Featured Video: Middle School Camping Trip 2021
Mount Madonna School middle schoolers kicked off the year with fun and learning on a camping trip!
Learning Journeys
Engineering Club Students Build Underwater ROVs for Ocean Experiments
What does it take to design and build a submersible, water-tight instrument to explore the oceans? Last week, with their school trip to Catalina Island just 10 days away, Mount Madonna School (MMS) high school Engineering Club students gave up lunch periods,…
A Ray of Hope: Students “Journey” to India
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…
Fuel for the Future and Studies at Catalina Island
By Lisa Catterall In the May 2021 issue of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, researchers at the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, which operates the Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island published the results of a study that may move…
Class of ’21 Senior Spotlight: Oliver Mensinger
Name, city of residence Oliver D. Mensinger, Soquel Grade you started at MMS Fourth grade What inspires you? I find philanthropists kind of inspiring. People who are working hard to help out those who need help more than we do. It is…
The World Beyond Their Horizon: Elementary Students Learn About Social Justice Champions
From civil rights champions who soar into space and shatter glass ceilings, to preserving indigenous traditions and advocating for farm workers; from conserving Earth’s precious resources to improving access to education, in recent months Mount Madonna School (MMS) lower school students have…
The Ability to Produce Light: Students Learn About Bioluminescence
This week Mount Madonna School (MMS) tenth grade students are studying the chemistry and biology of bioluminescence, and learning how scientists explore the dark and deep ocean to discover more about where the ability to produce light fits into ocean ecosystems and…
Featured Interview: Samdhong Rinpoche 2017 Interview with Mount Madonna School
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.
Featured Video: Leon Panetta 1995 Interview with Mount Madonna School
An interview of Leon Panetta by Mount Madonna School students in 1995, during his time as Chief of Staff at the White House. Every two years, juniors and seniors from Mount Madonna School travel to Washington, DC to meet with both political…
Featured Video: Thulani Mabaso 2019 Interview with Mount Madonna School
Mount Madonna School students met and spoke with Thulani Mabaso as part of their Umbono Project in South Africa. Thulani Mabaso is a former prisoner of Robben Island and an anti-apartheid activist.