The health and safety protocols followed by Mount Madonna School (MMS) are designed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, and are informed by guidance from the California Department of Public Health, the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency, the Center for Disease…
Update, 10/8/2020: While Upper School Director Shannon Kelly (’92) is not the recipient of the 2020 Ally to Queer Youth Award, she and the other nominees will be honored as part of the 23rd annual Queer Youth Leadership Awards (QYLA) on Saturday,…
Teachers’ Day By the children of Sri Ram Ashram Teachers’ Day is celebrated annually in India to thank and remember all the teachers. It is celebrated on September 5, the birth anniversary of the country’s former President, scholar, philosopher and Bharat Ratna…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, October 2020, Behind the Teacher’s Desk, “Rebirth,” by Lisa Catterall. Every particle in the universe was once contained in an infinitesimal speck…a theoretical point in the void with no measurement. It must have been very heavy. After…
An interview with Dr. A.M. Kilpatrick (‘90) by Lara Kilpatrick (‘85) Auston Manoja “Marm” Kilpatrick (‘90), now professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) and an internationally recognized expert in infectious diseases and their emergence,…
The school has curated educational tools to facilitate student learning and engagement. These educational technology tools will be accessible using the Schoology platform.
The Mount Madonna School (MMS) remote learning program considers the age and developmental stage of our students. We also take into account equity issues such as access to reliable, high-speed internet, access to learning devices, and varying support levels at home for…
Guidelines for MMS Teachers for Preparing our Students for Success in the Online Classroom: Assess and Understand Your Student Access to Technology and Support It is important for faculty to assess and understand their students’ access to technology, reliable internet, and available…
Mount Madonna School (MMS) prioritizes the safety of our school and extended community, and we are working to cultivate a trusting and transparent relationship with our community. At MMS, we are going to great lengths to layer multiple mitigation strategies in our…
Entrance, Egress and Movement within School Mount Madonna School (MMS) will have two entry and exit points to promote physical distancing. The entry and exit points will be the gate at the entrance to the lower campus and upper campus turnaround. Students…
