Elementary Students Share a Two-Day, Overnight Learning Adventure Each fall, Mount Madonna School (MMS) third and fourth grade students take a two-day, overnight learning journey. These off-campus trips have alternated between Sacramento and the Coloma gold discovery site in the Sierras, to…
At Mount Madonna School, upper school students (grades six through twelve) are welcomed back to school each fall with outdoor adventures intended to build community and ease the transition from carefree summer days to the responsibilities of school. We are pleased to…
“Bajarse de un pasillo deslizante” (Thoughts on my journey to Ecuador), reflections by Julia Gratton (’16). Julia is a student at Whitman College and recently embarked on a semester of study and learning in Ecuador. Follow her blog at https://pasillodeslizante.home.blog/
Every two years, juniors and seniors from Mount Madonna School travel to Washington, DC to meet with both political and NGO leaders. The students traveled to Washington D.C. May 12th – 23rd, 2018. The overview video of the 2018 Washington DC Learning…
Mount Madonna School (MMS) is pleased to announce Indigo Kelly as the 2018 Valedictorian, and Zachary Wagner 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…
While the ninth and tenth grade classes travel to southern California together, they embark on very different journeys. The groups take separate boats to separate parts of Santa Catalina Island; and their programs have different learning goals and very different structures. “Catalina offers…
What follows is a reflection by Mount Madonna’s Head of School, Supriya Mary McDonald, on the importance of positive character development. Positive character development, along with academic excellence and creative self-expression, comprise the three pillars of Mount Madonna School. As the many…
Mount Madonna School’s Values in World Thought Program We hope you will follow the Mount Madonna School juniors and seniors’ journey to Washington, D.C., May 12-23, as they interview an interesting array of government and social action leaders. Our students have been…
Mount Madonna School eleventh grade students Priyanka Bharghavan and Noah Kaplan had the opportunity this week to attend a political fundraising event in Menlo Park honoring Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. One of the event hosts, Sally-Christine Rodgers, a longtime friend…
