Daily Bulletin » Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015

Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015

MIRA COSTA HIGH

 

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“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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Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015                                                                                                                     Regular Schedule

STUDENT INFO           

  • Come by the Art Gallery in Room 60 and try a loaf of Breadth. Feed your eye-balls rad art for lunch. Open all week, every day at lunch, and during back-to-school night.
  • See Ms. Park in Room 48 if you’re interested in going to Istanbul and a cruise through the Greek Islands to Athens!
  • Come to Argentina & Brazil Spring Break 2017! Informational meeting, Thursday, 9/17 at lunch in Room 47, Mr. Chow’s room. Spots filling fast.
  • Attention Mustangs and all snapchatters. There will be a snapchat Geotag competition schoolwide starting soon. For more information, see Mrs. Claypoole in Room 41.
  • For whoever created the Mira Costa snapchat GeoTag, please see Mrs. Claypoole in Room 41 to be a part of the snapchat competition.
  • Hi Stampede! For those of you with song suggestions for our upcoming dances and games, please direct message them to us at our twitter: @MCRageCage

SENIORS

  • Attention Seniors: Make sure to fill out your senior superlative form, which you should receive in your English class. Please return to Room 49 or Ms. Park’s mailbox.

CLUBS/ORGANIZATIONS  

  • Interested in Cybersecurity? Like competition? Want an opportunity for internships and scholarships? Check out CyberPatriot Club on Wednesday, Sep. 16 in Room 111 at lunch. We will be looking at our first challenge on Saturday the 19th!
  • The Gay-Straight Alliance meets every Thursday in Room 23. Everyone is welcome.
  • Science Olympiad meets Wednesdays at lunch in Room 342. New members welcome! Come if you like science, engineering, technology, and competing.
  • Math Club meets at lunch TODAY in Room 137! Everyone is welcome!
  • Attention Mustangs! Are you interested in making Mira Costa look beautiful and helping the environment? Then come to Ecology Club in Room 352B on Mondays.
  • Hey, Mustangs! This Friday, Sept. 18, is a MINIMUM DAY, and it happens to be the day of Pennekamp’s annual Dragon Jamboree! They would LOVE to have Costa students help set up! Great way to get community service hours! Just e-mail their principal, Dr. Toni Brown ([email protected]).
  • Do you like to dance? Have you ever wanted to teach kids? Then come to Unity Dance Club in Ms. Choi’s Room 223 this TODAY, 9/15, where you’ll have the opportunity to teach deserving elementary school students how to dance! All grades welcome! (Please note that our club usually meets on Mondays.)
  • Interested in helping kids in Syrian refugee camps and other war-torn countries? Come to the Children of War Club this Wednesday in Room 339, Mr. Calderon’s Room. Free pizza and drinks will be provided.
  • Come to Lend a Hand Club. It’s an easy and fun way to get community service hours. Club meets every Friday in Room 72.
  • If you need community service hours and you also like spending time with kids, come check out Reading Partners Club in Room 14 this Tuesday, 9/15!
  • The Library Club meets in the library lunchroom during lunch TODAY. New members are welcome.
  • The Geeks are hosting training sessions on the 3D printers Thursday, Sept. 17 from 3 pm – 5 pm. Please ask at the library for more information, and RSVP that you are attending at bit.ly/3dprintsession.

COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER

  • Seniors – Letters of Recommendation Workshop in the CCC Thurs., Sept. 17 during lunch. Sign up on Naviance.
  • 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!
  • SoCalRoc – Fall classes are still available. Sign up in the CCC to meet with the SoCalRoc counselor, Natalie Hansen.
  • College Visits This Week *Please sign up on Naviance*:

 

    • TODAY Tuesday, 9/15 – California College of the Arts (9:00 am); Boston University (10:23 am); Concordia University (12:20 pm); Denison University (1:00 pm)
    • Wednesday, 9/16 – Syracuse University (8:00 am); University of Notre Dame (10:23 am); UCSD (12:20 pm); Whitman College (2:00 pm)
    • Thursday 9/17 – Indiana University (8:00 am); Sarah Lawrence College (11:25 am); NYU (1:00 pm); Reed College (2:00 pm)

 

  • University of Washington Regional Event to be held at the Mira Costa Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 6:30 pm – 8:30pm. This is a special event for prospective Huskies and their families. Registration will be open to the public soon so if you are interested in attending, register now at: http://admit.washington.edu/admission/events/la

 

  • PSAT REGISTRATION (Testing 10th and 11th Grades only) 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.

 

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