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…
Aptos Times, 1/15/2022, page 5, “In Memoriam, A Beacon of Faith and Humanity.”
The Mount Madonna School (MMS) community honored the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. by participating in a nationwide day of service on Friday, January 14. All students from the tiniest preschoolers to our almost-ready-to-graduate seniors got their hands…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 1/20/2022, “Remembering Tutu,” by Shmuel Thaler.
Mount Madonna School alumna Shruti Swamy (’03), recently received recognition from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Swamy, who debuted her first novel “The Archer” this fall, was named a 2022 NEA Creative Writing Fellow. Her novel is a coming-of-age story…
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a South African Anglican cleric who in 1984 received the Nobel Prize for Peace for his role in the opposition to apartheid in South Africa, passed away on December 26 at age 90. Mount Madonna School (MMS) students first…
Aptos Times, 12/1/2021, page 13 “F.W. de Klerk: Acknowledging Injustice.”
We were saddened to learn that F.W. de Klerk, South Africa’s last apartheid president, passed away on November 11 at age 85. Mount Madonna School students interviewed de Klerk during their 2013 Sawubona-Ngikhona (I see you/Yes, we see you too) learning journey…
The Connection, 2020-21, 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.
Supriya McDonald, a teacher, administrator and head of school at Mount Madonna School (MMS) who retired in June 2020 after more than 30 years of service, was honored in-person on October 20, for her dedication and service to the school community with…
