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Middle school students at Mount Madonna School combined a hands-on science lesson with a chance to cool off during last week’s hot weather, by wading and swimming in the School’s lake and removing – handful by handful – the abundant elodea that thrives there. Elodea, an invasive aquatic plant often used in aquariums is damaging to the lake’s ecology when left to grow unchecked.
Welcome to the 2011-12 academic year! School got off to an exciting start with successful middle and high school trips September 6th – 9th, which staff and students proclaimed “the best ever!”
Now that we’ve been on our “regular schedule” for a week, I’d like to tell you about what’s happening on campus this year. First of all, we are very thankful to welcome back all our faculty members from last year! We have an exceptional team of dedicated teachers.
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 9/18/2011, “Madonna teachers earn master’s degrees,” Education Digest. Read more: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_18922156
Two of Mount Madonna School’s (MMS) middle/high faculty, Amy Neff and Matthew Meachen, recently earned master’s degrees in education, a significant milestone in their personal and professional development.
‘Kelp The Otters’ is more than a clever play on words…it a plea that Mount Madonna School’s 5th grade students have taken to heart – and are encouraging the public to join in. Their goal is to educate people about the plight of the California Sea Otter, which is identified by scientists as a keystone species. Keystone species play a critical role in maintaining the healthy structure of their environment, in this case, the ocean habitat.
India Abroad, 6/24/2011, “Now running for 33 years, the California Ramayan,” by Ritu Jha. Read more: http://www.indiaabroad-digital.com/indiaabroad/20110624?pg=61#pg61
Mount Madonna School’s Model United Nations (MUN) Club participated in its final assembly of the 2010-2011 school year on May 14-15 at UC Davis. Student participants in the meet were: Alyssa Feskanin, Ryley Devine, and Zoe Kelly, 8th grade; Graydon Griffin and Kavi Duvvoori, 10th grade; Blythe Collier, Lulu Morell-Haltom, and Palak Bhatnagar, 11th grade.
What could be better than a story with a prince and princess in love, gold-spangled costumes, fierce dragon, and a heroic rescue? Now in its 33rd year, Mount Madonna School’s dazzling show is the longest running production of this timeless Indian epic in the western hemisphere, and an event for the whole family!
Santa Cruz Sentinel.com, 4/25/2011, “Mount Madonna students build a trampoline as an orphanage in India.” Photos by Shmuel Thaler, Santa Cruz Sentinel. See the video: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/rss/ci_17925950?source=rss
Congratulations to inspired young scientists Amalia Bernardi, Holden Smith, and Lekha Duvvoori, each of whom won awards in the recent Santa Cruz County Science Fair!
