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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

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.”

 

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Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015                                                                                                                                                                                Office Hours Schedule

Office Hours Schedule

Period 0

7:00 – 7:54

Period 1

8:00 – 8:40

Period 2

8:46 – 9:27

AM Office Hours

9:27 – 10:24 English, Social Science, Visual & Performing Arts, Foreign Languages

Period 3

10:30 – 11:10

Lunch

11:10 – 11:40

Period 4

11:46 – 12:26

PM Office Hours

12:26 – 1:23 Math, Science, SpEd, PE

Period 5

1:29 – 2:09

Period 6

2:15 – 2:55

 

STUDENT INFO           

  • Make sure you come by the stampede dance after the football game. Admission is free! It’s located in the foreign language patio.
  • We are back, folks. Daily Breaky incorporated is officially launching its new campaign. Stay tuned, and remember, a breaky a day keeps the doctor away.
  • If you are interested in traveling to Austria, Germany, & Switzerland Spring Break 2016, have your parents attend a meeting 9/10 at 6 pm in Room 15.
  • Audition packets are available in Room 1 for our fall drama season! We are doing two shows, Picnic & Check Please. See Ms. Mathews if you have questions.

SPORTS

  • Boys Basketball tryouts for lower level teams will be held Thursday Sept. 3 from 3:30 to 5 pm at Manhattan Beach Middle School. Anyone who would like to try out for Varsity must contact Coach Amaral directly at [email protected].
  • Girls’ Soccer tryouts are this week, Aug. 31 – Sept. 4. Returners 2 – 3 pm and new players from 3 – 4 pm. Bring cleats, shin guards and running shoes. Meet at the bleachers.

CLUBS/ORGANIZATIONS  

  • Looking for community service hours? Key Club meets in Room 70 during lunch every Thursday. Our first official meeting will be this Thursday, Sept. 3. WE WILL HAVE COOKIES.
  • All juniors and seniors in NHS wishing to run for a position on the Executive Board, please come at lunch TODAY to Room 45 for the candidacy forms and an information meeting.
  • Love creative writing or photography? Submit your pieces to the school’s literary magazine at [email protected]. You can also join us on Mondays in Room 207.
  • Come on down to Room 1 every Wednesday at lunch for Drama Club! Everyone is welcome!
  • By 2020, 1.4 million jobs will be available in computing-related fields, but only 3% are expected to be filled by women. Come to the Girls Only Coding Club (Room 116) to become empowered with computing skills to pursue 21st century opportunities!

 

COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER

  • Seniors – Letters of Recommendation Workshops in the CCC Sept. 10 and Sept. 17 during lunch. Sign up on Naviance.
  • SoCalRoc – Fall classes are still available. Sign up in the CCC to meet with the SoCalRoc counselor.
  • Save the date! Mira Costa’s College Knowledge Night will be on Sept. 21 from 7 to 9 pm in the Auditorium. All students and parents are invited to attend!
  • College Visits Begin September 8. *Please sign up on Naviance*
    • TODAY, Sept. 2 – U.S. Navy Recruiter (10 am)
    • Tuesday, Sept. 8 – Trinity University (12:20 pm); Soka University (1:00 pm); Chapman Univ. (2 pm)
    • Wednesday, Sept. 9 – Univ. of San Francisco (8:00am); FIDM (9:00 am); Univ. of Colorado-Boulder (10:23 am); Univ. of Delaware (11:25 am); Univ. of Minnesota (12:20pm); Washington State Univ. (1:00 pm); Univ. of Tennessee (2:00 pm)
    • Thursday, Sept. 10 - Univ. of South Carolina (8:00am); Univ. of Alabama (9:00am); Georgia Institute of Technology (10:23 am); Elon University (11:25 am); Franklin Univ. – Switzerland (1:00 pm); University of Arizona (2:00 pm)
    • Friday, Sept. 11 – 4 WUE Schools- Univ. of Colorado-Colorado Springs, Colorado Mesa University, Univ. of New Mexico, Univ. of Wyoming (8:00 am); Drexel University (10:23 am)

 

  • PSAT REGISTRATION will be available at the Student Store on Sept. 15 – 17 during LUNCH ONLY; Sept. 18 during SNACK ONLY. Cost: $25; please make checks out to MCHS. The test date is Oct. 28.

 

  • ACT/SAT FREE Practice Tests
    • Current SAT – September 12, 9 am – 1:30 pm
    • ACT – October 31, 9 am – 1:30 pm **Note date change
    • Register at www.princetonreview.com

 

Juniors taking the PSAT in October, Kaplan Test Prep will be hosting free online PSAT Cram Sessions to help students prepare for the upcoming New PSAT. Sessions will be offered in mid-September through October. To sign up for a Cram Session today, please visit kaptest.com/psatcram. Space is limited.

 

For complete Test Prep information go to the MCHS website, click on the following tabs:

College → College & Career Center → Testing → Test Prep Resources