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
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 Regular Schedule
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STUDENT INFO
• Fall Semester textbooks are now overdue. TODAY, 1/30 is the final day to return them before being charged a $5.00 per book fine. Please return your books promptly.
• Starting TODAY, January 30th any Students who have an “excused 0, 1st, or 6th period” or surf team on their schedule need to come to the Guidance Office to get an “Off-Grounds sticker” placed on their student ID card. Off-Grounds will be issued before school, at snack, at lunch, or after school only. Please do not come during class time. If you are stopped by the police without the Off-Grounds sticker on your ID card, you may be subject to a truancy citation.
• Interested in becoming a Manhattan Beach Police Explorer and learning about Law enforcement? Come and join a 12 week academy. Sign-up sheet will be in guidance counselor office. Briefing about what an explorer is once you sigh up.
• AP Students: Don’t forget to sign up to register to take your AP” exams TODAY at lunch only at the student store. Please bring your completed blue worksheet and a pen to complete the actual registration form. Checks (94 for each exam) should be made payable to MCHS.
• Last chance to sign up for the SAT Savvy intensive Prep Class. Test Prep for March 9th test starts Saturday, Feb. 2nd. Sign up TODAY and improve your test scores at www.satsavvy.info or in Room 18, 50 or the CCC.
• Hermosa Valley School is looking for HVS alumni to be Cabin Leaders for the 6th Grade Outdoor Science School in Malibu. Outdoor Science School will take place from Monday, March 11 to Friday, March 15.
It may be possible to earn Community Service credits. Applicant deadline Friday, February 1, so that we
can have a crew + alternates in place by then. Please contact Mr. Hecker at [email protected].
CLUBS/ORGANIZATIONS
• Love science, technology, engineering, and/or math? Come by Room 75 TODAY at lunch and join GALS Club!
• Come to Room 61 for H2O For Life TODAY! Not too late to join, new members welcome! We will be having a guest speaker so don’t miss it!
• Learn. Make. Do. With the Automotive Engineering Club. Meeting in Room 33 on Thursday.
• Come to Food Critics Club in Room 50 for good food and mellow vibes.
• Come to Room 205 for Partners for the Planet! Branch out 2nd semester, new members welcome.
• Come to Red Cross Club TODAY at lunch in Room 73!
• Come to Room 5 near the band hall for Quidditch Club!
SENIORS
• Please review the Senior 2nd Semester Calendar for important dates to remember. The calendar can be viewed though the MCHS website.
• Seniors - If you missed one of the mandatory Scholarship Notebook meetings and want to submit a Scholarship Notebook, come to the makeup meeting on Monday, February 4 during lunch in the CCC.
• If you submitted a Senior Ad and haven’t received a confirmation email, please email us at [email protected].
SPORTS
• Come see MCHS Wrestling take down Peninsula TODAY at 3pm in Fisher Gym – it promises to be the most challenging meet of the season!
COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER
• Please turn in your mid-year report forms/requests to your Guidance Counselor if applicable to the Private College or out of State College you applied to. They are due no later than February 1st, 2013. Please refer back to the guidelines regarding instructions for Private and Out of State Colleges/Universities located on the MCHS website.
• All Students – Come hear about AFS and FACES, two international study abroad and foreign exchange programs, at lunch in the CCC on Tuesday, February 5. Come see what the world has to offer!
FACULTY
• Classified and Certificated Payroll due to Mary g on Thursday, January 31 by 9:30 am sharp.