SantaCruzParent.com: Summit for the Planet on April 27
SantaCruzParent.com, 4/20/2019, featuring a newsletter dedicated to the upcominag 13th annual Summit for the Planet event. Read more
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Santa Cruz Sentinel, Local Roundup: Track and Field
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/13/2019, Local Roundup, Track and Field Mount Madonna junior Paola Jacobs won the high jump with a jump of 4′ 10″! Read more
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Students Work on Tiny Houses
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/6/2019, “Students Work on Tiny Houses.” Tiny homes, small, portable houses that average 300-400 square feet, are becoming increasingly popular across the country. Recently Mount Madonna School seventh-grade students learned more about tiny homes during their mathematics class, with…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz: “Observing a Digital Day: Behind the Desk” by Lisa Catterall
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, April 2019, “Observing a Digital Day: Behind the Desk,” by Lisa Catterall. Recently my family was snowed in at a lodge in Tahoe. The roads were closed, and the news declared that students in their district would…
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Photo Gallery, Mount Madonna School Students Sit with the Dalai Lama
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/29/2019, “Photo Gallery: Mount Madonna School students sit with the Dalai Lama,” photographs by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel. View Photos
Morgan Hill Life: Community Voices by Shannon Kelly: Documentary Shows What College Entrance Exams Really Measure
Morgan Hill Life, 2/13/2019, “Community Voices by Shannon Kelly: Documentary shows what college entrance exams really measure,” by Shannon Kelly. Each year more than three million high school students take the SAT or ACT, the entrance exams required by most four-year colleges…
International Otter Survival Fund newsletter: Children Helping Monitor Sea Otter Disturbance in California
International Otter Survival Fund newsletter, number 97, January 2019, “Children helping monitor sea otter disturbance in California.” This organization is based on the Isle of Skye near Scotland’s northwest coast. Fifth graders from Mount Madonna School joined a Sea Otter Savvy programme…
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Mount Madonna School Screens ‘The Test and The Art of Thinking’
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/6/19, “Mount Madonna School screens ‘The Test and The Art of Thinking’,” by Kena DeLong. SANTA CRUZ — Mount Madonna School will host the first of two film screenings that examine the ACT and SAT test industry. “The Test…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz: MMS Parents Share Perspective on College Entrance Exams
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, February 2019 issue, Letters to the Editor MMS parents Beth Brennan and Sahana Lakka share their perspectives in letters to the editor on the topic of college entrance exams and the test-prep industry. Read their letters
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Scientist Gets Some Help From Fifth Graders
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 1/23/18, “Scientist gets some help from fifth graders,” by Katie Brown. Photos by Shmuel Thaler. MOSS LANDING — As a gang of bachelor sea otters glide through the gentle curves of Moss Landing, fifth graders from Mount Madonna School…