CalHi Sports.com, 1/24/2020, All-State Girls Volleyball, 2019 Part 2, “All-State Small Schools,” by Mark Tennis. ALL-STATE SMALL SCHOOLS First Team: Paola Jacobs, Savannah Cambell State Small Schools Player of Year: Paola Jacobs Coming from a school of just 63 students, Paola and her…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, February 2020, Behind the Teacher’s Desk, “Who Runs the Class? Teachers or Students,” by Lisa Catterall. Ego is a room where you just try to get everything on your own terms. – Pema Chodron In the days leading…
WatsonvillePatch.com, 1/22/2020, “Watsonville Students To Travel To D.C., Interview Leaders,” by Courtney Teague. WATSONVILLE, CA — Mount Madonna School upperclassmen are gearing up to travel to Washington, D.C., and interview public and private sector leaders this spring. Juniors and seniors will head…
Ego is a room where you just try to get everything on your own terms. – Pema Chodron In the days leading up to vacations, I often have students come in and immediately ask if they can please have a break rather…
Creative Self-Expression, along with Academic Excellence and Positive Character Development, are hallmarks of a Mount Madonna School (MMS) education, and are infused throughout the curriculum. What follows is an excerpt from an article by Sampad Kachuck, longtime MMS performing arts director, about…
In May 2020, Mount Madonna School junior and senior students will travel to Washington, D.C. to conduct interviews with government and non-government leaders as part of the school’s Values in World Thought program. As part of the preparation for this spring learning…
WatsonvillePatch.com, “Students Play ‘CSI’ In Watsonville Lab On DNA, Forensic Genetics,” by Courtney Teague. Freshman Mount Madonna School students learned about DNA while playing detectives seeking to solve a crime. WATSONVILLE, CA — Don’t mess with these freshman students at Mount Madonna…
Freshmen students at Mount Madonna School (MMS) have spent some time learning about forensic genetics and the structure of DNA. An unusual recent project engaged the students as “detectives,” who collaborated in small groups to solve a “crime.” Their “case” began with…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, January 2020, Local Photos of the Month Featuring two photos by Sara Sobkoviak, from Mount Madonna School’s recent middle school production of “Seussical Jr.” See the images
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, Green Living, “Calling All Ideas: Waste-Free 2020,” by Lisa Catterall. Periodically our faculty comes together to review our school’s mission statement and our three pillars of Academic Excellence, Positive Character Development, and Creative Self Expression. Often during…
