Connection, 2018-19
The Connection, 2018-19, 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.
Creative Arts
Who Am I, Really?: High School Students Participate in Nationwide Essay Contest
By high school English and creative writing teacher, Haley Campbell (’02) Discovering and expressing identity is a crucial part of the human experience and a particularly pertinent theme of our adolescent years. YES! Magazine holds four personal essay contests each year, and…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, Name Dropping: Day of the Dead at Mount Madonna School
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/3/2019, Name Dropping, “Day of the Dead.” Mount Madonna School held its annual celebration of Día de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, on campus this week. Spanish teachers Carolina Riano and Sara Sobkoviak invited parents, visitors and…
WatsonvillePatch.com: Día de los Muertos Celebrated At Mount Madonna School
WatsonvillePatch.com: Día de los Muertos Celebrated At Mount Madonna School. Mount Madonna School’s (MMS) annual celebration of Día de Los Muertos or Day of the Dead is fast approaching! Spanish teachers Carolina Riano and Sara Sobkoviak invite parents, visitors and the community…
Día de los Muertos at MMS: A Cultural Celebration
Mount Madonna School’s (MMS) annual celebration of Día de Los Muertos or Day of the Dead is fast approaching! Spanish teachers Carolina Riano and Sara Sobkoviak invite parents, visitors and the community to view the students’ altar or art installation outside of…
Preparing for Adulthood: Expanding the Traditional Home Economics Focus
Teacher Sara Sobkoviak’s new Mount Madonna School (MMS) course for senior students, Adulting 101, is focused on bringing every-day life experiences into the classroom. The class is an expansion of last year’s Culinary Studies course, with additional topics, including sustainable gardening, healthy…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz. Behind the Teacher’s Desk, “Lighting the Fire,” by Lisa Catterall
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, October 2019, Behind the Teacher’s Desk, “Lighting the Fire,” by Lisa Catterall. Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel — Socrates “I have to do what? Talk about how a living…
Glimpses of the 41st annual "Ramayana!" from Sitaarre TV
Thank you to our friends at SITAARRE TV for the time and care that went into the interviews with cast and Director Sampad Kachuck, Sadanand Mailliard and Head of School Supriya McDonald at Mount Madonna School’s 41st annual Ramayana!. Click on each photo to view a…
Preston Merchant’s 2019 Commemorative "Ramayana!" Photobook Available
Many of you in the Mount Madonna School and Mount Madonna Center community may have had a chance to connect with photographer Preston Merchant at Ramayana! recently. This is Preston’s sixth year documenting the Ramayana! through behind the scenes images! We are…
Honoring Excellence: Students Receive Memorial, Academic and Pillar Awards – 2019
The Jivanti Rutansky Memorial Award In honor of Jivanti’s memory, the Mount Madonna School (MMS) faculty is choosing to give one high school student and one middle school student an award in her name each year. The award will be presented to…