Aptos Times: Watersheds and Ocean Ecosystems
Aptos Times, 12/13/2023, ” Watersheds and Ocean Ecosystems.”
Learning Journeys
Agricultural Museum Provides First Graders with Hands-On History Lesson
Recently, Mount Madonna School (MMS) first grade students visited the Agricultural History Museum at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville for a learning adventure. Knowledgeable docents guided students through various hands-on activities that offered the youngsters the chance to sample some…
Outdoor Lessons: Middle Schoolers Start School with Camping Trip
Below a canopy of towering redwoods, some 40 middle school students gathered recently for an annual Mount Madonna School (MMS) tradition: a four-day outdoor kick-off to the school year – complete with tents, friends and the wafting smell of campfires. This trip…
Whitewater Classroom: Students Start School on the River
Pencils, paper, classrooms and new schedules…When you think of the first day back to school, what comes to mind? For some 50 high school students, their first day was anything but typical: ninth through twelfth graders at Mount Madonna School (MMS) toted…
Class of 2023: Valedictorians, Salutatorian and Seniors’ College Decisions
Mount Madonna School (MMS) is pleased to announce Cecily Kelly, Mariah Cohen and Samuel Kaplan as the 2023 co-valedictorians and Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak as salutatorian. Cohen, Kaplan and Kelly, who started attending MMS as preschools students, and Ocampo-Sobkoviak in fifth grade, earned this…
Class of ’23 Senior Spotlight: Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak
Name, city of residence: Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak, Watsonville Grade you started at MMS: Fifth grade What inspires you? What inspires me are people who defy expectations in a positive way and don’t let others define them. What is your favorite subject in school,…
Class of ’23 Senior Spotlight: Mariah Cohen
Name, city of residence: Mariah Cohen, Corralitos Grade you started at MMS: Preschool What inspires you? I look up to my dad. He deals with a lot every day with work and he still finds time to be with his family and…
Quick 5 Podcast: 12th Grade Learning Journey to India (Part 2)
Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce, Quick 5 podcast, 3/14/2023. New episode of Quick 5 released 4/25/2023! On this episode of Quick 5 Chamber CEO Nick Gaich and Quick 5 Producer Kylie McLaughlin sat down with the senior class of Mount Madonna School…
Class of ’23 Student Spotlight: Sky Weir
Name, city of residence: Sky Weir, Santa Cruz Grade you started at MMS: Tenth grade What inspires you? When I think about things that inspire me, I am reminded of the beauty and wonder of nature. The way the sun rises and…
The Value of Council: Sixth and Seventh Grade Students Honor Elder Classmates with Rite of Passage Preparations
On Wednesday, Mount Madonna School (MMS) sixth and seventh grade students – the only middle and high school students on campus this week – spent a few morning hours helping with preparations for the upcoming eighth grade Rite of Passage (ROP). Mount…