Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/2/2023, “Students Learning Other Cultures, Wedding in India,” story and photos by Shmuel Thaler. Santa Cruz County residents Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak and Mariah Cohen cover their heads out of respect as they arrive at Gurudwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, a…
Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce, Quick 5 Podcast, 2/14/2023. New episode of Quick 5 released 2/28/2023! On this episode of Quick 5 Chamber CEO Nick Gaich and Quick 5 Producer Kylie McLaughlin sat down with Mount Madonna School’s upper school Director Shannon…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/27/2023, “A Learning Journey,” photo and story by Shmuel Thaler. Eleventh graders at Purkal Youth Development Society (PYDS) have courtside seats as Mount Madonna School senior Sky Weir challenges an attack at the net from one of the society’s…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/22/2023, “Soquel Student Takes Dip in the River Ganga,” story and photo by Shmuel Thaler.
Some people in India are suffering great poverty, hardships, malnutrition and illnesses that would be massively alleviated by receiving financial support. Mount Madonna School (MMS) seniors are raffling off a day of their collective time and energy to work hard for you…
Join Hanuman, the monkeys, Prince Rama and Prince Lakshmana, as they journey to Lanka in their quest to rescue Princess Sita in the 43rd Mount Madonna School (MMS) “Ramayana!”, a musical theater production adapted for modern audiences and replete with lively action,…
We were saddened to learn that Kamla Bhasin, a human being of kindness and courage, passed away on September 25. Bhasin, an Indian developmental feminist, poet, author and social scientist, was a great champion for love, equality, equity and the environment. MMS…
The Senor class is are donating the proceeds from the sale of their t-shirts to a rural, all-girls school in India called Pardada Pardadi. This school aims to help girls in poverty by providing free education and vocational training. “Just as this…
Sometimes an uplifting “ray of hope” can be found in the most unexpected of places, even when people are separated by continents, oceans – or a pandemic. Such was the experience last week, when Mount Madonna School (MMS) senior students engaged via…
Mount Madonna School’s interview with Samdhong Rinpoche in April 2017. This interview was filmed as part of the Karuna Project by Mount Madonna School seniors. Samdhong Rinpoche is the former prime minister of the Tibetan Government in Exile.
