SantaCruzParent.com, 3/19/2020, “Local Heroes,” by Parmalee Taff (pulled from the SantaCruzParent.com weekly eNewsletter. To subscribe, visit santacruzparent.com Local heroes abound. Teachers, schools and parents have swiftly rallied, innovated and adapted to the big educational shift caused by the pandemic. Teachers: “It has been exhilarating…
Aptos Times, 3/15/2020, “New Leader for Mount Madonna.” Ann Goewert, a math and science specialist at the helm of a private school in Silicon Valley, will be Mount Madonna School’s next head of school. She succeeds Mary Supriya McDonald, who retires July…
University of California, Santa Cruz, Science Impact Report, February 2020, “Biologist Marm Kilpatrick helps introduce a new bill to protect monarch butterflies.” Marm (Auston) Kilpatrick (MMS class of ’90) is a professor in the ecology and evolutionary biology department at UCSC. Read…
Aptos Times, 2/15/2020, “Gitanjali & Friends: Concert Presented by Mount Madonna School Performing Arts.” Mount Madonna School (MMS) music teacher Gitanjali Lori Rivera will join with students past and present, and current faculty in a celebration of music 7-9 p.m., March 7…
Monterey Herald, 2/8/2020, “Students explore Elkhorn Slough Reserve,” by Ashleigh Papp. WATSONVILLE — For students at Watsonville’s Mount Madonna School, learning beyond the confines of the classroom is taken to a new level. Earlier this week, students from fifth and ninth grade…
Gilroy Life, “Mount Madonna School student performers provided a lot of energy in telling tale from the Middle Ages,” by Camille Bounds. The musical “Pippin” opened on Broadway in October 1972 and tells a story about a journey a young prince takes…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/7/2020, “Students explore Elkorn Slough Reserve; young minds are learning how to connect the dots between local watersheds and the ocean,” by Ashleigh Papp. WATSONVILLE — For students at Watsonville’s Mount Madonna School, learning beyond the confines of the…
Aptos Times, 2/3/2020, “Student Sleuths Study DNA,” by Leigh Ann Clifton. Freshmen students at Mount Madonna School have spent some time learning about forensic genetics and the structure of DNA. A recent project engaged the students as “detectives” collaborating in small groups…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 1/29/2020, “Paola Jacobs earns top honor,” by Jim Seimas. Heads were turned after both Aptos High and Mount Madonna — which compete in the same league — won California Interscholastic Federation state titles in girls volleyball in the fall….
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…
