Mount Madonna School is fortunate to have many talented and graceful dancers among its student and faculty body. Last week, Dancer and dance teacher Lorraine Kinnamon and several students participated in “Santa Cruz Dancing in the Street” in downtown Santa Cruz as part of the local activities surrounding National Dance Week (April 21-27).
Kudos and congratulations to Mount Madonna School 10th grader Preethi Balagani, who along with other dancers from the Shri Krupa Dance Company won three awards at the prestigious 26th annual international Barcelona Dance Grand Prix held earlier this month.
Founded and guided by choreographer and artistic director, Guru Vishal Ramani, students at Shri Krupa learn and perform in the Bhartanatyam tradition, south India’s classical dance form.
Yoli Cueponi , or “live to grow” in the language of Catalina Island’s original human inhabitants, the Pimungan people, is a sentiment dear to the minds and hearts of 9th grade students at Mount Madonna School (MMS). It is also the name the class has given to their upcoming marine science learning journey to the popular island located off the southern California coast.
By Ward ‘SN’ Mailliard
Values in World Thought Program
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/1/2012, Education Digest, “MMS hosts planet summit” and “Campus Tour.” Read more: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_20301493/education-digest-sunday-april-1-2012
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Recently Mount Madonna School’s (MMS) second grade students attended three classes through the “Growing Kinder” Humane Education Program of the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter (SCCAS). The program is founded by Jen Walker, an experienced animal welfare advocate and humane education specialist. The first session began with Walker guiding the students on a behind-the-scenes tour at the animal shelter. For their next couple meetings, Walker offered lessons at MMS with her cat, Guido, and dog, Moon.
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/28/2012, “Mt. Madonna volleyball remains undefeated in SCCAL,” by Julie Jag. Photos by Shmel Thaler. Read more: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/sports/ci_20271091/boys-volleyball-mt-madonna-remains-undefeated-sccal
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/25/2012, Education Digest: “School Holds Cultural Assembly,” “Mount Madonna Hosts Career Forum,” and “Students Study Liquid Nitrogen.” Read more: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/community/ci_20251343/education-digest-sunday-march-25-2012
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/22/2012, “United PCS takes page from Mount Madonna playbook,” by Julie Jag. Read more: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/sports/ci_20228820/boys-volleyball-spotlight-united-pcs-takes-page-from
By Melissa Sanders-Self, MMS High School English Teacher
“ Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
– Anton Chekov
The Mount Madonna School Creative Writing Reading is an annual event where students, faculty, parents and friends gather together to listen to our student writers read. This year we will gather on Friday, March 8 at 7:00pm to listen to open letters, villanelles, short stories, sestinas, sonnets, monologues, first person narratives and other inspired forms of writing.
