Connection, 2021-22
The Connection, 2021-22, an annual publication for families, friends and alumni of Mount Madonna School. Click on the above image to load and view the content in a ‘page-turning’ format or download the PDF.
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Growing Up in Santa Cruz: Transitioning from High School to College
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, “Transitioning from High School to College,” by Grace Timan, Mount Madonna School class of 2022
Reconnecting: Senior Class-Alumni Luncheon 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…
Invasive Species, Saving Redwoods and Forestry Management: Students Visit County Park
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…
High School Athletics 2022-23, Girls Volleyball: Hawks Named to All-SCCAL Rosters
Girls Volleyball, 12/1/2022: Santa Cruz Sentinel, 12/9/2022, “All-SCCAL Girls Volleyball,” four Mount Madonna School (MMS) student athletes were named as part of honorary “All-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League” girls volleyball rosters. Seniors Bella Cambell and Mariah Cohen were both named to Second…
Inspired to Give Back: Alumna Usha Kilpatrick (’89) Serves as President of the Hanuman Fellowship Board of Directors
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…
Prabha Sharan (’07) Honored by Stanford Hospital Colleagues
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…
Values, Perspective and the Whole Truth: Students Consider National Monuments
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,…
Michaela Schuessler (’11) Completes LVN Program
Congratulations to Michaela Schuessler (’11) on her January 2022 graduation from the Licensed Vocational Nursing Program at Unitek College. Michaela plans to continue at Unitek with a goal of getting a registered nurses (RN) degree. Way to go, Michaela, so great that…
Government in Action: Students Interview County Supervisor Manu Koenig
By Shannon Kelly In May, as part of the Values in World Thought program, junior and senior students will be traveling to Washington, D.C. to experience government in action. One key aspect of the program is providing students the opportunity to engage…