Due to the recent flooding and collapse of the Pajaro Levee, many of our south Santa Cruz County and north Monterey County community members are facing displacement, food insecurity and financial hardships. This flooding is disproportionately affecting lower-income Latinx or Hispanic families,…
On Saturday, March 25 from 2:00 to 4:00pm, the Mount Madonna School (MMS) fifth grade class is organizing a community beach cleanup of Platforms Beach in Aptos. Volunteers of all ages are invited to join in the effort; the students will supply…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, March 2023, “Carmel, Beige and Pink,” by Lisa Catterall. Race is a mirage but one that humanity has organized itself around in very real ways. – Ibram X. Kendi My son asked me the other day about…
This week the Mount Madonna School (MMS) sixth grade Technology, Engineering and Art (TEA) class became the first group to use a cutting-edge computer platform called Piper. Piper kits combine physical fabrication and engineering with digital coding to encourage engineering skills, computer…
The Gilroy Dispatch, “Mount Madonna School hosts regional Model United Nations for youth.”
Morgan Hill Times, 2/24/23, “Mount Madonna School hosts regional Model United Nations conference for youth.”
Aptos Times, 2/15/2023, “Mt. Madonna Hosts Model United Nations for Youth,” by Michael Oppenheimer.
Aptos Times, 2/21/2023, “Sixth Graders Digging Deep- Agroecology for Mount Madonna School Students.”
Over the past few weeks, Mount Madonna School (MMS) eighth grade students have been working in their Technology, Engineering and Art (TEA) class to create clay lamps, that, when finished, will be wired and functionable. Teachers Angela Willetts and John Welch have…
