Thank you to our entire Mount Madonna School community for helping us celebrate the official grand opening of the new Hawk’s Nest Gymnasium and celebrating our commitment to environmental stewardship and education at Summit for the Planet. We are working on finalizing…
Colorful, handmade books, authored and illustrated by Mount Madonna School (MMS) students will be on display May 6 at the 34th annual Student Authors’ Fair at Capitola Mall in Capitola. The event will feature hundreds of books created by students from throughout…
SantaCruzParent.com, 4/20/2017, Summit for the Planet at Mount Madonna: student perspectives, a parent’s reflection, sponsor viewpoint and more. Read more
Gilroy Life, 4/19/2017, “Community Voices: Mt. Madonna students learn to care for environment at Summit for the Planet,” by Sophia Manzur, fifth grade.
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/14/2017, “Students take on beach debris: Mount Madonna students converge in Santa Cruz for science unit,” by Jessica A. York. Photos by Dan Coyro. Read this front-page story
The Seed of Flame, an environmental STEM project created by seventh grade students at Mount Madonna School (MMS), has won First Place in the Lexus Eco Challenge and a total of $25,000 in award money. The Mount Madonna team is one of…
This winter the high school participated in Yes! Magazine’s National Student Writing Competition. There were six winners chosen from 2,000 submissions, and two of the winners are part of our community. Mara Peruzzi was one of three Powerful Voice Winners. Imogen Cockrum…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/31/2017, “Mount Madonna seventh-graders win Lexus Eco Challenge,” by Jondi Gumz. Read more
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/30/2017, Photo of the Day by Shmuel Thaler. Bella Bettencourt, of Aptos, right, enjoys a moment with Pardada Pardadi Educational Society eleventh-grader Jassi Sejwal as Bettencourt and her Mount Madonna School classmates visit the school in Anupshahr, India during…
Tradition played a huge role in my childhood. In fact, many of my fondest childhood memories can be pinpointed to a family celebration where traditions were plentiful. Sights, sounds, and smells can trigger memories and suddenly bring on the giddy feeling of…
