Pushing Past ‘Scary’ – One Volunteer’s Peace Corps Experience
Interview with Sacha Manov (‘04)
By Lara Kilpatrick (’85)
Interview with Sacha Manov (‘04)
By Lara Kilpatrick (’85)
The Connection, Summer/Fall 2011 edtion, an annual publication for families, friends and alumni of Mount Madonna School.
Jack Massion (’10), currently a student at Kalamazoo College, was recently named as a 2011-2012 Civic Engagement Scholar. Jack is involved with a program called Helping Youth Through Personal Empowerment (HYPE), where he works with kids from a local juvenile youth home.
Even as students enjoyed their last few summer days, preparations were underway for a return to school classrooms. But what if school didn’t start inside, but outdoors, underneath the redwood canopy – surrounded by tents, friends, and the wafting smell of campfires?
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 9/15/2011, “Women’s Volleyball,” by Ryan Moses. Read more: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/football/ci_18899099
Mount Madonna School (MMS) is pleased to announce Lily Connor as the 2011 senior class Valedictorian and PK Hattis and Soma Sharan as the 2011 Co-Salutatorians.
UCSC News, 5/4/2011, “Education graduate student wins grant for dissertation research in India,” by Guy Lasnier. Read more: http://news.ucsc.edu/2011/05/diaz-houston.html
On July 16th, Prabha Pacey (’86) sang the national anthem for the CrossFit Games in Los Angeles! http://live.crossfit.com
Aaron Colton (’08), currently at Vassar College, was recently awarded the Vassar College English Department’s Deanne Beach Stoneham Prize for Poetry for the best original poem titled “Voice Inhabitance”. Aaron won $400 and his award was listed in the Commencement Program for this year’s graduates. Also, two of Aaron’s poems “Farewell, Omaha” and “Elegy for Hope” were recently published in the Vassar College literary magazine, the Helicon.