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Learning Happens in Community: Meet High School English Teacher Sangita Diaz-Houston (’99)

Sangita Yolanda Diaz-Houston (‘99) is the new Mount Madonna School (MMS) high school English and creative writing teacher. She holds a Ph.D. in education from the University of California, Santa Cruz, master’s in education from both the University of California, Santa Cruz…

Gilroy Dispatch: “Mount Madonna School Students Work to Revitalize Campus Lake Ecosystem”

Gilroy Dispatch, 11/22/23, “Mount Madonna School students work to revitalize campus lake ecosystem.” On a recent afternoon, wind-blown cumulus clouds filled the sky and sunlight permeated towering redwood trees and grassland meadows, reflecting off the water of a small lake on the…

Stewardship and Identity: Students Initiate Collaborative Revitalization of Campus Lake Ecosystem

On a recent afternoon, wind-blown cumulus clouds filled the sky and sunlight permeated towering redwood trees and grassland meadows, reflecting off the water of a small lake on the Mount Madonna School (MMS) campus. As senior students navigated a short hillside trail…

GMH Today: “Brain Building: Research Supports a Playful Approach to Preschool – Kindergarten Learning,” by Hema Walker

gmh Today, Fall 2023, “Brain Building: Research Supports a Playful Approach to Preschool – Kindergarten Learning,” by Hema Walker. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world,…