In spring 2023, Mount Madonna School (MMS) humanities teacher Greg Shirley sat down with alumnus Aki’o Nanamura (‘17) author of “Tiers Fall” (known informally as the “Ravana Rap”) to discuss its origins and how it came to be a staple of the…
Lookout Santa Cruz, 6/8/2023, “Mount Madonna’s immortal epic returns for 44th year,” by Wallace Baine. Mount Madonna School near Watsonville has long used the musical “Ramayana!” as an educational tool and a community-building experience for its students, and this year’s production of…
The Pajaronian, 6/08/2023, “PHOTO: Mount Madonna School Class of 2023.”
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Growing Up in Santa Cruz, “Transitioning from High School to College,” by Grace Timan, Mount Madonna School class of 2022
Mount Madonna School (MMS) welcomed about 20 alumni to today’s Senior Class-Alumni Luncheon on campus. We are grateful to our alumni for reconnecting and offering words of wisdom to senior students; there was lots of love in the room! For a few…
While Mount Madonna School (MMS) school buses pass through Mount Madonna County Park each weekday morning and afternoon, on a recent day, MMS third through fifth grade students rode the school bus to – not through – the park, for an opportunity…
Mount Madonna School (MMS) alumna Usha Kilpatrick (‘89) is currently serving as the President of the Hanuman Fellowship Board, where she is working alongside an exceptional team to help chart the path forward for the fellowship during these pivotal times “I am…
In May, Prabha Sharan (’07), a charge nurse in post-op orthopedics at Stanford Hospital, was chosen by her peers as Unit Nurse of the Year! “I was surprised by this honor, as my whole team is the best and so deserving of…
Perhaps no one monument could be made to tell the whole truth of any subject which it might be designed to illustrate. – Frederick Douglass “Emancipation Monument,” a bronze statue designed and sculpted by Bostonian Thomas Ball more than a century ago,…
