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Wednesday, October 7, 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, October 7, 2015                                                                                      Hall of Fame Day Schedule

Hall of Fame Day Schedule

Period 0

7:00 – 7:55 am

Period 1

8:00 – 8:44 am

Period 2

8:49 – 9:33 am

Assembly 3A

9:41 – 10:40 am

SNACK

10:40 – 10:53 am

Assembly 3B

11:00 – 12:00 pm

LUNCH

12:00 – 12:30 pm

Period 4

12:35 – 1:18 pm

Period 5

1:23 – 2:07 pm

Period 6

2:12 – 2:55 pm

STUDENT INFO           

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to our 2015 Hall of Fame Inductees:

Swati Adarkar – Class of 1981

Milo Aukerman – Class of 1981

Homer Johnstone – Class of 1953

Dennison Kerlee – Class of 1961

Kim Komick – Class of 1978

  • The deadline to enter the Banned Books Week contest has been extended until the end of this week. Visit bit.ly/BBWcontest or come by the library to enter.
  • Guess what day it is? That’s right, you guessed it!! Waldo Wednesday! Come by the quad outside the La Vista rooms to take part in the dopest picture you’ve ever been in!! Follow @Waldo_Wednesday.
  • Parent Info Night for Spain 2017 is on Thursday at 6:30 pm in Room 70! Send your parents to hear more about this great opportunity!
  • Only a few spots remain to travel to Austria, Germany & Switzerland during spring break 2016. Talk to Ms. Owen in Room 15.
  • Come stop by the art gallery (Room 60) at lunch this week for a show featuring work produced by Mira Costa’s Visual Arts faculty; there is a variety of photography, painting, sculpture, fiber art and more. Hope to see you there.

CLUBS/ORGANIZATIONS  

  • Mustangs4Change: Raising awareness and activism towards the refugee crisis in Darfur. Meet this Friday in Mr. Bartlett’s chemistry Room 248.
  • Come to American Sign Language (ASL) Club this Friday in Room 232 in the Math & Science building.
  • If you would like to join the Lunches with Love Club, come to Room 62 at nutrition tomorrow for a brief but very important meeting!
  • Saving Lives, preparing our communities for disasters and helping out families in need is what we do! Come to Red Cross Club in Room 352B every Friday at lunch.
  • The Library Club meets after school TODAY from 3 pm – 4:30 pm on Google Hangouts on Air with our Somewhat Virtual Book Club network of school library clubs around the country to discuss Jandy Nelson’s I’ll Give You the Sun. Everyone is welcome. We will also have refreshments.
  • First Badminton Club meeting of the year! This upcoming Monday, 10/12 in Mr. Kelley’s Room 332 at lunch! Bring new team members!
  • Come to Pink Ribbon Club this Thursday at lunch in Room 78. We make care packages for breast cancer patients at Torrance memorial. We will continue elections this week. New members welcome!
  • Mr. Wheeler’s Room 21 is the place to be this Wednesday at lunch if you love literature! It’s Lit! Club will be having its kickoff meeting. It’s going to be lit.
  • Come to Drama Club TODAY in Room 1. Not only will you watch a person perform, you’ll get a chance to, yourself!
  • So you thought you could dance? Come on down to Room 79 every other Tuesday for Dance Club to know all about dance.
  • Need community service? The next delivery for Lunches with Love is Sunday, Oct. 18. We feed the homeless on Skid Row with your bagged lunches. For more info, go to our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/luncheswithlovemb.

COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER

  • Upcoming Workshops *Please sign up on Naviance*
    • Thurs. 10/8 – Common Application Workshop at 2:00 pm in the CCC
    • Fri. 10/9 – UC Application Workshop at 12:20 pm in room 241
    • Weds. 10/14 – College Statement/Essay Workshop at 2:15 pm in the CCC
    • Thurs. 10/15 – CSU Application Workshop at 12:20 pm in room 241

 

  • College Visits *Please sign up on Naviance*

TODAY Weds. 10/7 – UMASS Amherst (8:00 am), Johns Hopkins Univ. (8:00 am), Univ. of Missouri (8:49 am), Bath Spa Univ.– England (10:40 am), McGill Univ.-Canada (12:30 pm), Penn State Univ. (1:23 pm), Vanderbilt Univ. (2:12 pm)

Thurs. 10/8 – Ithaca College (8:00 am), University of Denver (9:00 am), Princeton University (10:00 am), University of Chicago (10:23 am), Belmont University (11:25 am), Bowdoin College (1:00 pm), Loyola University Chicago (2:00 pm)

Fri. 10/9 – Univ. of Illinois (8:00 am), Oregon State Univ. (11:25 am), Univ. of British Columbia (1:00 pm), Miami University at Oxford (2:00 pm)

 

  • SoCalRoc Classes – Natalie Hansen, SoCalRoc counselor, will be in the CCC on Mondays (TODAY) 9 am – 10:20am. Sign up in the CCC or just drop in.
  • Free Testing

C2 Test Prep is offering free New PSAT, New SAT, SAT or ACT practice exams on Oct. 10 at UCLA Haines Hall – check in starts at 8:30 am, testing starts at 10:00 am. Highest scores win $1,000 toward college. Parents are invited to attend workshops while students are testing. This event is free; you will have to pay for parking. Space is limited.

Registration:  www.c2educate.com/testprep

 

  • For 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 at the end of September through October. To sign up for a Cram Session today, please visit kaptest.com/psatcram. Space is limited. 

 

  • Princeton Review is offering Free Mock SAT, ACT and PSAT tests at Mira Costa

ACT Mock Exam – Oct. 31, 9 am – 1:30 pm. For more information and to register visit: http://www.princetonreview.com/college/free-sat-practice-test#!practice