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…
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…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, January 2020, Behind the Teacher’s Desk, “Look What I Made! Academic Achievement and the Creative Process in Preschool and Kindergarten,” by Hema Walker. The joyful sights and sounds of children creating their own masterpieces and engaging in…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/16/2019, Opinon, “Waste-free Holiday Celebrations,” 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 our discussions, the idea…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/9/2019, ” Students assist with cleanup of Cowell Beach.” Fifth-grade students and ninth-grade students at Mount Madonna School participated in a cleanup of Cowell Beach on Friday. The fifth graders are studying great white sharks as their in-depth class…
Watsonville Patch, 12/9/2019, “5th Graders Are Marine Scientists For A Day At Santa Cruz Wharf,” by Courtney Teague. SANTA CRUZ, CA — For fifth graders of Watsonville’s Mount Madonna School, class was in session at the wharf Friday. Students learned about the…
Aptos Times, 12/1/2019, “Scholastic Champions – Fall.” Read on Times Publishing website Three Mount Madonna teams made the cut! CCS Announces 2019-2020 Teams The Central Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation proudly announced the recipients of the 2019-2020 Fall Season Scholastic…
Aptos Times, 12/1/2019, “Kayak Adventure: Teamwork, Paddling and Science.” Mount Madonna Students embarked on their annual kayak excursion, led by Kim Powell of the Santa Cruz-based Blue Water Ventures, a guide for several outdoor explorations that are part of the MMS program. “The…
