Middle and high school students from six schools in four counties joined their peers at Mount Madonna School (MMS) for their inaugural regional Model United Nations (Model UN or MUN) conference hosted by MMS on February 11. The theme of the conference,…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/12/2023, “Mount Madonna School hosts inaugral MUN conference,” story and photos by Aric Sleeper.
Aptos Times, 1/15/2023, “Protecting Pelicans: Mount Madonna Fifth Grade’s Environmental Project.”
Aptos Times, 12/15/2022 issue, “Raising Awareness, Mount Madonna Students Participate in Farmworker Reality Tour.”
Agroecology, an approach to agriculture that views agricultural areas as ecosystems and is concerned with the ecological impact of agricultural practices, is the topic of in-depth, experiential learning by Mount Madonna School (MMS) sixth grade students as part of their middle school…
This week, Mount Madonna School (MMS) kindergarten, second and twelfth grade students visited Live Earth Farm in Watsonville, providing an opportunity for peer-to-peer mentoring, farm learning and for the youngest students, and increased opportunity of where food comes from. “Our year- long study…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, July 2022, “History in the Making, Students Witness Supreme Court History,” by Grace Timan. Timan, who graduated in June 2022, was on a school trip to Washington, D.C. in May when they happened upon a protest in…
Mount Madonna School (MMS) is pleased to announce Grace Timan as the 2022 valedictorian and Ben Pearson as salutatorian. Timan, who started attending MMS as a preschool student, and Pearson in kindergarten, earned this distinction through hard work and focused effort, edging…
Earlier this month, Mount Madonna School (MMS) tenth grade students headed south to the coast near San Simeon for a three-day, two-night camping trip and study of the marine ecosystem. During sophomore year, MMS students have the opportunity to choose between a…
