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…
Sidd McDonald, middle and high school math teacher and volleyball coach, joined Mount Madonna School in 2003 and is retiring at the end of the current school year. Alumna Alexis Julien (’15) spoke with McDonald in December 2019, and wrote the following…
Are their people you are grateful for? Someone you’d like to thank? Mount Madonna School (MMS) Upper School Director Shannon Kelly recently came across an activity through the Making Caring Common Project that is geared to students ages 4-10, and designed to…
Drawn from classroom activities and a variety of inspirations, some Mount Madonna School (MMS) students are enjoying creating mandalas from found and gathered natural objects. “In the preschool and kindergarten (Pre/K), students did a lot of mandala art for cultural awareness and…
On April 16, Mount Madonna School (MMS) students and faculty had completed four weeks of remote learning and teaching, one milestone among many. What follows is a “snapshot” along our “remote learning time line.” In between participating in Zoom science class with…
