Santa Cruz Sentinel, “Mount Madonna School Hosts Inaugural Model UN Conference”
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/12/2023, “Mount Madonna School hosts inaugral MUN conference,” story and photos by Aric Sleeper.
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Mount Madonna to Host Regional Model United Nations Conference for Youth on February 11
On February 11, 2023, Mount Madonna School (MMS) will host a Model United Nations (Model UN or MUN) conference. Titled Climate Justice for All: Addressing Inequality, this conference will focus on issues related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly…
Invasive Species, Saving Redwoods and Forestry Management: Students Visit County Park
While Mount Madonna School (MMS) school buses pass through Mount Madonna County Park each weekday morning and afternoon, on a recent day, MMS third through fifth grade students rode the school bus to – not through – the park, for an opportunity…
MMS Senior Named to Environmental Action Leadership Team
Mariah Cohen, a senior student at Mount Madonna School (MMS) was recently named a student leader to the 2022-23 Youth for Environmental Action (YEA) team. Founded by the Santa Cruz County Office of Education in Fall of 2019, YEA was formed to…
Gilroy Life, Focusing on Ways to End Racism is an Essential Endeavor by Irulan Faith Cockrum
Gilroy Life, Community Voices, 10/18/2022, “Focusing on Ways to End Racism is an Essential Endeavor,” by Irulan Faith Cockrum. Mount Madonna School commemorated its first International Day of Peace Sept. 21. Promoting peace and harmony within communities, people and the world is…
Mount Madonna School Biomedical Engineering Class Conducts Gene Editing Experiment
Students from the Mount Madonna School (MMS) Biomedical Engineering course recently conducted a gene editing experiment using authentic cutting-edge Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) gene editing technology. CRISPR is named after the DNA sequences that gave scientists a clue of…
Aptos Times, Inspired to Take Action, Ending Racism and Building Peace by Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak
Aptos Times, 10/15/2022, “Inspired to Take Action: Ending Racism and Building Peace,” by Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak. “Ending racism and building peace” is a cause that is very personal for me as a Latinx student of color and the founder of the Art and…
Aptos Times, Model United Nations Training Conference
Aptos Times, 10/1/2022, “Model United Nations Training Conference.” Mount Madonna School will host a one-day Model United Nations Training Conference on Oct. 8, with the goal to introduce Model UN to students, and encourage more schools to adopt this exceptional program. Read…
Growing Up in Santa Cruz: Model UN Training Conference for Local Students
Growing Up in Santa Cruz, October 2022, “Model UN Training Conference for Local Students,” by Lisa Martin. On October 8, 2022, Mount Madonna School (MMS) will host a one-day Model United Nations (Model UN or MUN) Training Conference, with a singular purpose:…
Promoting a Positive School Culture: 2022-23 Student Government Representatives
Last week Mount Madonna School (MMS) middle and high school students elected peer representatives to the Student Government Association (SGA). Senior Zoey Ocampo-Sobkoviak, who served as vice president in the 2021-22, ran unopposed and will serve as student body president. The elected…