Name, age, grade, city of residence AnMei Dasbach-Prisk, 18 years old, 12th grade, Watsonville Grade you started at MMS Kindergarten What inspires you? I’m inspired by people who are authentic and aren’t afraid to speak their mind. What is your favorite subject…
Today in Mount Madonna School’s U.S. History class, sophomore students had a “guest speaker”: Lin-Manuel Miranda! Miranda is a composer, lyricist, singer, rapper, actor, producer, and playwright, widely known for creating and starring in the Broadway musicals In the Heights and Hamilton….
Mary Supriya McDonald, teacher and head of school, joined Mount Madonna School in 1987 and is retiring at the end of the current school year. Alumna Haley Campbell (’02) spoke with McDonald in December 2019, and shares this revealing profile. It was…
This week, Mount Madonna School (MMS) all high school honors science students attended “Viruses and Vaccines,” a lecture by Rebecca DuBois of the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) via Zoom. Dubois is an assistant professor of biomolecular engineering with UCSC’s Jack Baskin…
Math lessons continue to be an integral part of the middle school curriculum, including – with a generous dash of creativity – in the current remote learning environment. Recently, Mount Madonna School (MMS) sixth and seventh grade students donned aprons and swapped…
Patch.com, 4/29/2020, “Girl ‘Keeps It Business Casual’ For Zoom Class: Photo Of The Week.” Read more
Creativity and cultural awareness studies are active in third grade. Teacher Kristin Webb said this week students learned they will have a chance, after all, to perform their cultural awareness play (even though the March 27 Cultural Awareness event was cancelled). Their…
She decided to free herself, dance into the wind, create a new language. And birds fluttered around her, writing “yes” in the sky. ― Monique Duval With their beautiful markings, exotic eyes and streamlined shape, White-tailed Kites almost seem like a fantasy…
