By Danielle Barr The Mount Madonna School (MMS) preschool is a thoughtfully curated environment where each child feels right at home to explore and discover. When a new child arrives in the classroom, the very first thing teachers do is have conversations…
FIRST FRIDAY MARKET | December 2, 4:00-6:00pm, Assembly Room, upper campus, Mount Madonna School Holiday shopping and merriment: The Student Government Association (SGA) will host its inaugural public market featuring an array of vendors with artisan goods, including small farms, baked items…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, October 2022, “Model UN Training Conference for Local Students,” by Lisa Martin. On October 8, 2022, Mount Madonna School (MMS) will host a one-day Model United Nations (Model UN or MUN) Training Conference, with a singular purpose:…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, October 2022, Teacher’s Desk, “Teach Peace,” by Lisa Catterall. Imagine there’s no countries, it isn’t hard to do… nothing to kill or die for –John Lennon At the beginning of this year, our administration announced that…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 9/22/2022, “Mount Madonna School Commemorates International Peace Day.” This year’s theme is “End Racism, Build Peace.” Story by Aric Sleeper, photos by Shmuel Thaler. Click on photos below to see a larger version.
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, August 2022, Teacher’s Desk, “Rocks” by Lisa Catterall. This world’s anguish is no different from the love we insist on holding back. -Aberjhani Getting my classroom ready It’s almost there; the posters are up and supplies organized,…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 5/29/2022, Name Dropping, “Teacher Commended.”
The Pajaronian, 5/30/2022, “Local Teacher Commended by State.“
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…
On May 3, during their week-long Values in American Thought learning journey to Washington D.C., Mount Madonna School (MMS) eleventh and twelfth grade students passed by the Supreme Court and witnessed a historic moment for our nation. This moment was captured in…
