Santa Cruz Sentinel: Students Explore Elkhorn Slough Reserve

Santa Cruz Sentinel, 2/7/2020, “Students explore Elkorn Slough Reserve; young minds are learning how to connect the dots between local watersheds and the ocean,” by Ashleigh Papp.

WATSONVILLE — For students at Watsonville’s Mount Madonna School, learning beyond the confines of the classroom is taken to a new level. On Thursday, students from fifth and ninth grade classes, 18 total, spent the day exploring Elkhorn Slough Reserve.

This hidden gem is the second-largest estuary in California, situated along the Pacific Coast of Monterey Bay. Founded in 1979, Elkhorn Slough offers oak forests, coastal prairie and tidal marsh for students young and old to explore.

“It’s a fun day outdoors at the slough, learning about all the life that lives there and how that, in turn, is connected to the Monterey Bay,” said Jessica Cambell, project mentor and fifth-grade teacher at Mount Madonna School.

Both sets of young, eager minds, are also enrolled in a mentorship program that involves a ninth-grader being paired up with a fifth-grader for the school year. Throughout the day’s field trip, the pairs of students commingled to teach one another new things and reinforce concepts learned in the classroom. Read more

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Nestled among the redwoods on 380 acres, Mount Madonna School (MMS) is a diverse learning community dedicated to creative, intellectual, and ethical growth. MMS supports its students in becoming caring, self-aware, discerning and articulate individuals; and believes a fulfilling life includes personal accomplishments, meaningful relationships and service to society. The program, accredited by the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) and Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), emphasizes academic excellence, creative self-expression and positive character development. Located on Summit Road between Gilroy and Watsonville. Founded in 1979.

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