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.”
DAILY BULLETIN
PLEASE READ IN HOMEROOM CLASS AND POST
Thursday, May 5, 2011 Regular Schedule
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STUDENT INFORMATION
• Join the fun this Friday, May 6th, at 8:00 for Drum the Planet, Mira Costa's 3rd annual percussion studio concert. This is no ordinary concert. It is one-hour of fun and exciting percussion music. You'll see theatrical pieces like those seen in STOMP and Blast! as well as university-level classical percussion pieces. Clinics will be held prior to the concert by professional drummers Ron Powell (6:00) and Lalo Davila (7:00). Students are free, adults are $5. Doors open at 7:45 for the 8:00 concert. See you at Drum the Planet!
• National Honor Society is having a book drive! Please bring any elementary level books to Room 32 by
May 9th. Thank you!
• Attentions next year’s juniors and seniors: Now is your chance to sign up for student parking next year. Come to Guidance Office before/after school or during snack or lunch to sign up. Students are not allowed to sign up for their friends.
• Congratulations Richstone Walkers- Team MCHS came in 3rd place and raised a lot of money. Thank you to all who participated in raising over 2,000.00.
• SAT Savvy starts this Saturday in Room 18. Bring your pencils and calculators.
CLUBS / ORGANIZATIONS
• Please support the San Pedro Food Pantries by donating canned food items to boxes in classrooms and the office during our canned food drive from May 3rd through May 13th.
• Lend a Hand club Meeting TODAY at lunch in Room 41
• New Life Christian Club meeting TODAY in Mrs. Manago’s room, Room 66
• Come to UNICEF club TODAY at lunch in Room 20
• Come to Partners for the Planet club TODAY at lunch in Room 205. New members welcome.
SENIORS
• TODAY and tomorrow are the last days to pay for Magic Mountain. We order buses based on paid participants, so if you don’t pay there won’t be a spot on the bus for you
• For the 2nd year, Sandacre Scholarship Fund is honored to recognize the GREAT teachers at Mira Costa High School. It’s that time to nominate a teacher who has inspired, prepared and or stimulated his/her students to help them achieve their future endeavors. Please see your senior English teacher for the nomination form. After completing the form, please put it in Denise Anderson’s mailbox on or before May 11th. The winners will be announced at the annual All Awards Assembly, May 26th!
SPORTS
• Are you coming out for Spring Football? Please join us for an information meeting TODAY, May 5th at lunch in Room 105.
COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER
• Seniors signing up for Art scholarships should bring in a CD or portfolio of your art work. The CCC will submit your art along with your scholarship notebook to the various art scholarship donors.
• Attention Seniors Who Have Completed Scholarship Notebooks:
If you have not come in to the CCC to nominate yourself for the available scholarships, you must do so ASAP in order to have your book considered.
• A representative from So Cal ROC will be in the CCC Monday, May 9th during lunch to discuss the many courses offered next year ranging from Floral Design to Aerospace Engineering. Students from MCHS can take courses at So Cal ROC for free! Courses are offered during school, after school and in the evenings with bus transportation provided for many courses.
• All seniors are required to log on to their Naviance account and record their college applications, admission decisions, and the college he or she will be attending. This information is necessary for our school records and district reports, and to ensure that Scattergrams is accurate for future students. Instructions are being distributed this week in Senior English classes.
• Bring the signed copy of the Naviance college admissions page along with a copy of your acceptance letter from the college you are attending to the CCC during snack or lunch NO LATER THAN MAY 9, 2011.
A FINAL HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT WILL NOT BE SENT TO THE COLLEGE YOU WILL BE ATTENDING UNTIL THE CCC HAS RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION!!!!! Come to the CCC with any questions.
• A representative from So Cal ROC will be in the CCC Monday, May 9th during lunch to discuss the many courses offered next year ranging from Floral Design to Aerospace Engineering. Students from MCHS can take courses at So Cal ROC for free! Courses are offered during school, after school and in the evenings with bus transportation provided for many courses.
FACULTY
• Please excuse all Varsity Badminton players for CIF playoffs TODAY for 5th and 6th period.
• Please excuse Boy’s Varsity Volleyball at 1:10 TODAY for a match at Palos Verdes
• Teachers: TODAY is Recycling Thursday. Please have a student take your classroom bin to the recycling center on Stadium Way behind Room 74. Thank you