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Santa Cruz Sentinel: Mount Madonna Sweeps PCS for Tournament Title
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 5/5/2012, "SCCAL Boys Volleyball: Mount Madonna sweeps PCS for tournament title," by Andrew Matheson. Photos by Bill Lovejoy. Read more: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/sports/ci_20554859/sccal-boys-volleybal...
Celebrating 34 Years of Magic: Cast of 200 Onstage in 'Ramayana'
Silicon India, May 2012. Read more: http://www.siliconindia.com/news/entertainment/Celebrating-34-Years-of-M...
Fifth Grades' Owl Project Wins First Place at Santa Cruz Earth Day
“Give A Hoot, Don’t Pollute: It’s Foul to Hurt the Burrowing Owl,” a project of the fifth grade class at Mount Madonna School (MMS) won First Place in the environmental Class Challenge at the Santa Cruz Earth Day celebration on April 21.
Live to Grow: Students Plan Marine Science Trip to Catalina Island
Yoli Cueponi, or “live to grow” in the language of Catalina Island’s original human inhabitants, the Pimungan people, is a sentiment dear to the minds and hearts of 9th grade students at Mount Madonna School (MMS). It is also the name the class has given to their upcoming marine science learning journey to the popular island located off the southern California coast.
Local Teacher Receives $1,000 Grant; Sixth Grade Undertakes Greenhouse Science Project
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Outside an open doorway of Mount Madonna School's (MMS) upper campus greenhouse, three sixth grade girls fill small plastic garden pots with soil and compost. The team works efficiently, one passing pots to the next, who fills it and then passes it on to be placed on a nearby wooden table, in preparation for planting some native seeds they gathered earlier in the school year. Nearby some of their classmates work together on refurbishing an irrigation system, carefully piecing together plastic water pipe and fittings.
SantaCruzParent.com: Summit for the Planet on April 28!
SantaCruzParent.com, 4/20/2012, "Community Walk-a-thon and Celebration Offers Family Fun and Help for Nonprofits." Read more: http://newsletters.santacruzparent.com/Newsletters/view/April-20-2012-,2...
Learning From Experience: Students Interview Former Secretary of State George Shultz
By Ward 'SN' Mailliard
Values in World Thought Program
Santa Cruz Sentinel, Education Digest: Summit for the Planet and Campus Tour
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/1/2012, Education Digest, "MMS hosts planet summit" and "Campus Tour." Read more: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_20301493/education-digest-...
SantaCruzParent.com: Sixth Grade Wins Bid to State Science Fair
SantaCruzParent.com, 3/29/2012. "Sixth Grader Wins Bid to State Science Fair." Read more: http://newsletters.santacruzparent.com/Newsletters/view/March-29-2012-,2...
Second Graders Seek Help for Shelter Animals
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Recently Mount Madonna School’s (MMS) second grade students attended three classes through the “Growing Kinder” Humane Education Program of the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter (SCCAS). The program is founded by Jen Walker, an experienced animal welfare advocate and humane education specialist. The first session began with Walker guiding the students on a behind-the-scenes tour at the animal shelter. For their next couple meetings, Walker offered lessons at MMS with her cat, Guido, and dog, Moon.
