Independent School: Hands-on Learning in Catalina
Independent School, a publication of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), Winter 2017 issue, “Hands-on learning in Catalina.” Read the article PDF
Learning Journeys
Second Harvest Food Drive
The second and third grades are sponsoring this year’s Second Harvest Food Bank Food Drive. Please bring canned or dried foods and other non-perishable food items for the bins. The bins are located at the upper campus main office and the Farm House Office at…
Santa Cruz Sentinel: The Value of Learning
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 8/20/2016, “Name Dropping: The Value of Learning,” Mount Madonna School’s seniors and juniors interviewed a number of influential government and non-government leaders during the school’s “Values in World Thought” 18th learning journey to Washington, D.C. Read more
Featured Video: Admiral Stephen Rochon
Mount Madonna School students interview Admiral Stephen Rochon as part of their Washington, D.C. interview tour through the Values in World Thought program. Here is a short sample from the interview. The school takes juniors and seniors every other year to D.C….
Featured Videos: CELP 2016 and Wrigley Institute Marine Science
A fun glimpse into the ninth graders’ current activities through the Catalina Environmental Leadership Program (CELP) by Fabricio Breeze Olsson. And a look at the marine science learning that sophomores have been up to throught the University of Southern California’s Wrigley…
2016 Washington, D.C. Learning Journey and Student Blog
Please join us: Mount Madonna School juniors and seniors will travel to Washington, D.C., this month for a 13-day Learning Journey. We invite you to follow the students’ journey via their trip blog at http://values.mountmadonnaschool.org/category/blogs/dc-2016/, and encourage you to take time to respond…
Middle School Students “Journey to Mars”
Sitting at their assigned Mission Control stations, Mount Madonna School (MMS) middle school students Meris Brown, Amirah Alexander and Ben Pearson studied the monitors before them, ready to participate as the “journey” to Mars unfolded. “It really felt like the shuttle crew…
Featured Video: MMS Students Interview Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth
Featured Video: A 2014 interview with Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth as part of Mount Madonna School’s Values in World Thought Program. Biennially (and upcoming in May 2016), the juniors and seniors travel to Washington, D.C. to talk with America’s political, NGO, and nonprofit…
Featured Video: The Senior Class Interview with Dave Steward, South Africa, June 2015
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The senior class interview with Dave Steward, chief of staff to former South African President F.W. de Klerk. The students interviewed Steward as part of their Values in World Thought journey to South Africa in June 2015.
Featured Video: Learning Journey Under the Sea, Catalina Island 2015
“Learning Journey Under the Sea,” Mount Madonna School’s 9th and 10th grade Catalina Island trip, May 2015. A big thank you to our hosts, the USC Wrigley Center (10th grade) and the Catalina Environmental Leadership Program (9th grade) for providing such a beautiful location to study ocean life!