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MOUNT MADONNA STUDENT TABITHA HARDIN-ZOLLO

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Mount Madonna School Seniors Finish Classes Remotely

Santa Cruz Sentinel, 5/20/2020, “Mount Madonna School seniors finish classes remotely,” photo by Shmuel Thaler. Mount Madonna School senior Tabitha Hardin-Zollo works remotely from her home in Corralitos as she and her classmates wrap up writing their concluding impressions of interviews done…

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Bridges of Understanding: 2020 Washington, D.C. Interviews

Gaining a Global Human Perspective on Today’s World For three decades, the juniors and seniors of Mount Madonna School (MMS) have traveled to Washington, D.C. every other year to interview government and non-government leaders. This rite of passage introduces MMS students directly…

Ramayana Character project art

Finding Humanity and Honoring the Process: "Ramayana!" Character Projects

To truly embody a character requires the actor to see and experience the world from that character’s perspective. Discovering a connection to character takes detective work, personal reflection and an embracing of the journey. Aside from spontaneous discoveries within rehearsal, another method…

Joe Manchin

2020 Washington, D.C. Interviews: Gaining a Global Human Perspective on Today’s World

For three decades, the juniors and seniors of Mount Madonna School (MMS) have traveled to Washington, D.C. every other year to interview government and non-government leaders. This rite of passage introduces MMS students directly to those who lead in the larger world….

Teacher gratitude

Waves of Gratitude and Lower School Learning: Week Seven

National Teacher Appreciation Week began on May 4 and throughout the week our own Mount Madonna School (MMS) teachers were showered with tokens of appreciation and expressions of gratitude from students, parents and colleagues. The special honoring began a day early, on…

Mary Supriya McDonald

Integrity, Leadership and Day-to-Day Kindness: Supriya McDonald

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…