Watsonville Patch, Teacher Spotlight: Teacher Cassia Laffin Makes Learning Fun
Watsonville Patch, 9/8/2023, Teacher Spotlight: “Teacher Cassia Laffin Makes Learning Fun,” by Bea Karnes.
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Mount Madonna to Commemorate September 21 International Day of Peace
Mount Madonna School (MMS) will host a commemoration of the International Day of Peace on September 21 from 9:30-10:15am. Held each year on September 21, the United Nations has declared this as a day “devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through…
Lookout Santa Cruz: Mount Madonna’s Immortal Epic Returns for 44th Year
Lookout Santa Cruz, 6/8/2023, “Mount Madonna’s immortal epic returns for 44th year,” by Wallace Baine. Mount Madonna School near Watsonville has long used the musical “Ramayana!” as an educational tool and a community-building experience for its students, and this year’s production of…
Real World Science: Students Partner with Santa Clara County in Forest Research
Senior students at Mount Madonna School (MMS) are helping Santa Clara County’s Department of Parks and Recreation to monitor forest health in Mount Madonna County Park. This hands-on collaboration is a part of Science with Humanity, an honors science class taught by …
Aptos Times: Mount Madonna School Valedictorians and Salutatorian
Aptos Times, 6/1/2023, “Mount Madonna School Valedictorians and Salutatorian.”
Class of 2023: Valedictorians, Salutatorian and Seniors’ College Decisions
Mount Madonna School (MMS) is pleased to announce Cecily Kelly, Mariah Cohen and Samuel Kaplan as the 2023 co-valedictorians and Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak as salutatorian. Cohen, Kaplan and Kelly, who started attending MMS as preschools students, and Ocampo-Sobkoviak in fifth grade, earned this…
Class of ’23 Senior Spotlight: Sandy Astone
Name, city of residence: Sandy Astone, Aptos Grade you started at MMS: Fifth grade What inspires you? I always enjoy reading about the latest in aerospace innovations, advances in technology, and physics/math-related fields always motivates me. What is your favorite subject in…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz: Tiny Turtles Tell Tales by Lisa Catterall
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, May 2023, Teacher’s Desk, “Tiny Turtles Tell Tales,” by Lisa Catterall. A friend of mine who used to be a student called me from college the other day. He asked me to look at his astronomy homework….
Student Government Association To Host Community Artisan Market on May 25
COMMUNITY ARTISAN MARKET | May 25, 3:30-5:30pm, Assembly Room, upper campus, Mount Madonna School The Student Government Association (SGA) will host its third public market – now rebranded as the Community Artisan Market – featuring an array of community vendors and small…
Quick 5 Podcast: 12th Grade Learning Journey to India (Part 2)
Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce, Quick 5 podcast, 3/14/2023. New episode of Quick 5 released 4/25/2023! On this episode of Quick 5 Chamber CEO Nick Gaich and Quick 5 Producer Kylie McLaughlin sat down with the senior class of Mount Madonna School…