Growing Up in Santa Cruz: Climbing Mountains by Grace Timan
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, March 2021, “Climbing Mountains,” by Grace Timan. Read via Issuu
Creative Arts
American Democracy, American Racism to be Discussed at March 18 Lecture
The Mount Madonna School (MMS) public lecture series based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) continues on March 18 at 7:00pm with “American Democracy, American Racism,” featuring Laxmi Wordham, a 1993 MMS graduate. “The fight for democracy and the fight…
Moving with the Tide: Jennifer Richard (’99)
Sitting on the dock, feet in the water and feeling the gentle roll of Lake Washington along the hull of Walela, her home for just over a year, Jennifer Richard, Mount Madonna School (MMS) class of ’99, reflected on her career and…
Congratulations to Our Dedicated Faculty!
We are pleased to announce that Mount Madonna School’s dedicated teachers are being honored as TEACHER OF THE MONTH by Growing up in Santa Cruz (GUISC) in their February 2021 issue. In an effort “to do more for teachers” during this especially challenging year,…
Aptos Times: Students “Sculpt” Blackout Poetry
Aptos Times, 2/1/2021, page 9 “Students Sculpt Blackout Poetry.”
Remembering History and Sharing Stories
In December and January, Mount Madonna School (MMS) sixth grade students read the novel Number the Stars by Lois Lowry as part of their English 6 class. This historical fiction tells the harrowing story of a Jewish family’s escape from German-occupied Denmark…
Mount Madonna School Hosts Two-Day YOUnivesity for Middle and High School Students
On January 25 and 26 Mount Madonna School (MMS) will launch its first annual YOUniversity learning days. The project was initially conceived as a way to engage students during parent-teacher conferences, however faculty committee organizing the event quickly realized it offers so…
“Sculpting” Blackout Poetry
In Mount Madonna School’s ninth grade Creative Expression class, students have been experimenting with different creative processes and ways of constructing that require them to stretch outside of their comfort zone and work with unusual methods and materials. “Working in this way…
Brushstrokes: Fourth Graders Create Paint Brushes from Natural Objects
Creativity was on display recently, when Mount Madonna School fourth grade students gathered materials found outdoors around their classroom to use as brushes for painting. Their finds included leaves, branch tips from cedar, redwood and pine trees, small flowers, and grasses. They…
What They See: Student Photography
A recent period of remote learning offered ninth grade students an opportunity to brush up on their photography skills and see things from a new perspective, as part of an assignment for their Creative Expression class, co-taught by Angela Willetts and Haley…