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…
Every single thing you do will bring something to your future. – Ariel Benson, participant, organizer, parent This quote was noted by a student who attended the Mount Madonna School (MMS) eighth annual Career Day Forum on Friday March 3. A plethora…
From the year of the rooster to the Mayan calendar, Ukrainian pierogies to hip hop dance, folk tales, belly dancing and classical ballet, all have impacted America’s unique “melting pot.” It’s this melting pot – and the myriad cultures that contribute to our…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/15/2017, Local Roundup. Read more
In addition to time spent in The Factory, Mount Madonna School (MMS) makers’ space, elementary students at MMS also engage in wide variety of hands-on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) projects in their own classrooms on a regular basis. One…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/15/2017, “2017 Boys Volleyball Preview: PCS seeking perfect SCCAL season,” by Julie Jag. Read the story
In the documentary The Music of Strangers, musician Yo-Yo Ma says, “I’m always trying to figure out at some level who I am and how I fit in the world, which I think is something that I share with seven billion other people.”…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/25/2017, Name Dropping, “Leading to the top of the mountain,” by Justine DaCosta. Read the article
Stanford University School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, 2/8/2017, “Drought identified as key to severity of West Nile virus epidemics,” by Tim Stephens of UCSC. Interesting article that includes research and conclusions from several scientists, including alumni Noah Diffenbaugh (’92), Ph.D.,…
