Morgan Hill Life: MMS Students Build Solar Ovens
Morgan Hill Life, 2/17/2016, “MMS Students Build Solar Ovens.” Read the article
In the News
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Local Roundup: Mount Madonna Adds Track and Field
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/7/2016, “Local Roundup: High School Track and Field.”
Santa Cruz Sentinel, Coast Lines: Mulan Jr. at Mount Madonna School
Mount Madonna School Stages “Mount Madonna School Stages Mulan Jr.” Read more
Model United Nations at Stanford University
This year Mount Madonna School (MMS) took the largest Model United Nations (MUN) delegation it has ever had to Stanford University’s MUN conference. Our students participated in a variety of committees, ranging from a historic crisis committee dealing with the Opium Wars, to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Each of our 14 delegates was asked to engage fully with their fellow delegates and to work on resolving the issues set before them.
Mount Madonna Center Location of CBS 60 Minutes Segment on Mindfulness
On Mindfulness: Anderson Cooper reports on what it’s like to try to achieve “mindfulness,” a self-awareness scientists say is very healthy, but rarely achieved in today’s world of digital distractions.Santa Cruz Sentinel: Sentinel Girls Volleyball Poll
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/6/2014, “Sentinel Girls Volleyball Poll,” staff report. Read more
The Gilroy Dispatch, Student of the Week: Saniya Lakka
The Gilroy Dispatch, 10/10/2014, “Student of the Week: Saniya Lakka.”
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GSA Blog: Dan Tangherlini Talks Leadership with High School Students
The GSA Blog, 5/28/2014, “Dan Tangherlini Talks Leadership with High School Students,” by Ori Hoffer.
Recently, a group of students from Mount Madonna School in Watsonville, California visited GSA as part of a ‘Government in Action’ tour that also saw them sit down for conversations with members of Congress, non-profit organizations, private industry and the media to learn how things happen here in Washington.
Feel-Good Fundraising: Summit for the Planet Walk-a-thon and Festival Offers Healthy Family Fun and Nonprofit Support
Garbed in costume-like fashions made from colorful plastic packaging, aluminum foil, assorted paper products, re-purposed fabric and more, about a dozen children, ages 7 to 17, strutted confidently across the stage during last year’s Summit for the Planet ‘Trash Fashion’ show. The…
Morgan Hill Times Student Spotlight: Martin Wenzel
Morgan Hill Times, 2/20/2014, “Student of the Week: Martin Wenzel.”
What inspires you?
I am inspired by my teachers on a day-to-day basis. Teachers at Mount Madonna School are creative, unique and often extraordinary in their accomplishments. They show me all the ways one can make a difference in the world and each one of them has had a significant impact on the lives of those around them.
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