At start of their Boston-area history tour last spring, Mount Madonna School (MMS) eighth grade students did an exploration of several sites along the Freedom Trail, including a visit to the Massachusetts State House. It was there that a chance meeting led…
Four enthusiastic teachers have joined the ranks at Mount Madonna School (MMS) this year. Angela Willetts, Harjit Punj, Michelle Fisher and Stevan Manzur will be educating our students in the areas of high school mathematics and science, physical education, athletic coaching, studio…
Thank you to our friends at SITAARRE TV for the time and care that went into the interviews with cast and Director Sampad Kachuck, Sadanand Mailliard and Head of School Supriya McDonald at Mount Madonna School’s 41st annual Ramayana!. Click on each photo to view a…
Many of you in the Mount Madonna School and Mount Madonna Center community may have had a chance to connect with photographer Preston Merchant at Ramayana! recently. This is Preston’s sixth year documenting the Ramayana! through behind the scenes images! We are…
On April 25, the Mount Madonna School (MMS) fifth grade class attended WE Day at The Forum in Inglewood, California. The students were invited to attend because of their class project to protect sea otters. Along with the invitation, event organizers asked…
The Jivanti Rutansky Memorial Award In honor of Jivanti’s memory, the Mount Madonna School (MMS) faculty is choosing to give one high school student and one middle school student an award in her name each year. The award will be presented to…
Mount Madonna School (MMS) graduating senior John Dias grew up around and working on cars. His family owns and operates a Watsonville auto junkyard, and when Dias was 16, he began working towards rebuilding an engine in an older Datsun 510. Fast…
Mount Madonna School (MMS) is pleased to announce Priyanka Bharghavan and Noah Kaplan as the 2019 Co-Valedictorians, and Luca Peruzzi as Salutatorian. These students earned this distinction through hard work and focused effort, edging out their peers at the small Central Coast…
Indica News, 5/31/2019, “Ramayana! Returns to the California Stage,” by Ritu Jha. One of the major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, “Ramayana!” returns to the California stage in a musical production featuring lavish drama, dance and songs by a school’s entire student…
India West, 6/1/2019, “MMS Students to Receive President’s Environmental Youth Award for Their Efforts to Protect Humpback Whales.” The United States Environmental Protection Agency has selected the 2017-18 fifth grade class at Mount Madonna School to receive the President’s Environmental Youth Award…
