What follows is a reflection by Mount Madonna’s Head of School, Mary Supriya McDonald, on the 2019-20 school year. Every year Mount Madonna School (MMS) is ripe with new explorations and accomplishments. The 2019-20 school year surprised us with milestones, beautiful memories…
Name, age, grade, city of residence Connor Murphy, 18, 12th grade, San Martin Grade started at MMS Preschool What inspires you? I am inspired by friends because they are always changing and challenging their perspectives. What is your favorite subject and why? Physics….
Name, age, grade and city of residence Braeden Will, 17, 12th grade, Gilroy Grade started at MMS Kindergarten What inspires you? People going out and making better lives for themselves, because it shows that they are active and caring for themselves. What…
At the end of each school year, we express our sincere gratitude to those teachers and staff who have decided to leave Mount Madonna School (MMS). Michelle Fisher Our preschool/kindergarten teacher, Michelle Fisher, is moving to Santa Barbara to be closer to…
The Pajaronian, 6/5/2020, “Class of 2020,” Mount Madonna School’s class of 2020 is profiled on page 20.
Gilroy Dispatch, 6/5/2020, “Class of 2020,” Mount Madonna School’s Class of 2020 is profiled on page 5.
Acts of kindness, large and small, spontaneous and planned, were a special focus for Mount Madonna School (MMS) lower school students in May. Dubbed “May We Be Kind,” the project was envisioned by second grade teacher Prema Gammons as a way to…
From pet sheep to pear tree buds, sprouting vegetable seeds, raising baby chicks or even an active bird’s nest, Mount Madonna School (MMS) sixth and seventh grade students each chose a living organism to observe closely over a three-week period in April….
For a recently completed Native American village project, Mount Madonna School fourth grade students were tasked with creating a model of a Native American village from a California tribe, a research report and slideshow presentation. The students studied native tribes from throughout…
On Thursday, May 28, the Mount Madonna School 10th grade U.S. History class had the opportunity to interview author Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston as part of their study of the internment of Japanese American citizens during World War II. Teacher Tiffany Wayne’s class…
