Name, age, grade and city of residence Fiona Burgess, 17, grade 12, Santa Cruz Grade you started At Mount Madonna School Ninth grade What inspires you? I am inspired by people who work hard. In quarantine, these are the medical workers. What…
Mount Madonna School (MMS) is pleased to announce AnMei Dasbach-Prisk as the 2020 valedictorian, and Haley Kerr as salutatorian. These students earned this distinction through hard work and focused effort, edging out their peers at the small Central Coast school known for…
Gail McCredie, mother of alumni Jack (’10) and Renata (’15), volunteered at Mount Madonna School for years prior to joining the staff as the librarian 16 years ago. She is retiring in August. Drawing from family stories, shared experiences and recent conversations…
Mount Madonna School alumnus Dr. A. Marm Kilpatrick (’90), a research scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), recently held a seminar on COVID-19 for the Economic Recovery Council (ERC) and Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County. Marm, a professor…
Name, age, grade, city of residence Robey Given Reyhani, 18, 12th grade, Aptos Grade you started at MMS Fourth grade What inspires you? Music and art What is your favorite subject in school, and why? Art, because I enjoy drawing and it…
Name, age, grade, city of residence Rachel Burgess, 17, 12th grade, Santa Cruz Grade you started at MMS Ninth grade What is your favorite subject in school, and why? Science. I really enjoy science because it is applicable to what we see…
Name, age, grade, city of residence Maverick Bettencourt, 18, 12th grade, Santa Cruz Grade you started at MMS Ninth grade What inspires you? Our class trip to South Africa was the most inspiring thing I’ve ever experienced in my life. To learn…
By Sampad Martin Kachuck Despite the pandemic’s unmooring from our usual routines, life marches on in the Zoom worlds of middle school English. I want to acknowledge that for students, families, and teachers alike, our current new realities have certainly had an…
Name, age, grade, city of residence Tabitha Hardin-Zollo, 18 years, 12th grade, Watsonville Grade you started at MMS Fourth grade What inspires you? I think what inspires me is people who have found their passion or the thing that fuels them each…
Name, age, grade, city of residence Ksenia Medvedeva, 18, 12th grade, Morgan Hill Grade you started at MMS Sixth grade What inspires you? Music and seeing the change that I want to see in the world inspires me. What is your favorite…
