Learning Journeys

Meaningful Connections: Eighth Grade Students to Embark on Boston Learning Journey

Each year at Mount Madonna School (MMS), eighth grade students and MMS faculty participate in a learning journey to historic Boston, Massachusetts. The 2023 trip is planned for April 16-21, and  teacher Chrislaine Miller will lead this history trek.  During this week-long…

Read More >

High School Students Attend University of Southern California Model United Nations Conference

Last week, Mount Madonna School (MMS) high school students traveled to Los Angeles to attend the Model United Nations (Model UN or MUN) conference at University of Southern California (USC), March 24-26. Despite the long road trip, the conference was a rewarding…

Read More >

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Students Learning Other Cultures, Wedding in India

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…

Read More >

Quick 5 Podcast: 12th Grade Learning Journey to India (Part 1)

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…

Read More >

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Trek to India, A Learning Journey

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…

Read More >