One of the benefits of being located on the campus of the Monterey Bay Academy is the opportunity to collaborate with teachers like Matt Engle to show students how math and science is applied in the "real world". Matt recently received the prestigious Rosenthal Prize for Innovation and Inspiration in Math Teaching. Here's the article about it from the Santa Cruz Sentinel:  http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/article/NE/20180214/NEWS/180219814