High School

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

Bridging Continents and Building Community: Student Awarded First Prize for Speech

With poise and determination, McKenzie Caborn stood at the podium, put aside her nervousness and gazed confidently at the audience of Rotary Club members. Taking a deep breath, she began reading: “On October 17, 2010, a small group of Rotarians participated in the Istanbul marathon and raised $8,000 towards Rotary International’s fight to eradicate polio.