The Mount Madonna School (MMS) sophomore class will have a unique opportunity on their upcoming 9th and 10th learning journey to Santa Catalina Island: the opportunity to assist visiting scientists with research on a tiny and plentiful fish, the Catalina Goby. 
ServiceSpace.com, “Teaching +T: Classrooms Around the Globe,” an eNewsletter, featuring “The Journey Within and Without,” an essay by Mount Madonna School senior Zoe Kelly. Read more
Photo by Shmuel Thaler
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 4/30/15, Local Roundup, “PCS Boys Volleyball Upsets Mount Madonna, Puts Share of SCCAL Title in Limbo.” Read more
Despite an early strong interest in aviation and operating ‘complicated machinery,’ veteran commercial pilot Michael Don Carlos said the route to his career was ‘not a straight arrow.’ After high school, he initially chose to attend the University of Colorado, Boulder, with the intention of becoming a professional, competitive skier.
San Francisco Chronicle, 4/19/15, “Facing drought’s hard reality,” by Kevin Fagan.
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‘We Ourselves Set this Problem in Motion, Let’s Help Save the Orcas of the Ocean,’ a project of the Mount Madonna School (MMS) fifth grade class, has won First Place in the environmental Class Challenge at the Santa Cruz Earth Day celebration on April 18. The students were presented with $300 prize for their First Place finish. 
San Francisco, CA — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the 2013-14 fifth grade class at Mount Madonna School in Watsonville, Calif. will receive the President’s Environmental Youth Award for their work to fight environmental threats faced by California sea turtles. The awards are presented each year to exceptional students and teachers who demonstrate creativity, innovation, and leadership to address difficult environmental challenges.
What is the Summit for the Planet and why might you encourage people (especially families) to attend?
Congratulations Hawks! Mount Madonna School’s (MMS) varsity boys volleyball brought home the silver, taking second place from among 16 regional teams that competed in the recent Aptos Varsity Tournament.
