India Currents: Mount Madonna School’s Lavish "Ramayana!" Production Returns To Stage
India Currents, 7/8/2022, “Mount Madonna School’s Lavish Ramayana! Production Returns To Stage,” photos and story by Sree Sripathy.
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Morgan Hill Times: Mount Madonna School Celebrates Graduates
Morgan Hill Times, 6/16/2022, “Mount Madonna School celebrates graduates.“
Science Buddies: Second and Seventh Graders Study Microorganisms
Frequent opportunities for cross-grade learning are an intentionally-planned and essential element of the Mount Madonna School (MMS) program. Every grade at MMS pairs with another, and sometimes students will have both older and younger buddies – providing each with the learning experiences…
Honoring Excellence 2022: Students Recognized with Memorial and Pillar Awards
The Jivanti Rutansky Memorial Award In honor of Jivanti’s memory, the Mount Madonna School faculty give one high school student and one middle school student an award in her name each year. These awards are presented to students who embody the qualities…
Fifth Grader Creates Linocut Print for "Ramayana!" Photo Backdrop
Majestic towering redwoods and a soaring hawk – symbols long-associated with Mount Madonna School (MMS) – were recently rendered as carved linocut prints by fifth grade student Felix Alvarado, and displayed on a large photo backdrop at the school’s recent “Ramayana!” production…
Class of 2022: Valedictorian, Salutatorian and Seniors’ College Choices
Mount Madonna School (MMS) is pleased to announce Grace Timan as the 2022 valedictorian and Ben Pearson as salutatorian. Timan, who started attending MMS as a preschool student, and Pearson in kindergarten, earned this distinction through hard work and focused effort, edging…
Middle School Students Create Land-Art Sculptures Highlighting Principles of Design
Stone cairns, a fern- and flower-wrapped tree, and a snaking trail of leaves on the forest floor, were just a few of the environmental “land-art sculptures” that Mount Madonna School middle school students created this week. “In this sculpture project the sixth…
Aptos Times: "Ramayana!" Musical Returns Live
Aptos Times, 5/22/2022, “Ramayana! Musical Returns Live; Mount Madonna School Tradition Makes First Public Performance Since 2019.”
Chrislaine Miller Commended for Leadership and Academic Contributions to California History-Social Science Project
Chrislaine Pamphile Miller, who teaches middle school history at Mount Madonna School (MMS), was recently commended for her outstanding leadership and academic contributions to the Grade 6 Group of the California History-Social Science Project (CHSSP). “Chrislaine was not only a thoughtful and…
Times Publishing Group: "Ramayana!" Musical Returns Live
TimesPublishingGroup.com, 5/22/2022, “Ramayana! Musical Returns Live.“