Do you remember turning 13: the anticipation, angst and joy of wanting to ‘fit in’ and ‘stand out’? On January 25-27, Mount Madonna School (MMS) will present its high school production of 13, a story about growing up and finding one’s place…
Winter is certainly “the most wonderful time of the year!” But oh dear, is it busy! A great way to multi-task during the holidays is by shopping while raising money for Mount Madonna School (and maybe humming along to your favorite holiday…
As part of their science curriculum the second grade students at Mount Madonna School have been studying life cycles. Students learned about insect, amphibian and mammal life cycles, and then focused on the monarch butterfly. For this more focused study, the students…
Dear Mount Madonna School Community, The second grade class is hosting their annual food drive in support of the Second Harvest Food Bank to help feed hungry families in our area during the holiday season. There are bins for food donations in…
National Public Radio, 1A program, 11/13/2018, “‘The New Abnormal’: Wildfires And Climate Change.” MMS alumnus Noah Diffenbaugh (’92), climate scientist, Kara J Foundation Professor, Department of Earth System Science, Kimmelman Family Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University, was…
It was lovely summer weather in the country, and the golden corn, the green oats, and the haystacks piled high on the meadows looked beautiful…In this snug retreat sat a duck on her nest, watching for her young brood to hatch. –…
Recently middle school students in the Mount Madonna School (MMS) DaVinci Algebra class took a break from linear functions to try three cutting-edge math workshops. Professor Jo Boaler of mathematics education at Stanford University created the curriculum, called YouCubed Inspirational Math, with…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/9/2018, ” Local Roundup: Mount Madonna girls volleyball falls to Shasta in NorCal D-IV playoffs.” The postseason ride for the Mount Madonna School girls volleyball team ended Thursday night in Redding — nearly six hours north of its Watsonville…
The redwood forest and meadow trails around the Mount Madonna School (MMS) and Mount Madonna Center campus came alive on October 11, with a steady and rhythmic pounding of feet, as more than fifty runners from three local high schools competed in…
The students in the elementary school STEAM program, The Factory at Mount Madonna School (MMS), launched into a new level of inventing and making last week when they began using the littleBits platform in class. The littleBits platform was invented by Massachusetts…
