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A humorous and poignant tale of growing up, Mount Madonna School’s upcoming production of Alice in Wonderland, Jr. is a good fit for middle school-age performers; and a show that somehow combines the iconic styles of Monty Python, Saturday Night Live and Walt Disney.
Mount Madonna School’s (MMS) girls volleyball program includes an elementary school team (Gold) and middle school team (Blue) – both of which compete in the Silicon Valley Athletic League (SVAL). Their season concluded November 6, and both teams experienced much growth and skill development.
Tickets are on sale now for Mount Madonna’s middle school production of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, Jr. on Saturday and Sunday, December 15 and 16 at 2pm.
Reservations can be made through Wednesday, Dec. 12 and must be payed for by this time. Remaining seats will be available on a first come, first serve basis. Call the office for availability after Dec. 12.
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 11/14/2012, “Animal Planet’s Dave Salmoni, exotic animals wow students at Mount Madonna School,” by Stephen Baxter. Photos by Kevin Johnson. Read more (and view a video clip from the presentation) at: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/education/ci_21991023/exotic-animals-wow-students-at-mount-madonna-school
At Thursday’s SCCAL Cross Country Finals he qualified for the Central Coast Section (CCS) competition. This is a milestone for MMS: Daniel is our first athlete to compete in Cross Country at the CCS level.
The CCS championship meet will be held on Saturday November 10 at Toro Park in Salinas.
The Connection, Summer/Fall 2012 edition, an annual publication for families, friends and alumni of Mount Madonna School.
Some of us have two or even 3 roles! As we all know, avoid making any hasty judgments about importance of role or which songs or lines you sing or say. Be aware: the script designations of who does what may change! Don’t highlight lines or lyrics yet! In the first weeks of rehearsal, we will clarify those assignments. Anticipate roles being more than you think; all will have opportunity to shine and contribute. It will take hard work! We perform in December, so we must get right to it!
Congratulations to all for your engagement in the audition process, and for your trusting yourself and those in the room to be positive witness to your experimentation and discovery. Now the directors have the difficult job of assigning the roles. We’re aiming to post both cast lists by Saturday, 10/6 in the later afternoon.
For both plays, the cast list simply identifies name, classification or grouping. Anticipate bringing dimension to your assigned “character”. No one is simply a title….Usually our roles are much more than anticipated.
Fox News, 9/29/2012, “Students Help Researchers with Crab Count.” Watch the video clip. http://youtu.be/ByVIixaI3oc
On a recent sunny morning at Santa Cruz’s Natural Bridges State Beach, some 30 visitors to the beach were Mount Madonna School (MMS) students and parents taking part in LiMPETS (Long-term Monitoring Program and Experiential Training for Students), an environmental monitoring and education program that encourages participation by ‘citizen scientists.’
“I want the kids to see that they can do ‘real’ science,” says James “PD” Rohan, MMS middle school math and science teacher, “that they can contribute useful data and have fun doing it.” The event represented Mount Madonna’s third year participating in this long-term monitoring study (now in its tenth year).
