Santa Cruz Sentinel: Students Take on Beach Debris
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/14/2017, “Students take on beach debris: Mount Madonna students converge in Santa Cruz for science unit,” by Jessica A. York. Photos by Dan Coyro. Read this front-page story
Buddies
Education in Action: Learning Together at Monterey Bay Aquarium
Mount Madonna School’s second and seventh grade classes had the opportunity this week to explore and learn together at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The two classes are learning “buddies” and get together weekly to engage in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and…
Seniors Mentor Sixth Grade Buddies’ Novel Writing Project
Update: The Hall of Stories The sixth graders, as part of Michelle Beske’s English class, wrote their first novels. The students wrote as much as possible, every day, for 30 consecutive days (inspired by “Nanowrimo,” the national novel writing month that takes…
Eggs, Chickens, Buddies and Berries: Students Experience a Working Farm
‘Wow! A new egg!’ said a wide-eyed six-year-old girl, extending her arm to show this ‘treasure.’ As students took turns wrapping their fingers around the egg’s warm brown shell, nearby classmates cuddled accommodating hens or peered through wooden pens, coming face to face with hairy goats.Learning with Buddies: Young Students Celebrate Apples and Friendship
On a recent morning, Mount Madonna School (MMS) preschool and kindergarten students, along with their visiting first and second grade ‘buddies,’ celebrated the fall harvest with an array of apple-themed activities.Fighting Hunger: Second Grade Leads Food Drive Effort at MMS
For the fifth consecutive year, the Mount Madonna School (MMS) second grade class is leading a community social service effort at MMS, to collect donations of canned, boxed and packaged dried food for the Grind Out Hunger Program and Second Harvest Food Bank. This year, partnering with their 4th and 11th grade buddies, the students set a goal of collecting enough donated food to provide 700 meals.Hands-On Literacy: Students Make Books
Colorful, handmade books, authored and illustrated by Mount Madonna School (MMS) students were on display earlier this month at the 31st annual Student Authors’ Fair at Capitola Mall in Capitola. The event featured hundreds of books created by students from throughout the area.Fourth Graders Share Missions Projects with Third Grade Buddies
Sharing Their Learning: On a recent day in Mount Madonna School’s fourth grade classroom, students presented their Spanish Mission project and reports with third grade students.
Photos by Linda Pope
Growing Up Together: MMS Mentoring Program Matures
The Mount Madonna School (MMS) graduating class of 2013 and the current third grade class have a special story to tell together. They are the first two classes who have maintained a mentoring relationship across divisions for three consecutive years.
Buddy Science: Students Kayak and Learn Together at Elkhorn Slough
Mount Madonna School teachers Lisa Catterall and Hamsa Heinrich smiled and looked on as about 30 students frolicked together at the shoreline, enjoying a break after a morning of kayaking together at Elkhorn Slough.
“My favorite moment was at lunch when we played at sinking down to our knees in the wet sand, and discovered all kinds of interesting life in the mud-flats,” said twelfth grader Aimee Hopkins. “We even found a red ghost shrimp.”