DAILY BULLETIN: PLEASE READ IN HOMEROOM CLASS AND POST
MIRA COSTA HIGH
Vision Statement
“Mira Costa is a community of learners where each member has the
opportunity to achieve academic, creative, personal, and social excellence.”
Thursday, October 19, 2017 Regular Schedule
Throwback Thursday!
CALENDAR
TODAY 10/19 – FRI 10/20 – Spirit Week: Throwback Thursday TODAY, 10/19; Super Stampede Friday 10/20.
THU 10/19 – Principal’s Tour at 9 am in the Admin Office
FRI 10/20 – Costapalooza and Homecoming; End of 1st quarter
SAT 10/21 – Homecoming Dance in Fisher Gym (New Location) at 7 pm
WED 10/25 – Office Hours / Second Period Drill Schedule
THU 10/26 – This is Costa!
WED 11/1 – Office Hours Schedule; Hispanic Heritage Assembly 2nd period
FRI 11/2 – Art Night from 5 – 7 pm in the Quad by Room 109; The Diviners at 7:30 pm in the Small Theater
SAT 11/4 – TEDx presents “Anything’s Possible” from 9 am – 3 pm in the Auditorium; The Diviners at 7:30 pm in the Small Theater
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FACULTY
· Attention Teachers of Seniors: During 2nd period TODAY, while you are under your desks for the Great Shake-out, please have your senior students vote for one boy and one girl for Homecoming King & Queen. The ballots will be distributed during 1st period. Again, voting will be for Seniors only TODAY during 2nd period.
· Please release the following teams this week:
§ TODAY 10/19 – Football (JV) at 1:15 pm; Girls’ Tennis (V/JV) at 1:40 pm
§ FRI 10/20 – Boys’ Water Polo (V) at 1:45 pm
STUDENT INFO
· This year’s “glow-in-the-dark” Homecoming Dance on Oct. 21 at 7 pm has been moved to the Fisher Gym. Come to the Student Store to fill out a form and pick up your tickets. Ticket vouchers are also available at the ASB Web Store: https://mchswebstore.myschoolcentral.com. Buy your tickets now! See you there!
· Attention poetry lovers: Mira Costa will be holding its seventh annual Poetry Out Loud competition Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018! Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry recitation contest in which students memorize and recite two famous poems from the Poetry Out Loud online anthology. Check out the anthology by visiting poetryoutloud.org. The winner of the competition will go on to compete at the county-level competition in February. If you are interested in competing, see your English teacher or Ms. Sieker for more information and an application. Applications are due to Ms. Sieker in Room 44 by Friday, Dec. 22.
· Spirit Week is here! Throwback Thursday TODAY, 10/19; Super Stampede Friday 10/20.
· NEED COMMUNITY SERVICE? The folks on Skid Row desperately need hygiene kits. Two hygiene kits equal 1 hour of community service. Please include shampoo, soap or body wash, toothpaste, toothbrush, comb or brush, deodorant, disposable razor, sealed in a gallon Ziploc bag. Our next Lunches with Love delivery is Sunday, Oct. 22. For more info visit us at http://luncheswithlovemb.my-free.website/ and like us on facebook, https://www.facebook.com/luncheswithlovemb.
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
· Bike Club is back! Come to Room 352 on Thursdays (TODAY) at lunch if you like riding mountain bikes, beach cruisers, BMX and any other bikes!
· Interested in joining the Mira Costa Badminton Team second semester? Come to Badminton Club to learn more! Our first meeting will be on Tuesday, Oct. 24 in Room 332 in the Math & Science building at lunch.
COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER
· SENIORS – The CCC will hold a Common App-Naviance matching workshop on the following time/date. No sign up necessary. Lunch Workshop: Oct. 24
· College Representative Visits In The CCC – If visit is during class please get teacher permission to attend. This is an opportunity to learn about your schools of interest and meet the admission counselors. View all visits and sign-up to attend on NAVIANCE.
· TODAY, 10/19 – Macalester College at 8:00am, College of Charleston at 9:00am, UC Davis at 10:23am, Rice University at 11:25am, Santa Monica College at 12:20pm (lunch), Whittier College at 1:00pm.
· Friday, 10/20 – Dartmouth College at 2:00pm.
· SoCal Roc is now enrolling for its 2nd quarter 9 week classes: Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.), Banking and Financial Services, and Business Entrepreneur. Classes begin November 6. Come to the CCC to sign up to speak with a SoCal Roc counselor and learn more about the interactive Career Technical classes that we offer.
· Local Events – Pepperdine Preview on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. Classroom visits, student affairs panel, campus tour, Celebration Chapel, and an application workshop will provide you with an in-depth look at Seaver College and the Malibu campus. For detailed information and registration, please visit: www.seaver.pepperdine.edu/admission/preview
For a complete list of college events, go to http://www.miracostahigh.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=349748&type=d&pREC_ID=759344
· Test Prep Resources are listed on the MCHS website→College Tab→Testing→Test Prep or use the link: http://www.miracostahigh.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=349748&type=d&pREC_ID=759632.