Belle, an introverted young woman with an affinity for stories and literature, unexpectedly finds herself immersed in her own adventurous, magical tale, after meeting the Beast, a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to…
Dear Mount Madonna School Community, The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) anticipates a surge in COVID-19 cases over the holiday season. CDPH has distributed iHealth At-Home rapid antigen test kits to participating schools. As families gather over the holidays, the iHealth…
As a part of their capstone culinary arts class, Mount Madonna School (MMS) high school seniors prepared and served a gourmet four-course meal for staff and visitors last week. The meal, which consisted of a butternut squash risotto, an apple walnut salad,…
Aptos Times, 12/1/2021, page 13 “F.W. de Klerk: Acknowledging Injustice.”
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, Teacher’s Desk, December 2021, “The Apple Container” by Lisa Catterall Read article online Read December publication via Issuu (article pages 20-21)
Mount Madonna School faculty member Lisa Catterall and high school senior Grace Timan were recognized with Silver awards, through entries submitted by Growing Up in Santa Cruz publisher Brad Kava for an international writing competition sponsored by the Parent Media Association, a…
Earlier this week, Mount Madonna School eleventh grade engineering class students joined their second-grade little buddies and participated in a shelter-building challenge from the Innovation Hub curriculum. The students were asked to build, test and improve shelters that could hold two people…
Recently, Mount Madonna School (MMS) senior Liana Kitchel learned that one of her original designs – depicting vibrant rainbow cats – was the top vote-getter in Santa Cruz-based sock company Merge4’s national Fuel the Future High School Art Contest and will be…
While it’s not unusual for school communities to contribute to local food drives, it may be unique to have the effort led for more than a decade by six- and seven-year-old children. Each fall Mount Madonna School (MMS) second grade students, guided…
At Mount Madonna School (MMS), we believe that art is a crucial part of a well-rounded education. That’s why on any given week at MMS, the art studio bustles with activity from our young first graders all the way up to 12th…
