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An Unquenchable Passion for Learning: Mount Madonna School Announces a New Head of School

The Mount Madonna School (MMS) trustees and board of directors are pleased to announce that Ann Goewert, Ph.D., will be the institution’s next head of school. Goewert will succeed retiring Head of School Mary Supriya McDonald on July 1, 2020. “Ann is…

Aptos Times: Gitanjali & Friends, Concert Presented by Mount Madonna School Performing Arts

Aptos Times, 2/15/2020, “Gitanjali & Friends: Concert Presented by Mount Madonna School Performing Arts.” Mount Madonna School (MMS) music teacher Gitanjali Lori Rivera will join with students past and present, and current faculty in a celebration of music 7-9 p.m., March 7…

GITANJALI: An Offering of Song with Gitanjali Lori Rivera and Friends

March 7 concert to benefit Mount Madonna School’s performing arts program Join Mount Madonna School (MMS) music teacher Gitanjali Lori Rivera, students past and present, and current faculty in a celebration of music benefitting the MMS performing arts program. “Mount Madonna School…

Growing Up in Santa Cruz: Calling All Ideas, Waste-Free 2020 by Lisa Catterall

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…

Santa Cruz Sentinel, Opinion: “Waste-free Holiday Celebrations”

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…

Second Grade STEAM: Students Design Geometric Puzzles and Share with Pre/K Buddies

Geometry in second grade? It’s never too early to introduce age-appropriate lessons in science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM), and Mount Madonna School (MMS) second graders recently worked on a project linking geometry with art to create their own individual colorful…

Santa Cruz Sentinel, Name Dropping: Madonna Green Again

Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/25/2019, Name Dropping, “Madonna green again.” Mount Madonna School in Watsonville has received its Santa Cruz County Green Business recertification, and was acknowledged alongside other recipients during a ceremony held at the County Board of Supervisors Chambers on Nov….