From the unconditional love of ashram children, to personal stories of struggle and empowerment, to inspiring leaders working to educate youth and preserve cultures and traditions, the Mount Madonna School seniors who recently visited northern India experienced many enriching moments during their two-week learning journey.
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/31/2013, “Aarti ceremony lights up river Ganges in Haridwar, India,” photos and story by Shmuel Thaler. See the photos: http://photos.santacruzsentinel.com/2013/03/31/photos-aarti-ceremony-river-ganges-haridwar-india/
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/3/2012, “Dalai Lama talks with Mount Madonna School students,” photos by Shmuel Thaler. Read more: http://photos.santacruzsentinel.com/2013/04/04/photos-dalai-lama-talks-with-mount-madonna-school-students/#1
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/29/2013, “Mount Madonna students assist Elkhorn field study.” Read more: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/education/ci_22895591/mount-madonna-school-students-assist-elkhorn-field-study
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/28/2013, “Mount Madonna students visit Pardada Pardadi School,” story and photos by Shmuel Thaler. Copyright Shmuel Thaler. Read and see more: http://photos.santacruzsentinel.com/2013/03/28/photos-mount-madonna-school-pasdadia-pardadi-school-anupshahr-india/#28
Best of luck to aspiring young boxer Rosino LeGan, a junior at Mount Madonna School, who will head to Spokane, Washington next week to compete in the USA Boxing National Championships, April 1-6.
On a recent sunny morning, marine biology students from Mount Madonna School (MMS) met researchers at Elkhorn Slough near Moss Landing to help count shorebirds, including Snowy Egrets, Short-billed Dowitchers, Greater Yellowlegs, Willets, Spotted Sandpipers, Marbled Godwits, Killdeer, Black-bellied Plovers, Western Grebes, gulls, and many ducks, including Mallards, Red-breasted Mergansers, and Buffleheads.
Congratulations to all MMS students who participated in the Santa Cruz County Science Fair this year.
What: Talent Show featuring January Survivor (Jay Ward – guitar and vocals, Roger Hooker – bass guitar, Soul Kerr – drums) and more middle and high school talent from MMS!
Who: All MMS middle/high school students invited to participate in the talent portion (contact Soul Kerr to sign up); All MMS middle/high families invited to attend!
By Ward ‘SN’ Mailliard, MMS faculty
On March 22, thirteen Mount Madonna School (MMS) seniors will depart on an adventure that will take them half way around the world to New Delhi, India. For the students it will be a significant journey to another culture, where they will experience a society that is far older and quite different from what they are used to: different in language, history, food, religion and social customs. At the same time, it will also be a unique inner journey for each student to discover something about themselves as they engage in the many distinctive experiences and people they will meet on the journey. The students have chosen the name Bodhicitta Project for this journey, meaning “awakening the mind for the good of all beings.”
