Field Trips

The ninth grade class recently returned from a Learning Journey they call “Flow with Water” or Yeyeco Ica Atl in the language of the Pimungan people, the first human occupants of California’s Santa Catalina Island. The class went to Catalina Island off the coast of Long Beach and joined the Catalina Environmental Leadership Program (CELP) for a week of outdoor field studies, leadership challenges, and personal growth.

India is a place of dynamic diversity in landscape and lifestyle. It is not the vast disparities of wealth, which can be found in our own country, but the contrasts between the environments that struck me. The landscape shifted from agrarian countryside to a skyline dominated by looming high rises still clasped in their scaffolding. I saw old men wearing traditional Indian clothing standing next to people in suits talking on their cellphones. India presented many contrasts between archaic and modern ways of living. Witnessing people living in so many different ways brought to the forefront of my mind the question, “What is the best way to live?” - Bryson Smith, MMS class of 2013 

The senior class' concluding reflections about their recent Learning Journey to India are now posted on the Bodhicitta Project blog. Read more at: http://www.santacruzlive.com/blogs/mtmadonna/

Interested in knowing more about the experiences of Mount Madonna School's senior class during their recent Learning Journey to India?  The Bodhicitta Overview video by Devin Kumar ('06) is now available on the trip blog.

Watch the Bodhicitta Overview video and follow the blog at: http://www.santacruzlive.com/blogs/mtmadonna/

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Interested in knowing more about the experiences of Mount Madonna School senior class during their recent Learning Journey to India? A new 14-minute video by Devin Kuman ('06) is now posted.

Watch the Bodhicitta Overview video and follow the blog at: http://www.santacruzlive.com/blogs/mtmadonna/

Interested in knowing more about the experiences of Mount Madonna School senior class during their recent Learning Journey to India? A new 14-minute video by Devin Kuman ('06) is now posted.

Watch the Bodhicitta Overview video and follow the blog at: http://www.santacruzlive.com/blogs/mtmadonna/

From the unconditional love of ashram children, to personal stories of struggle and empowerment, to inspiring leaders working to educate youth and preserve cultures and traditions, the Mount Madonna School seniors who recently visited northern India experienced many enriching moments during their two-week learning journey.