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, May 9, 2019 Regular Schedule
CALENDAR
TODAY 5/9 – FRI 5/17 – AP Exams, see front office for room assignments.
TUE 5/14 – Counselors to visit MBMS
WED 5/15 – Office Hours Schedule
THU 5/16 – Counselor to visit American Martyrs
FRI 5/17 – Pennekamp Talent Show at 4:30 – 6:30 pm in the MCHS Auditorium; Student Video Festival from 6:30 – 9 pm
MON 5/20 – FRI 5/24 – SBAC/CST Testing (see website for schedule)
WED 5/22 – Seniors Cap, Gown and Graduation ticket Distribution at the Auditorium (time TBD)
THU 5/23 – Jazz Concert from 7:00 – 9:00 pm in the Small Theater
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FACULTY
· Please release the following teams this week:
o TODAY 5/9 – Softball (Varsity plus emailed list) at 11:45 am
o FRI 5/10 –Baseball (Varsity plus emailed list) at 12:20 pm
STUDENT INFO
· The Final Date to pre-order a yearbook will be Thursday, May 16. After May 16, yearbooks (if available) will be sold for $125 cash after the distribution period has begun.
· Join the Creative Writing class at 7:30 pm TONIGHT at the Hermosa Beach Historical Museum for Beatnik Night! Get a taste of the Beat Generation! Influential poetry, turtlenecks, berets, and Jazz!
· The Mira Costa Surf Team is having an open tryout for all current Costa boys and girls Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors. The tryout will be Thursday, May 17 starting at 6:30 am at the 26th Street Lifeguard Tower in MB. You will be able to make it to your 1st period, and we could even start as early as 6:15 am if you have an AP final that morning. Tryouts will consist of competitive heats. No foam boards allowed. Hope to see you there.
· Submission deadline for the Neptunian Woman’s Club of MB 40th Annual Art and Photography Contest is 3:00 pm, this Friday, May 10. No class projects. A ceremony will be held in the Neptunian Clubhouse Sunday, May 19 at 1:00 pm for exhibiting student artists. Entry form with rules is online at www.neptunians.org/nwc-art-show.
· Independent Study Athletics (ISA) applications for the 2019-20 school year are on the Costa website under ATHLETICS. All applications are DUE on or before May 15, 2019. Late applications will not be accepted!
CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS
· Please join the South Bay Food Initiative in supporting the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. Please place your nutritious, nonperishable food donations in a bag and place it near your mailbox THIS Saturday. We will help the Post Office deliver the donated food to local Food Pantries. For more information or to volunteer, please visit www.southbayfoodinitiative.com.
· Are you interested in our criminal justice system? Do you want to become a lawyer or build strong presentation and public speaking skills to show to colleges? Then the Mock Trial Club is right for you! Come to Room 23 during AM Office Hours for more information.
COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER
· Schedule a one-on-one appointment with one of our credentialed college counselors. Call 310-318-7337 ext. 5253 or email [email protected]. *Juniors – the Spring Semester is an ideal time to meet with a CCC Counselor.
SENIORS: Please complete the following steps and BRING REQUIRED COPIES to the CCC by May 10:
-If you are planning to enter a 4-year or Community College
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1. *BRING SCREEN SHOT OF - Updated Naviance college admissions results page. (Go to the College tab. For colleges that you did NOT end up applying to, mark as "withdrawn". For colleges that you applied to and did not get into, mark "denied". For colleges you applied to and got into, mark "accepted" Finally, indicate which school you are going to ATTEND at the bottom of the page)
2. *BRING COPY - Acceptance letter from the school you will be attending
3. COMPLETE THE SENIOR SURVEY (on Naviance, under the “About Me” tab)
This process will ensure that your final transcript will be sent to the school you plan to attend in the fall.
-If you are planning to work, enter the military, take a gap year, or travel
1. Stop in the CCC to let us know your plans
· SoCal Roc is now enrolling for the Fall 2019 semester. Classes begin Monday, September 9. Come to the CCC to sign up and learn more about the classes we offer.
· Check out our summer program webpage. Go to the MCHS website→College Tab→Jobs & Internships→Summer Programs or use the link: https://www.miracostahigh.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=349754&type=d&pREC_ID=759373
· Test Prep Resources are listed on the MCHS website→College Tab→Testing, or use the link: http://www.miracostahigh.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=349909&type=d&pREC_ID=759631