With a distinct body shape, large pectoral fins and knobby head, humpbacks whales have long captured people’s imagination and interest. Intelligent and vocal, each humpback population communicates in its own dialect, and males sing songs that can last for 20 minutes and…
NewsRoomAmerica.com, 8/31/2017, “EPA Honors California Environmental Educators in Huntington Beach and San Marcos. Congratulations to Mount Madonna School’s 2015-16 fifth grade class on their national recognition! Read more
NewsroomAmerica.com, 6/8/2017, “California students honored with President’s Environmental Youth Award.” Read the article
Register-Pajaronian, 6/13/2017, “Mount Madonna students receive environmental award.” Read the article
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 6/10/2017, “Mount Madonna students win President’s Environmental Youth Award for snowy plover project,” by Jondi Gumz. Photo by Shmuel Thaler. Read the story
On June 8 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the 2015-16 fifth grade class at Mount Madonna School (MMS) in Watsonville will receive the President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) for their work to fight environmental threats faced by the Western…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/14/2017, “Students take on beach debris: Mount Madonna students converge in Santa Cruz for science unit,” by Jessica A. York. Photos by Dan Coyro. Read this front-page story
Tradition played a huge role in my childhood. In fact, many of my fondest childhood memories can be pinpointed to a family celebration where traditions were plentiful. Sights, sounds, and smells can trigger memories and suddenly bring on the giddy feeling of…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/25/2017, Name Dropping, “Leading to the top of the mountain,” by Justine DaCosta. Read the article
Congratulations to teacher Jessica Cambell and Mount Madonna School (MMS) on receiving the Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA), which celebrates the environmental education work of MMS fifth grade students for the last nine years! MMS is one of twelve California…
