Connection, 2020-21
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.
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.
By Lisa Catterall Our schools will improve if they deliver quality arts education to all students. The students deserve nothing less. – James S. Catterall My office just became host to a tray of smiling, blinking robotic bees happily keeping me company…
What does it take to design and build a submersible, water-tight instrument to explore the oceans? Last week, with their school trip to Catalina Island just 10 days away, Mount Madonna School (MMS) high school Engineering Club students gave up lunch periods,…
During the final couple weeks of the 2020-21 school year, Mount Madonna School (MMS) sixth grade students designed, built and raced small model solar cars. Most years, this popular and creative STEM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) project takes place earlier…
From Stage Show to Screen, Mount Madonna School Reenvisions Performing Arts, its Distinctive Production, and Utilizes its 375-Acre Campus for Filming Amid a pandemic year when live stage shows were prohibited, Mount Madonna School (MMS) reenvisioned its performing arts, and distinctive, annual…
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…
Ramayana! The Movie is slated to premier June 25th through Vimeo video-on-demand. More details can be found on the Ramayana! page.
Mount Madonna School (MMS) is pleased to announce Kira Kaplan as the 2021 valedictorian and Sara Bautista as salutatorian. These students earned this distinction through hard work and focused effort, edging out their peers at the Central Coast school known for strong…
By Lisa Catterall Fourteen years ago, I was a new parent and a new teacher at Mount Madonna School (MMS). I was a refugee from a job at Genentech that had me commuting far away from my three year old, and doing…
This spring, Mount Madonna School (MMS) eighth grade student dove deep into a curated collection of writings, ranging from essays to poems to novel excerpts, focusing on issues of systemic racism in the United States of America. Authors ranged from Martin Luther…