Mount Madonna School (MMS) has recently been accepted as a member of the Global Schools Program, a network of schools from around the world committed to education for sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This creative educational network allows MMS to…
Three Mount Madonna School (MMS) senior students, Mariah Cohen, Cecily Kelly and Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak, are among 62,000 students nationwide awarded academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs for academic achievements in school and outstanding performance on the PSAT 10, and/or…
Mount Madonna School (MMS) is pleased to announce Grace Timan as the 2022 valedictorian and Ben Pearson as salutatorian. Timan, who started attending MMS as a preschool student, and Pearson in kindergarten, earned this distinction through hard work and focused effort, edging…
By Jasmine Star Horan As we enter into this new school year, the preschool at Mount Madonna School (MMS) is in a unique position of honoring its rich history and opening to a future of creativity and innovation. The MMS preschool and…
We have confirmed our school and non-school days for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year. Please refer to 2021-22 School Days Calendar when scheduling vacations and other days off school. This document shows just holidays/non-school days. Please utilize the School Calendar on a day-to-day basis, as this…
Mount Madonna School (MMS) recently announced and shared a statement articulating its commitment to equity and inclusion as part of its core mission. “During my first learning journey with MMS students to South Africa in 2009, I was struck by the fact…
We are pleased to announce that Mount Madonna School’s dedicated teachers are being honored as TEACHER OF THE MONTH by Growing up in Santa Cruz (GUISC) in their February 2021 issue. In an effort “to do more for teachers” during this especially challenging year,…
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…
An evening of dialogue and discovery Values in World Thought is a capstone course unique to Mount Madonna School (MMS) that spans 11th and 12th grades and engages students in meaningful conversations. True dialogue is a collaborative process of active listening and discussion that…
