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GMH Today: “Brain Building: Research Supports a Playful Approach to Preschool – Kindergarten Learning,” by Hema Walker
gmh Today, Fall 2023, “Brain Building: Research Supports a Playful Approach to Preschool – Kindergarten Learning,” by Hema Walker. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world,…
November 2023 Upper Campus Lunch Calendar
Merriment and Self-Discovery: “Elf The Musical Jr.” Onstage
Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. The would-be elf is raised, unaware that he is actually a human, until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face…
Aptos Times: “Actions for Peace” by Beatrice Miller, Grade 12
Aptos Times, 11/1/2023, Featured Columnist, “Actions for Peace,” by Beatrice Miller, grade 12.
Seventh-Eighth Girls Cross Country Team Wins Santa Cruz Small Schools League Championship
Seventh Grader Pierce Culbertson Scores Undefeated Season Mount Madonna School (MMS) middle school cross country teams concluded their season with some wins and notable finishes in their league final meet, held October 26 at Anna Jean Cummings County Park in Soquel. Seventh…
8th Grade Art: Sketching and Sculpting Bodies in Motion
For a recent art studio project, Mount Madonna School (MMS) 8th grade students studied the proportions of the body and created sculptures that captured the gestures of a body in motion – their sculptures are in progress, and depict bodies that are skating, surfing,…
Gilroy Dispatch: “Mount Madonna School Named to Advance Placement Honor Roll”
Gilroy Dispatch, 10/27/2023, Local Scene, “Mount Madonna School Named to Advancement Placement Honor Roll.” The College Board announced that Mount Madonna School (MMS) has been named to the Advanced Placement Program (AP) School Honor Roll, earning the top-tier Platinum distinction. The AP…
Inclusion and Kindness: Middle School Humanities Teacher Manjula Stokes
Manjula Stokes is Mount Madonna School’s (MMS) new middle school humanities teacher. She holds an M.A. in special education; a B.A. in creative arts as well as a Multiple Subjects Credential and Special Education Credential, all from San Jose State University. She…
The Pajaronian: Seahawks Primed to Make Run at Conference Title | Women’s volleyball
Mount Madonna School alumna Paola Jacobs (’20) attends Cabrillo College and plays for its womens volleyball team. The team was profiled recently in The Pajaronian. The Pajaronian, 10/12/2023, “Seahawks primed to make run at conference title | Women’s volleyball,” story by Gordon…