Aptos Times, 6/1/2020, “Advice to Mount Madonna Students: Have Courage, Zoom Interviews, Replacing Trip to Washington, D.C., Yields Insights,” by Leigh Ann Clifton. To read story, view eEdition and scroll to page 19.
Mount Madonna School (MMS) is pleased to announce AnMei Dasbach-Prisk as the 2020 valedictorian, and Haley Kerr as salutatorian. These students earned this distinction through hard work and focused effort, edging out their peers at the small Central Coast school known for…
Quarantine, a time when worries fill our minds about the uncertain future, and my own mind hasn’t been focused on anything but school assignments. As a part of the generation raised with technology, it has always been a significant part of my…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 5/20/2020, “Mount Madonna School seniors finish classes remotely,” photo by Shmuel Thaler. Mount Madonna School senior Tabitha Hardin-Zollo works remotely from her home in Corralitos as she and her classmates wrap up writing their concluding impressions of interviews done…
Gaining a Global Human Perspective on Today’s World For three decades, the juniors and seniors of Mount Madonna School (MMS) have traveled to Washington, D.C. every other year to interview government and non-government leaders. This rite of passage introduces MMS students directly…
For three decades, the juniors and seniors of Mount Madonna School (MMS) have traveled to Washington, D.C. every other year to interview government and non-government leaders. This rite of passage introduces MMS students directly to those who lead in the larger world….
Mary Supriya McDonald, teacher and head of school, joined Mount Madonna School in 1987 and is retiring at the end of the current school year. Alumna Haley Campbell (’02) spoke with McDonald in December 2019, and shares this revealing profile. It was…
Second graders had a truly lovely day at Wilder Ranch State Park recently. The weather was beautiful and the children loved exploring the park’s offerings. They learned about resident farm animals – sheep, goats, cows and chickens – while getting to interact…
In a small, unincorporated community near southwest San Jose is a landmark of California history, and the site of California’s first and most productive mercury mine. Mount Madonna School (MMS) third and fourth grade students recently visited the community and its mining…
Ram-headed sphinxes, potted papyrus, and rows of large, decorative columns line the entrance to the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose. Recently, Mount Madonna School (MMS) sixth and seventh grade students visited the museum, and had the chance to peruse its extensive…
