The 2017 All-SCCAL Girls Volleyball awards were announced recently and several Mount Madonna School student athletes were recognized: Second Team: Indigo Kelly, Paola Jacobs Honorable Mentions: AnMei Dasbach-Prisk, Mara Peruzzi “These four athletes did an outstanding job competing for their team and representing…
This fall the freshmen and sophomore English classes participated in the Yes! Magazine Writing Competition, a national writing competition with roughly 2,000 participants each quarter. Last year Mara Peruzzi received an award in the Powerful Voice category and Imogen Cockrum was the…
Eighth grade and high school students crowded around in a semi-circle, but at a safe distance, to watch as senior Zachary Wagner, standing atop a courtyard picnic table, prepared a visual to support his explanation of why lightning creates thunder. As they…
This fall, the Mount Madonna School (MMS) eleventh grade U.S. Government and Politics class joined 200 other local high schoolers at the Santa Cruz County Civics Summit held at Cabrillo College. The stated purpose of the Civics Summit was to “deepen students’…
Name, age, and grade: Lillian Wayne, 16, junior What inspires you? My feminist idols such as my mom, Beyoncé, and Hillary Clinton. I am inspired because they are strong, independent, and passionate about what they do. What is your favorite subject in…
Can you afford to pay to pee? Can you afford not to? Set in a dystopian “near future” where decades of drought have led to water shortages and private toilets are outlawed, the evil Urine Good Company has taken control and charges…
The New York Times, 12/29/2017, “How We Know It Was Climate Change,” by Noah S. Diffenbaugh (’92), Op-Ed Contributor. STANFORD, Calif. — This was a year of devastating weather, including historic hurricanes and wildfires here in the United States. Did climate change…
With a distinct body shape, large pectoral fins and knobby head, humpbacks whales have long captured people’s imagination and interest. Intelligent and vocal, each humpback population communicates in its own dialect, and males sing songs that can last for 20 minutes and…
Register-Pajaronian, 12/9/2017, “Mount Madonna School presents “Lion King, Jr.” “For our production, students are taking on the challenge of personalizing their roles and investing deeply into the world of the characters,” said director Sampad Kachuck. “Whether singing, dancing or simply ‘living’ on…
In the following article, faculty member Lisa Catterall offers a perspective based on her recent guest teaching experiences in China and her work with STEM and creativity-based curriculum development. Over the past year I’ve had the opportunity to work with the Chaoyang…
