Santa Cruz Sentinel, Name Dropping, “EPA Honors Mount Madonna Students”
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 10/18/2021, Name Dropping, “EPA Honors Mount Madonna Students.” View PDF of pages that include the article
Elementary
Berries, Beans and Goats: Students Learning About Farming
Young students applied all of their senses – sight, sound, smell, touch and taste – this week to experiential lessons at Live Earth Farm in Watsonville. Mount Madonna School preschool and fourth grade students enthusiastically engaged with resident livestock and friendly farmers…
Environmental Protection Agency Honors Students’ Shark Conservation Efforts
On October 5, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 honored Mount Madonna School our students – national President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) winners – for their “Save Our Sharks” project they completed in 2019-20 as fifth graders. The EPA Region 9…
Technology, Engineering and Art: Mount Madonna’s T.E.A. Program for First-Twelfth Grades
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…
Building Community Through Weekly Morning Circles
On September 16, Mount Madonna School held its first community morning circle for kindergarten through twelfth grade students, faculty and staff. Each weekly circle will have a theme, and this week the theme was gratitude. Participants were invited to give a shout…
Honoring the Past, Looking to the Future: Progressive Pedagogy in Preschool by Jasmine Star Horan
By Jasmine Star Horan As we enter into this new school year, the preschool at Mount Madonna School (MMS) is in a unique position of honoring its rich history and opening to a future of creativity and innovation. The MMS preschool and…
Morgan Hill Life: Mount Madonna Students Receive President’s Environmental Youth Award
Morgan Hill Life, 8/25/21 issue, “Mount Madonna Student’s Receive President’s Environmental Youth Award.” The United States Environmental Protection Agency has recognized the 2019-20 fifth grade class at Mount Madonna School with the President’s Environmental Youth Award for working to resolve threats faced…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, Name Dropping: Mount Madonna Students Earn EPA Award
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 8/15/2021, Name Dropping: “Mount Madonna Students Earn EPA Award.” The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized the fifth grade class from the 2019-20 school year at Mount Madonna School with the President’s Environmental Youth Award for working to resolve threats…
Message from the Head of School
Dear Mount Madonna School Families, As Head of Mount Madonna School (MMS), it is my distinct pleasure to welcome our students and families for a year of creative, intellectual and ethical growth. We have a dedicated and passionate faculty and staff, who are committed to…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, Teacher’s Desk: “Back In-Person” by Lisa Catterall
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, Teacher’s Desk, “Back In-Person” by Lisa Catterall There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about. – Margaret Wheatley This summer, I’ve been teaching in a program where I feel compelled…