High School

Hawks Take 1st at Aptos Spring Fling

On March 5, the varsity boys played in the annual Aptos Spring Fling Tournament – a much smaller event this year, with only four school competing. The boys played well, and despite losing one match to Harker in pool play, persevered to emerge tournament winners!

Here are the game summaries:

MMS over Aptos, 2-1

MMS over Watsonville, 2-0

Harker over MMS, 2-0

MMS over Watsonville, 2-0

MMS over Harker, 2-0

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Ramayana Casting Reflections

With the Ramayana audition process completing, it is appropriate to acknowledge the challenges of casting both for performers and directors. For some, this will not be a big issue, while others may experience disappointment. The key is finding a way to move forward positively. Most of us have heard the statement before – every role is pivotally important – and while a bit of a cliché, it is proven true. Staring at the cast list, you will simply see a character title or group (like Demon Choir, Monkey or Demon) by your name. We may want to quickly categorize our roles as good or bad.

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Stanford Research Institute to bring STORE to MMS

Mount Madonna’s High School science classes will be piloting a series of lessons developed by Stanford Research Institute (SRI) under a grant from the National Science Foundation.  Four years ago, Science Teacher Lisa Catterall asked a class to compile temperature and precipitation data to look for a quantitative answer to the supposed “global warming debate” in our local area.  The data was very hard to find and even more difficult to translate.  SRI noticed around the same time that weather statistics compiled by NASA and the National Weather Service w

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