Alumni
“Convergence” a book by MMS alumni parent Sally-Christine Rodgers
Imagine sailing 3,000 nautical miles in fifteen days on a new, untested boat with an experimental rig. Imagine having four-year old twins and a nine-year-old aboard.
December 2014 Alumni Luncheon
At the December Alumni & Senior Luncheon, MMS was grateful to welcome a great gathering of alumni from across the ages. Thanks to all who were able to come and share MMS and Ramayana memories, and also make contributions to the discussion around senior year at MMS.
— Photos by Devin Kumar ’06
Catching up with Alumni
During the winter 2-14 holiday, a few of our alumni gathered with friends and family.
Pictured at left: brothers PK Diffenbaugh, PhD, ’95, and Noah Diffenbah, PhD, ’92; and Marm Kilpatrick, PhD, ’90.
Featured Video: Students’ 2014 Interview with Broadcast Journalist Ray Suarez
See the world through our students’ eyes:
Mount Madonna School students interviewed broadcast journalist Ray Suarez on May 14, 2014, as part of their Values in World Thought class and Washington, D.C. interview tour.
Mount Madonna Center Location of CBS 60 Minutes Segment on Mindfulness
On Mindfulness: Anderson Cooper reports on what it’s like to try to achieve “mindfulness,” a self-awareness scientists say is very healthy, but rarely achieved in today’s world of digital distractions.
Alumni Spotlight: Casey Lightner (’06)
Read about alumnus Casey Lightner’s thoughts during his current solo cycle tour from Santa Cruz to Patagonia in an excerpt this year’s Connection newsletter.
Read more and see beautiful images on his blog post at www.patagoniaorbust.tumblr.com
Featured Videos: Singing Shosholoza in Tembisa and Visiting Botshabelo
See the world through our students’ eyes:
Mount Madonna School students visited the Tembisa Arts Center (TSWEPA), outside Johannesburg, South Africa on June 27, 2011, as part of the Sawubona Project. In this video, high school students from California and South Africa sing Shosholoza , a South African song of freedom. Watch on YouTube
The Connection, 2013-14
The Connection , 2013-14, an annual publication for famiiies, friends and alumni of Mount Madonna School.
Thought, Word and Action: Faculty Spotlight on Premdas Rohan
Euler’s identity, ei ‘ + 1 = 0 , frequently cited by scientists as the ultimate example of a ‘beautiful equation,’ is also the favorite formula of longtime mathematician and Mount Madonna School (MMS) teacher Premdas Rohan.