Aptos Times: Classes on Campus Prove Safe at Mount Madonna School
Aptos Times, 1/15/2921, Featured Columnist, page 27, “On Campus Classes Prove Safe at Mount Madonna School,” by Ann Goewert, Ph.D. Read online.
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MMS will observe eight school days of remote learning following the February winter break
Mount Madonna School (MMS) remains committed to the health and well-being of our community by making informed, community-minded decisions. During the week of January 11, the Bay Area reported having fewer than 1% of the intensive care unit (ICU) beds available due…
Teachable Moments and Students’ Well-Being: Discussing the January 6 National Events
Following the unprecedented events of January 6, 2021 in our nation’s Capitol, Mount Madonna Head of School Ann Goewert shared the following message with school employees. We share it here, as it may offer perspective and support for parents and others in…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, Education: Face to Face
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, January 2021, Education, “Face to Face,” by Jeanette Prather. It is safe to say that the domino effect of having schools halt in-person education for the majority of 2020 has been … disruptive. Parents, students, school faculty…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, Teacher’s Desk: Carry Forward by Lisa Catterall
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, January 2021, Teacher’s Desk, “Carry Forward,” by Lisa Catterall. The past gets carried with us. It’s always there. – Ann Pearlman Two days ago the sky finally poured a real amount of rain on our beautiful mountaintop…
Alumni News: Lookout Santa Cruz: UCSC’s Marm Kilpatrick Fights Spread of Pandemic Misinformation
Lookout Santa Cruz, “21 for ’21: UCSC’s Marm Kilpatrick fights spread of pandemic misinformation,” by Nick Ibarra. A profile on the recent work of Mount Madonna School alumnus A. Marm Kilpatrick (’90). As COVID-19 began spreading across the U.S. early this year, infectious…
Aptos Times: Anti-Racist Work Underway at Mount Madonna
Aptos Times. 12/21/2020, “Anti-Racist Work Underway at Mount Madonna,” by Shannon Kelly. On Nov. 11, the staff and faculty of Mount Madonna School gathered via Zoom for a workshop to fight racism entitled, “Building on Cultural Assets and Strengths: One Step to…
Kindergartners Create Cheerful Holiday Wreaths
In mid-November, Mount Madonna School kindergarten students, accompanied by teachers’ assistant Jesuina Smith, visited the beloved redwood Fairy Forest on the campus grounds to gather supplies – including acorns, small redwood branches, sticks, feathers and seed cones – to be used in…
Alumnus Noah Diffenbaugh (’92) Awarded American Geophysical Union Fellowship and Honors
Alumnus Noah S. Diffenbaugh, of the Mount Madonna School (MMS) class of 1992, was recently named as a 2020 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellow and recipient of the AGU’s William Kaula Award. Diffenbaugh is a professor of Earth System Science at Stanford…
Working Toward a More Equitable, Inclusive and Anti-Racist Climate
By Director of Upper School Shannon Kelly (’92) On November 11, the staff and faculty of Mount Madonna School (MMS) gathered via Zoom to take part in a workshop entitled, “Building on Cultural Assets and Strengths: One Step to Developing an Anti-Racist…