Santa Cruz Sentinel: Mount Madonna Students Visit with Jimmy Panetta
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/21/2023, “Mount Madonna Students Visit with Jimmy Panetta,” story by Shmuel Thaler, photo by Devin Kumar.
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/21/2023, “Mount Madonna Students Visit with Jimmy Panetta,” story by Shmuel Thaler, photo by Devin Kumar.
Each year at Mount Madonna School (MMS), eighth grade students and MMS faculty participate in a learning journey to historic Boston, Massachusetts. The 2023 trip is planned for April 16-21, and teacher Chrislaine Miller will lead this history trek. During this week-long…
Classic characters of Nordic folklore: cunning Fox, gullible Wolf, clever Hare and powerful Bear, along with pine marten, European adder, rooster, hen and wolverine – will each be embodied on stage by Mount Madonna School (MMS) students as part of their upcoming…
Name, city of residence: Sam Kaplan, Santa Cruz Grade you started at MMS: Preschool What inspires you? Child-like curiosity What is your favorite subject in school, and why? That would be physics, it is creative and practical at the same time. It…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/1/2023, “Mount Madonna School students share their experiences from India,” by Aric Sleeper. Photos by Shmuel Thaler.
As a result of the educational opportunities and experiences at Mount Madonna School, our students attend some of the finest universities. We are proud to share with our community and beyond that Mount Madonna School has the highest University of California acceptance rate of…
Last week, Mount Madonna School (MMS) high school students traveled to Los Angeles to attend the Model United Nations (Model UN or MUN) conference at University of Southern California (USC), March 24-26. Despite the long road trip, the conference was a rewarding…
Name, city of residence: Bella Cambell, Soquel Grade you started at MMS: Preschool What inspires you? The people and places around me What is your favorite subject in school, and why? Science, because it’s hands on and fun If you had the…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, March 2023, “Carmel, Beige and Pink,” by Lisa Catterall. Race is a mirage but one that humanity has organized itself around in very real ways. – Ibram X. Kendi My son asked me the other day about…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/2/2023, “Students Learning Other Cultures, Wedding in India,” story and photos by Shmuel Thaler. Santa Cruz County residents Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak and Mariah Cohen cover their heads out of respect as they arrive at Gurudwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, a…